Piz Medel

#1246 among destinations in Switzerland

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Piz Medel is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Ticino and Graubünden. At 3,210 metres above sea level it is the highest summit on the chain between Lukmanier Pass and Crap la Crusch. The mountain overlooks the Greina, an important pass connecting the cantons of Graubünden and Ticino. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 10531 ftProminence: 3091 ftCoordinates: 46°37'6"N, 8°54'40"E

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TicinoSwitzerland

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Piz Medel – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lago Retico, Lago di Luzzone, Lai da Sontga Maria, Sosto.

3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lago Retico
77 min walk • Lago Retico is a lake in the canton Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 8.5 ha.
4.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lago di Luzzone
120 min walk • Lago di Luzzone is a reservoir in Ticino, Switzerland. The reservoir has a volume of 108 million m³ and a surface area of 1.27 km². It is located in the upper Blenio valley, in the municipalities of Ghirone and Aquila. The reservoir lies at a height of 1,606 metres above sea...
6.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lai da Sontga Maria
160 min walk • Lai da Sontga Maria is a lake, located north of the Lukmanier Pass in Switzerland. It lies almost entirely in the municipality of Medel, a tiny fraction of the south-west part of the lake belonging to the municipalities of Quinto and Blenio.
5.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sosto
134 min walk • The Sosto is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking Olivone in the canton of Ticino. It lies south of the lake of Luzzone and west of the Torrone di Nav.
5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Scopi
128 min walk • The Scopi is a 3,190-metre-high mountain in the Lepontine Alps, overlooking Lukmanier Pass on the border between the cantons of Ticino and Graubünden. A cable car connects the summit from the road of Lukmanier Pass below the dam, and on the top lies a radar and an air traffic control building, owned by the Swiss Army.
2.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piz Vial
74 min walk • Piz Vial is a 3,168 metres high mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, located south of Sumvitg in the canton of Graubünden. The summit, located one kilometres east of the canton of Ticino border, overlooks, together with its highest neighbour Piz Medel, the plateau of the Greina.
3.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piz Muraun
95 min walk • Piz Muraun is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, located near Disentis in the canton of Graubünden. It lies between the Val Medel and the Val Sumvitg.
2.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piz Caschleglia
59 min walk • Piz Caschleglia is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, located south of Curaglia in the canton of Graubünden. It lies north of Piz Medel, between the Val Medel and the Val Sumvitg.
6.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Lukmanier Pass
166 min walk • Lukmanier Pass is a pass in the Swiss Alps. The road from Disentis/Mustér in the canton of Graubünden leads through the Val Medel across the pass to the Blenio valley and Biasca in the canton of Ticino.
3.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pizzo Pianca
97 min walk • Pizzo Pianca is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, located north of Olivone in the canton of Ticino. On its southern side it overlooks the lake of Luzzone.
5.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piz Cavel
148 min walk • Piz Cavel is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, situated between the Val Sumvitg and the Lumnezia in the canton of Graubünden. The closest locality is Vrin on the eastern side.