Piz Vial

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Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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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. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 10394 ftProminence: 1526 ftCoordinates: 46°37'55"N, 8°58'9"E

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GraubündenSwitzerland

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

Nearby attractions include: Kloster Disentis, Lago Retico, Lago di Luzzone, Piz Terri.

7.4 miNW
Church, Baroque architecture
Kloster Disentis, Disentis
190 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.
5.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lago Retico
135 min walk • Lago Retico is a lake in the canton Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 8.5 ha.
4.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lago di Luzzone
113 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...
3.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piz Terri
97 min walk • Piz Terri is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Ticino and Graubünden. At 3,149 metres above sea level it is the highest summit lying on the chain between Greina and Soreda Pass.
5.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lag da Laus
142 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.
4.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piz Muraun
104 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.
3.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piz Caschleglia
86 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.
3.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pizzo Pianca
99 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.
2.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piz Cavel
75 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.
2.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piz Medel
74 min walk • 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.
6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piz Titschal
154 min walk • Piz Titschal is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, located south of Obersaxen in the canton of Graubünden.