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Dischma
The Dischma is a valley on the territory of the Swiss municipality of Davos. The name is derived from the la, decimus ("Tenth"). It is documented as ''decimata'' in the 12th century. Location Dischma is the average of the three long, gently sloping, parallel alpine valleys stretching southeast from the Davos plateau toward the Engadin. Its north-eastern neighbour is the Flüela; its southwestern neighbour is the Sertig valley. The Dischma valley is drained by the Dischmabach. The valley floor is at an altitude of about 1500–2000 meters. The most important side valleys are the ''Rüedisch Tälli'' and ''Rinertälli''. Settlements In the valley, there are several small settlements and alpine pastures. Among the most important are, in order from the bottom to the top of the valley: ''In den Büelen'', ''Wildi'' (), ''Uf den Chaiseren'' (), ''In den Stücken'' (), ''Stillberg'' (), ''Hof'' (), ''Teufi'' (), ''Boden'' (), ''Gadmen'' (), ''Am Rin'' (), ''Grossalp'' () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dischmabach
The Dischmabach is a river of approximately 15 km long in the river system of Albula. It drains the Dischma valley, its catchment area lies mainly in the area of the Swiss municipality of Davos. The source Dischmabach has two equal headwaters. The one on the National Map of Switzerland is a creek without a registered name and has its headwaters in the area of the Scaletta Pass (). The other headwater is called Furggabach and has its headwaters on Fuorcla Grialetsch at . The confluence of the two headwaters is at Dürrboden. Then the Dischmabach flows in a northwesterly direction through the elongated and gently sloping Dischma valley and flows into the Landwasser between Davos Dorf and Davos Platz. Within the Posterior Rhine system, the sources of Dischmabach are about 72 km from the confluence of the Anterior and Posterior Rhine. Only the headwaters Rein da Medel, Rein da Maighels and Rein da Curnera in the Vorderrhein system are further away from this conf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dischma
The Dischma is a valley on the territory of the Swiss municipality of Davos. The name is derived from the la, decimus ("Tenth"). It is documented as ''decimata'' in the 12th century. Location Dischma is the average of the three long, gently sloping, parallel alpine valleys stretching southeast from the Davos plateau toward the Engadin. Its north-eastern neighbour is the Flüela; its southwestern neighbour is the Sertig valley. The Dischma valley is drained by the Dischmabach. The valley floor is at an altitude of about 1500–2000 meters. The most important side valleys are the ''Rüedisch Tälli'' and ''Rinertälli''. Settlements In the valley, there are several small settlements and alpine pastures. Among the most important are, in order from the bottom to the top of the valley: ''In den Büelen'', ''Wildi'' (), ''Uf den Chaiseren'' (), ''In den Stücken'' (), ''Stillberg'' (), ''Hof'' (), ''Teufi'' (), ''Boden'' (), ''Gadmen'' (), ''Am Rin'' (), ''Grossalp'' () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dischma - Rüedisch Tälli
The Dischma is a valley on the territory of the Swiss municipality of Davos. The name is derived from the la, decimus ("Tenth"). It is documented as ''decimata'' in the 12th century. Location Dischma is the average of the three long, gently sloping, parallel alpine valleys stretching southeast from the Davos plateau toward the Engadin. Its north-eastern neighbour is the Flüela; its southwestern neighbour is the Sertig valley. The Dischma valley is drained by the Dischmabach. The valley floor is at an altitude of about 1500–2000 meters. The most important side valleys are the ''Rüedisch Tälli'' and ''Rinertälli''. Settlements In the valley, there are several small settlements and alpine pastures. Among the most important are, in order from the bottom to the top of the valley: ''In den Büelen'', ''Wildi'' (), ''Uf den Chaiseren'' (), ''In den Stücken'' (), ''Stillberg'' (), ''Hof'' (), ''Teufi'' (), ''Boden'' (), ''Gadmen'' (), ''Am Rin'' (), ''Grossalp'' () a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piz Grialetsch
Piz Grialetsch is a mountain of the Albula Alps, Switzerland, overlooking the Fuorcla da Grialetsch in the canton of Graubünden. It lies on the range between the Dischma and Engadin The Engadin or Engadine ( rm, ;This is the name in the two Romansh idioms that are spoken in the Engadin, Vallader and Puter, as well as in Sursilvan and Rumantsch Grischun. In Surmiran, the name is ''Nagiadegna'', and in Sutsilvan, it is ... valleys, which culminates at Piz Vadret. References External links Piz Grialetsch on Hikr Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Graubünden Mountains of Switzerland Davos S-chanf Zernez {{Graubünden-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piz Kesch
Piz Kesch ( German) or Piz d'Es-cha ( Rumantsch) is a peak in the Albula Alps of the Rhaetian Alps in Switzerland. At , it is the highest peak in the Albula Alps and the municipality of Bergün, Grisons. The first ascent was made 1846 by J. Coaz, J. Rascher, C. Casper and J. Tscharner. Geography Piz Kesch is part of the mountain ridge which divides the southeastern Swiss Alps between the Rhine drainage basin (North Sea) and the Danube drainage basin (Black Sea). It is also the highest peak in the Eastern Alps north of the Inn River. On the north side lies the Porchabella Glacier. West of Piz Kesch lies the Albula Pass (''Pass d'Alvra'' in Rumantsch); to the north lies the valley of Davos, and to the south lies the Upper Engadine. On the foot of Piz Kesch in the Engadine lies the village of Madulain (1,694 m). Two SAC's alpine huts lie close to Piz Kesch which are the ''Chamanna d'Es-Cha'' or ''Es-Cha Hütte'' (''ca'' 2,594 m), and the ''Kesch-Hütte'' or ''Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakobshorn
The Jakobshorn () is a mountain of the Albula Alps, overlooking Davos in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is also one of the five skiing regions of the Davos Klosters Mountains, offering 14 pistes. Located at the northern end of the range between the Dischmatal and Sertigtal, the Jakobshorn is served by a two-part cable car running from Davos Platz. Once on the mountain there are three chairlifts, one short cable car, and one T-Bar. Since 1995 there has also been a two-person chair-lift, running from near the base station to the near the bottom of Usser Isch. There are a variety of pistes on the Jakobshorn—blue, red and black—and the mountain is renowned for being a centre for snowboarding; Bolgen provides an illuminated super pipe. Pistes are very wide and the area is popular with novice skiers, there are however a number of black terrains for the more adventurous skier. The main two lifts also open during the summer, from July–October, and there are many wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scaletta Pass
Scaletta Pass ( Romansh: ''Cuolm S-chaletta'', german: Scalettapass) (el. 2315 m) is a mountain pass in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It lies in the Albula Range of the Alps. The path from Dischma leads to Cinuos-chel in the Inn Valley. This means it is a crossing from the German spoken Davos area into the romansh spoken Engadin and additionally a crossing from the northerly drainage basin of the river Rhine flowing into the North Sea and the south side of the drainage divide, emptying its waters into the Black Sea via Inn (river) and Danube. During summer Scaletta pass combines several routes for hikers and Mountainbikers. Instead of just crossing the main pass you can also head via Val Funtauna towards Keschhütte and continue to Bergün. An annual Swiss Alpine Marathon crosses the pass as well. History The Scaletta Pass (''s-chaletta'': romansch for „little stair“) lies on a medieval inner- alpine route from Chur via Davos to S-chanf in the Engadin vall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piz Radönt
Piz Radönt is a mountain of the Albula Alps, overlooking the Fuorcla da Grialetsch in the canton of Graubünden. It lies south of the Flüela Schwarzhorn, on the range between the Dischma The Dischma is a valley on the territory of the Swiss municipality of Davos. The name is derived from the la, decimus ("Tenth"). It is documented as ''decimata'' in the 12th century. Location Dischma is the average of the three long, gentl ... valley and the Flüela Pass. References External links Piz Radönt on Hikr Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Graubünden Mountains of Switzerland Davos {{Graubünden-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valleys Of Europe
A valley is an elongated low area often running between Hill, hills or Mountain, mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over a very long period. Some valleys are formed through erosion by glacier, glacial ice. These glaciers may remain present in valleys in high mountains or polar areas. At lower latitudes and altitudes, these glaciation, glacially formed valleys may have been created or enlarged during ice ages but now are ice-free and occupied by streams or rivers. In desert areas, valleys may be entirely dry or carry a watercourse only rarely. In karst, areas of limestone bedrock, dry valleys may also result from drainage now taking place cave, underground rather than at the surface. Rift valleys arise principally from tectonics, earth movements, rather than erosion. Many different types of valleys are described by geographers, using terms th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topographic Prominence
In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling it but containing no higher summit within it. It is a measure of the independence of a summit. A peak's ''key col'' (the highest col surrounding the peak) is a unique point on this contour line and the ''parent peak'' is some higher mountain, selected according to various criteria. Definitions The prominence of a peak may be defined as the least drop in height necessary in order to get from the summit to any higher terrain. This can be calculated for a given peak in the following way: for every path connecting the peak to higher terrain, find the lowest point on the path; the ''key col'' (or ''key saddle'', or ''linking col'', or ''link'') is defined as the highest of these points, along all connecting paths; the pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultra Prominent Peak
An ultra-prominent peak, or Ultra for short, is a mountain summit with a topographic prominence of or more; it is also called a P1500. The prominence of a peak is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak, or from sea level if there is no higher peak. There are approximately 1,524 such peaks on Earth. Some well-known peaks, such as the Matterhorn and Eiger, are not Ultras because they are connected to higher mountains by high cols and therefore do not achieve enough topographic prominence. The term "Ultra" originated with earth scientist Steve Fry, from his studies of the prominence of peaks in Washington in the 1980s. His original term was "ultra major mountain", referring to peaks with at least of prominence. Distribution Currently, 1,518 Ultras have been identified above sea level: 639 in Asia, 356 in North America, 209 in South America, 120 in Europe (including 12 in the Caucasus), 84 in Africa, 69 in Oceania, and 41 in Antarctica. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bocktenhorn
The Bocktenhorn is a mountain of the Albula Alps 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. According to AVE (see map), t ..., located west of the Scaletta Pass, in Graubünden, Switzerland. References External links Bocktenhorn on Hikr Mountains of the Alps Alpine three-thousanders Mountains of Switzerland Mountains of Graubünden Davos {{graubünden-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
