List of mountains of Ticino

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This is a list of mountains of the Swiss canton of Ticino. Ticino is a very mountainous canton and lies almost entirely within the Alps. It is also one of the nine cantons having summits above 3,000 metres. Topographically, the two most important summits of the canton are those of the Rheinwaldhorn (most elevated and isolated) and Monte Tamaro (most prominent).

Contents

This list only includes significant summits with a topographic prominence of at least 150 metres (492 ft). There are over 140 such summits in Ticino and they are found in all its 8 districts. [1] All mountain heights and prominences on the list are from the largest-scale maps available. [2]

List

MountainHeight (m) [2] Drop (m)CoordinatesRangeDistrict(s)First [3]
ascent
Rheinwaldhorn/Adula 34021337 46°29′37″N09°02′25″E / 46.49361°N 9.04028°E / 46.49361; 9.04028 Lepontine Alps Blenio 1789
Basòdino 3272959 46°24′41″N08°28′07″E / 46.41139°N 8.46861°E / 46.41139; 8.46861 Lepontine Alps Vallemaggia 1863
Vogelberg 3218303 46°28′42″N09°03′55″E / 46.47833°N 9.06528°E / 46.47833; 9.06528 Lepontine Alps Blenio 1864
Piz Medel 3211952 46°37′06″N08°54′40″E / 46.61833°N 8.91111°E / 46.61833; 8.91111 Lepontine Alps Blenio 1865
Puntone dei Fraciòn 3202157 46°28′16″N09°05′07″E / 46.47111°N 9.08528°E / 46.47111; 9.08528 Lepontine Alps Blenio
Pizzo Rotondo 3192752 46°31′03″N08°27′58″E / 46.51750°N 8.46611°E / 46.51750; 8.46611 Lepontine Alps Leventina 1869
Scopi 3190792 46°34′18″N08°49′48″E / 46.57167°N 8.83000°E / 46.57167; 8.83000 Lepontine Alps Blenio 1782
Cima Rossa 3161236 46°26′38″N09°05′13″E / 46.44389°N 9.08694°E / 46.44389; 9.08694 Lepontine Alps Blenio
Piz Terri 3149390 46°36′00″N09°02′03″E / 46.60000°N 9.03417°E / 46.60000; 9.03417 Lepontine Alps Blenio 1802
Pizzo Campo Tencia 3072754 46°25′47″N08°43′34″E / 46.42972°N 8.72611°E / 46.42972; 8.72611 Lepontine Alps Leventina/Vallemaggia 1867
Chüebodenhorn 3070316 46°30′29″N08°27′11″E / 46.50806°N 8.45306°E / 46.50806; 8.45306 Lepontine Alps Leventina
Cima dei Cogn 3063177 46°25′56″N09°05′19″E / 46.43222°N 9.08861°E / 46.43222; 9.08861 Lepontine Alps Blenio
Pizzo Gallina 3061378 46°29′41″N08°23′31″E / 46.49472°N 8.39194°E / 46.49472; 8.39194 Lepontine Alps Leventina
Piz Blas 3019312 46°34′38″N08°43′41″E / 46.57722°N 8.72806°E / 46.57722; 8.72806 Lepontine Alps Leventina 1871
Piz Rondadura 3016266 46°34′35″N08°45′02″E / 46.57639°N 8.75056°E / 46.57639; 8.75056 Lepontine Alps Leventina
Pizzo Centrale 2999451 46°34′41″N08°36′54″E / 46.57806°N 8.61500°E / 46.57806; 8.61500 Lepontine Alps Leventina
Grieshorn 2969509 46°27′05″N08°23′35″E / 46.45139°N 8.39306°E / 46.45139; 8.39306 Lepontine Alps Leventina
Pizzo Lucendro 2963350 46°32′20″N08°31′10″E / 46.53889°N 8.51944°E / 46.53889; 8.51944 Lepontine Alps Leventina 1871
Marchhorn/Pta del Termine 2962327 46°26′55″N08°27′45″E / 46.44861°N 8.46250°E / 46.44861; 8.46250 Lepontine Alps Vallemaggia
Torent/Torrone Alto 2952835 46°20′37″N09°04′16″E / 46.34361°N 9.07111°E / 46.34361; 9.07111 Lepontine Alps Riviera 1882
Pizzo del Ramulazz S2939324 46°23′48″N09°05′34″E / 46.39667°N 9.09278°E / 46.39667; 9.09278 Lepontine Alps Blenio
Cristallina 2912344 46°27′53″N08°32′13″E / 46.46472°N 8.53694°E / 46.46472; 8.53694 Lepontine Alps Vallemaggia
Nufenenstock 2866381 46°28′01″N08°23′18″E / 46.46694°N 8.38833°E / 46.46694; 8.38833 Lepontine Alps Leventina
Poncione di Braga 2864301 46°26′03″N08°32′34″E / 46.43417°N 8.54278°E / 46.43417; 8.54278 Lepontine Alps Vallemaggia
Wandfluhhorn/Pizzo Biela 2863452 46°20′41″N08°27′51″E / 46.34472°N 8.46417°E / 46.34472; 8.46417 Lepontine Alps Vallemaggia
Cima di Gana Bianca 2842410 46°28′17″N08°59′32″E / 46.47139°N 8.99222°E / 46.47139; 8.99222 Lepontine Alps Blenio
Pizzo Castello 2808385 46°24′56″N08°33′55″E / 46.41556°N 8.56528°E / 46.41556; 8.56528 Lepontine Alps Vallemaggia
