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The Ringelspitz (also known as ''Piz Barghis'') is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of St. Gallen and Graubünden. Reaching a height of 3,248 metres above sea level, it is the highest summit in the canton of St. Gallen. It is split between three municipalities: Pfäfers (St. Gallen), Trin and Tamins (Graubünden). The Ringelspitz is the culminating point of a range, about 12 kilometres long, running from west to east and diverging from the main chain of the Glarus Alp between Piz Sardona and
Piz Segnas Piz Segnas is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Glarus and Graubünden. Piz Sardona is on the same ridge to the north, from where the Trinserhorn or Piz Dolf lies to the southeast. The Tschingelhoerner ...
. The massif separates the Calfeisen valley in canton St. Gallen from the Rhine valley near Flims. The north side of the mountain consists of nearly 2,000 metre-high precipitous cliffs overlooking the Gigerwaldsee (1,335 m).


See also

* List of mountains of the canton of St. Gallen * List of mountains of Switzerland * List of most isolated mountains of Switzerland


References


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Ringelspitz on Summitpost

Ringelspitz on Hikr
Mountains of the Alps Alpine three-thousanders Mountains of Switzerland Highest points of Swiss cantons Glarus thrust Mountains of the canton of St. Gallen Mountains of Graubünden Graubünden–St. Gallen border Tamins Trin {{Graubünden-mountain-stub