Piz Fora

Piz Fora
Piz Fora Location in the Alps
Highest point
Elevation	3,363 m (11,033 ft)
Prominence	432 m (1,417 ft)
Parent peak	Piz Bernina
Coordinates	46°20′27″N 9°47′05″E / 46.34083°N 9.78472°E / 46.34083; 9.78472Coordinates: 46°20′27″N 9°47′05″E / 46.34083°N 9.78472°E / 46.34083; 9.78472
Geography
Location	Graubünden, Switzerland / Lombardy, Italy
Parent range	Bernina Range

Piz Fora is a mountain of the Bernina Range (Alps), located on the border between Italy and Switzerland. Its summit has an elevation of 3,363 metres (11,033 ft) and is the tripoint between the valleys of Val Fedoz and Val Fex (both in Graubünden) and Val Malenco (in Lombardy).

The Sassa di Fora, Piz Fora on CNS, is a massive and complex mountain located on the main watershed of the Alpine chain, between the Valmalenco and the Alta Engadina and is also the last great elevation to the west of the Bernina Group. On the summit converge three distinct ridges, slightly inclined, which delimit as many sides; NW that is the head of Val Fedoz and is shrouded by the beautiful Vadrec da Fedoz, which gives the mountain the structure of a four, with the great glacial plateau, below the summit, cabinet above a rocky rib. That NE, also covered with ice, the steepest complex than Western, but less impressive, hosts the contiguous Vadret dal Güz and Vadret da Fex and forms the western summit of the Val Fex. Much more complex than the south side, the Gold Pass to W, the Fuorcla from Chapütsch to E, measuring more than three km long and in some places the wall is more than 600 meters high. One of the most extensive and impressive rocky structures of the entire Bernina Group. Under the steep slopes of the Fora nozzle is the only glacial apparatus of the southern slope, the small glacier Sassa Fora. The excursion that takes us to the summit of this beautiful mountain, starts from Chiareggio in Valmalenco, but can also be done from Sils-Maria in the Engadine, the difficulties and the travel times are the same. The S path has the advantage of being much more scenic and opened, N you can save three hundred meters in altitude, but the development is greater. In both cases there is no foothold and climb is long and tiring, reserved for well-trained hikers and experienced progression on steep ice slopes. The view from the top is great, just look at the picture of scaled images.