Corona di Redorta 2804481 46°22′32″N08°43′56″E / 46.37556°N 8.73222°E / 46.37556; 8.73222 Lepontine Alps Locarno/Vallemaggia
Pizzo Quadro 2793470 46°17′55″N08°25′05″E / 46.29861°N 8.41806°E / 46.29861; 8.41806 Lepontine Alps Vallemaggia
Pizzo Marumo 2790435 46°35′54″N08°57′34″E / 46.59833°N 8.95944°E / 46.59833; 8.95944 Lepontine Alps Blenio
Pizzo del Sole 2773555 46°31′30″N08°46′04″E / 46.52500°N 8.76778°E / 46.52500; 8.76778 Lepontine Alps Blenio/Leventina
Il Madone [Note 1] 2768330 46°29′31″N08°34′01″E / 46.49194°N 8.56694°E / 46.49194; 8.56694 Lepontine Alps Leventina/Vallemaggia
Pizzo Massari 2760424 46°28′33″N08°41′00″E / 46.47583°N 8.68333°E / 46.47583; 8.68333 Lepontine Alps Leventina/Vallemaggia
Madom Gröss 2741630 46°22′00″N08°49′52″E / 46.36667°N 8.83111°E / 46.36667; 8.83111 Lepontine Alps Leventina/Locarno
Schenadüi 2738375 46°33′09″N08°44′55″E / 46.55250°N 8.74861°E / 46.55250; 8.74861 Lepontine Alps Leventina
Monte Zucchero 2735554 46°21′15″N08°42′51″E / 46.35417°N 8.71417°E / 46.35417; 8.71417 Lepontine Alps Locarno/Vallemaggia
Pizzo di Claro 2727361 46°17′45″N09°03′20″E / 46.29583°N 9.05556°E / 46.29583; 9.05556 Lepontine Alps Riviera
Pizzo Cramalina 2322297 46°15′19.3″N08°37′25.8″E / 46.255361°N 8.623833°E / 46.255361; 8.623833 Lepontine Alps Ticino
Pizzo dell'Alpe Gelato 2613357 46°14′59″N08°26′39″E / 46.24972°N 8.44417°E / 46.24972; 8.44417 Lepontine Alps Vallemaggia
Cima Bianca 2612309 46°23′16″N08°48′45″E / 46.38778°N 8.81250°E / 46.38778; 8.81250 Lepontine Alps Blenio
Rosso di Ribia 2547569 46°15′40″N08°31′47″E / 46.26111°N 8.52972°E / 46.26111; 8.52972 Lepontine Alps Locarno/Vallemaggia
Cima di Bri 2520313 46°18′19″N08°53′03″E / 46.30528°N 8.88417°E / 46.30528; 8.88417 Lepontine Alps Leventina/Locarno
Cima di Pinadee 2486455 46°30′48″N08°58′37″E / 46.51333°N 8.97694°E / 46.51333; 8.97694 Lepontine Alps Blenio
Pizzo Erra 2416300 46°26′28″N08°53′27″E / 46.44111°N 8.89083°E / 46.44111; 8.89083 Lepontine Alps Blenio/Leventina
Poncione Piancascia 2360325 46°17′57″N08°43′58″E / 46.29917°N 8.73278°E / 46.29917; 8.73278 Lepontine Alps Locarno/Vallemaggia
Pizzo Bombögn 2331268 46°18′16″N08°29′50″E / 46.30444°N 8.49722°E / 46.30444; 8.49722 Lepontine Alps Vallemaggia
Camoghè 2228283 46°08′06″N09°03′51″E / 46.13500°N 9.06417°E / 46.13500; 9.06417 Lugano Prealps Bellinzona/Lugano
Sosto 2221524 46°32′54″N08°57′07″E / 46.54833°N 8.95194°E / 46.54833; 8.95194 Lepontine Alps Blenio
Gridone/Monte Limidario 21881218 46°07′24″N08°38′53″E / 46.12333°N 8.64806°E / 46.12333; 8.64806 Lepontine Alps Locarno
Pizzo Ruscada 2004330 46°10′39″N08°35′34″E / 46.17750°N 8.59278°E / 46.17750; 8.59278 Lepontine Alps Locarno
Monte Tamaro 19611408 46°06′14″N08°51′58″E / 46.10389°N 8.86611°E / 46.10389; 8.86611 Lugano Prealps Locarno/Lugano
Cima di Fojorina 1810305 46°03′46″N09°04′22″E / 46.06278°N 9.07278°E / 46.06278; 9.07278 Lugano Prealps Lugano
Monte Gambarogno 1734339 46°06′44″N08°49′49″E / 46.11222°N 8.83028°E / 46.11222; 8.83028 Lugano Prealps Locarno
Monte Generoso 17011321 45°55′53″N09°01′12″E / 45.93139°N 9.02000°E / 45.93139; 9.02000 Lugano Prealps Lugano
Monte Lema 1621902 45°58′37″N08°56′50″E / 45.97694°N 8.94722°E / 45.97694; 8.94722 Lugano Prealps Lugano
Monte Salmone 1560484 46°12′34″N08°42′26″E / 46.20944°N 8.70722°E / 46.20944; 8.70722 Lepontine Alps Locarno/Vallemaggia
Monte Boglia 1516342 46°01′47″N09°00′27″E / 46.02972°N 9.00750°E / 46.02972; 9.00750 Lugano Prealps Lugano
Monte San Giorgio 1097758 45°54′49″N08°56′59″E / 45.91361°N 8.94972°E / 45.91361; 8.94972 Lugano Prealps Lugano/Mendrisio
Poncione d'Arzo 1015345 45°53′32″N08°55′27″E / 45.89222°N 8.92417°E / 45.89222; 8.92417 Lugano Prealps Mendrisio
Monte San Salvatore 912602 45°58′37″N08°56′50″E / 45.97694°N 8.94722°E / 45.97694; 8.94722 Lugano Prealps Lugano

