Zapporthorn

#1413 among destinations in Switzerland

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Zapporthorn or Pizzo Zapport is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking San Bernardino Pass in Graubünden. Its summit is the tripoint between the valleys of Hinterrhein, Calanca and Mesolcina. The summit is located approximately two kilometres east from the Ticino border. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 10341 ftProminence: 499 ftCoordinates: 46°28'47"N, 9°6'48"E

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GraubündenSwitzerland

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Zapporthorn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lagh Doss, Rheinwaldhorn, Lago d'Isola, Fanellhorn.

4.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lagh Doss
124 min walk • Lagh Doss is a lake at San Bernardino in the Val Mesolcina of the Grisons, Switzerland. It is located at an elevation of 1652 m. The site is listed in the Federal Inventory of Raised and Transitional Bogs of National Importance.
3.6 miW
Ridged alp summit first climbed in 1789
Rheinwaldhorn
92 min walk • The Rheinwaldhorn is the highest point in the Swiss canton of Ticino at 3,402 metres above sea level. It lies on the border between the cantons of Graubünden and Ticino, in the Adula massif, part of the St.
4.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lago d'Isola
105 min walk • Lago d'Isola is a reservoir at San Bernardino, Grisons, Switzerland. The reservoir's surface area is 39 ha.
4.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Fanellhorn
122 min walk • The Fanellhorn is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps of Graubünden, Switzerland, south of Vals.
2.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cima Rossa
71 min walk • Cima Rossa is a 3,161 metres high mountain in the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Ticino and Graubünden. On the west side it overlooks the valley of Malvaglia and on the east side it overlooks the valley of Calanca.
2.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Vogelberg
59 min walk • The Vogelberg is a 3,218 metres high mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Graubünden. It is the highest summit of the Lepontine Alps south of the Rheinwaldhorn.
5.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piz de la Lumbreida
136 min walk • Piz de la Lumbreida is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, overlooking San Bernardino in the canton of Graubünden.
2.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
I Rodond
64 min walk • I Rodond is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, located west of San Bernardino in the canton of Graubünden. It lies north of the Pass di Passit, on the range between Val Calanca and Val Mesolcina.
$puntone dei fracion$ 1.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Puntone dei Fraciòn
38 min walk • Puntone dei Fraciòn is a 3,202-metre-high mountain in the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Graubünden. It is the highest peak of the Calanca valley. On its west side it overlooks the valley of Malvaglia. It lies approximately halfway between the Vogelberg and the Zapporthorn.
3.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Güferhorn
84 min walk • The Güferhorn is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps, located between the valleys of Vals and Hinterrhein in Graubünden. At 3,379 metres above sea level it is the highest summit of the Lepontine Alps lying east of the Rheinwaldhorn.
5.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Bacino di Val Malvaglia
148 min walk • Bacino di Val Malvaglia is a lake above Malvaglia in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. The reservoir's surface area is 0.19 km². Its arch dam was built in 1959 and is operated by Officine Idroelettriche di Blenio SA.