Piz Linard

Mountain in Switzerland

Piz Linard

Location in Switzerland

LocationGraubünden, SwitzerlandParent rangeSilvretta AlpsClimbingFirst ascentAugust 1, 1835 by Oswald Heer and Johann MadutzEasiest routeScramble

Piz Linard is a pyramid-shaped mountain of the Swiss Alps. At 3,410 m it is the highest peak of the Silvretta mountain range.

It was first climbed on August 1, 1835, by the geologist and naturalist Oswald Heer led by Johann Madutz.

There is a legend that a man of name "Chounard" reached the summit in 1572 carrying a large golden cross; however, the cross has never been found.^[3]^[4]

Piz Linard is located between the valleys of Val Lavinuoz (east) and Val Saglains (west), both part of the basin of the Inn river in the Engadine valley.

References

^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo maps. The key col is the Albula Pass (2,383 m).
^ Retrieved from Google Earth. The nearest point of higher elevation is Piz Kesch.
^ "Piz Linard". PeakVisor. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
^ Krauß, Martin. Der Träger war immer schon vorher da - Die Geschichte des Wanderns und Bergsteigens in den Alpen. Munich: Carl Hanser Verlag. ISBN 978-3-312-00558-1.