| Piz Nair | |
|---|---|
 Piz Nair cable car station in 2006 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,056 m (10,026 ft) |
| Prominence | 183 m (600 ft) [1] |
| Parent peak | Piz Ot |
| Coordinates | 46°30′22.5″N9°47′14.8″E / 46.506250°N 9.787444°E Coordinates: 46°30′22.5″N9°47′14.8″E / 46.506250°N 9.787444°E |
| Geography | |
  Piz Nair Location in Switzerland | |
| Location | Graubünden, Switzerland |
| Parent range | Albula Alps |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Cable car |
Piz Nair (3,056 metres (10,026 ft)) is a mountain of the Albula Alps in Switzerland, overlooking St. Moritz in the canton of Graubünden. The peak is easily accessible from the village with a funicular and a cable car; the upper station unloads 30 metres (100 ft) below the summit. Below the summit to the east is the Corviglia ski area.
A mountain is a large landform that rises above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill. Mountains are formed through tectonic forces or volcanism. These forces can locally raise the surface of the earth. Mountains erode slowly through the action of rivers, weather conditions, and glaciers. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in huge mountain ranges.
The Albula Alps are a mountain range in the Alps of eastern Switzerland. They are considered to be part of the Central Eastern Alps, more specifically the Western Rhaetian Alps. They are named after the river Albula. The Albula Alps are separated from the Oberhalbstein Alps in the west by the Septimer Pass and the valley of the Sursés; from the Plessur Alps in the north-west by the Landwasser valley; from the Silvretta group in the north-east by the Flüela Pass; from the Bernina Range in the south-east by the Maloja Pass and the Inn valley.
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a country situated in western, central, and southern Europe. It consists of 26 cantons, and the city of Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The sovereign state is a federal republic bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning a total area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8.5 million people is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities are to be found: among them are the two global cities and economic centres Zürich and Geneva.
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The mountain hosted the alpine skiing events for the 1948 Winter Olympics in neighboring St. Moritz. [2] It also hosted the World Championships in 1934, 1974, 2003 and 2017.
At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the six alpine skiing events were held on Piz Nair from Monday, 2 February to Thursday, 5 February 1948.
The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are an alpine skiing competition organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS).
