Piz Cavardiras

#1017 among destinations in Switzerland

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Piz Cavardiras is a 2,964 metres high mountain in the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Uri and Graubünden. The Cavardiras hut, owned by the Swiss Alpine Club, lies near the pass of Cavardiras on the north side. ()

Elevation: 9724 ftProminence: 797 ftCoordinates: 46°44'12"N, 8°48'53"E

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GraubündenSwitzerland

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

Nearby attractions include: Disentis 3000, Kloster Disentis, Golzerensee, Tödi.

2.8 miSE
46°42'3"N • 8°50'29"E
Disentis 3000, Disentis
71 min walk • Winter sport, Outdoor activities, Park
2.8 miSE
Church, Baroque architecture
Kloster Disentis, Disentis
73 min walk • Disentis Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in the Canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland, around which the present town of Disentis grew up.
4.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Golzerensee
114 min walk • Golzerensee is a lake at Golzeren in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland. Its surface area is 5.7 ha. Golzeren is located in the Maderanertal and can be reached by cable car from Bristen. The lake is a popular fishing location. Species include brown trout, rainbow trout, and perch.
7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tödi
178 min walk • The Tödi, is a mountain massif and with the mountain peak Piz Russein the highest mountain in the Glarus Alps and the highest summit in the canton of Glarus, Switzerland.
6.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gross Windgällen
160 min walk • The Gross Windgällen is a 3,187 m high mountain in the Glarus Alps, overlooking the valley of the Reuss in the canton of Uri. The name Gross Windgällen derives from Gälle or gellen, meaning as much as wailing, shrilling or whistling.
2.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Oberalpstock
56 min walk • The Oberalpstock or Piz Tgietschen is a mountain in the Glarus Alps between the cantons of Uri and Graubünden. Its massif separates the valleys of Maderanertal and Surselva near Sedrun.
5.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lag da Laus
136 min walk • Lag da Laus is a small lake within the municipality of Sumvitg in the Grisons, Switzerland. There is no real tributary to the lake and the outflow will disappear in the underground after some distance as the area consists of landslide debris.
1.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piz Ault
43 min walk • Piz Ault is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, located south of the Oberalpstock in Switzerland. Three ridges lead to the peak with a fourth one not very distinct to the south.
7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Seewlisee
178 min walk • Seewlisee is a lake in Uri, Switzerland at an elevation of 2028 m. Its surface area is 9 ha. The lake lies at the foot of the Gross Windgällen. The lake can be reached by foot in 2–3 hours from the cable car Silenen-Chilcherbergen.
6.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piz Muraun
159 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.
4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Maderanertal
103 min walk • The Maderanertal is an Alpine valley of the canton of Uri in Central Switzerland. It is drained by the Chärstelenbach, a stream that is a right tributary of the Reuss at Amsteg.