Notes

  1. ↑ High point between Il Madone and Campanile

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rheinwaldhorn</span> Mountain in Switzerland

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Piz Palü</span> Mountain in Switzerland

Piz Palü is a mountain in the Bernina Range of the Alps, located between Switzerland and Italy. It is a large glaciated massif composed of three main summits, on a ridge running from west to east. The main summit is 3,900 metres high and is located within the Swiss canton of Graubünden, although the border with the Italian region of Lombardy runs about 100 metres west of it at almost the same height. The western summit is named Piz Spinas and is the only one not covered by ice. The eastern summit is named Piz Palü Orientale. The name Palü derives from the Latin palus, meaning a swamp, and the mountain is said to be named after the Alpe Palü, a high alpine pasture some 4 km to its east.

References

  1. ↑ Christian Thöni, Directory of the mountains of Switzerland
  2. 1 2 All mountain heights and prominences are from the 1:25,000 Swisstopo topographic maps.
  3. ↑ The three main sources for first ascent data are:
    For the Western Alps; W.A.B. Coolidge, The Alps in nature and history, Methuen & Co, London, 1908.
    For the Central Alps; Gottlieb Studer, Über Eis und Schnee: Die höchsten Gipfel der Schweiz und die Geschichte ihrer Besteigung, Volumes 1-3, Schmid & Francke, Bern, 1896-1899.
    For the Eastern Alps: Die Erschließung der Ostalpen, Volumes 1-3, German and Austrian Alpine Club, Berlin, 1894.
    Given are the years for the first recorded ascents. In many cases local people or surveyors made earlier ascents. In particular, chamois and ibex hunters are expected to have reached many summits. Years in italics indicate that it is known that an earlier ascent was made, for example by the presence of artifacts on top or the summit's prior use as a triangulation point.


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