Monte Disgrazia
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Monte Disgrazia or Munt Des'giascia (3,678 m) is a
mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...
in the Bregaglia range in the
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. It is the highest peak in the
Val Masino Val Masino (Western Lombard dialect, Western Lombard: ''Val Màsen'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sondrio in the Italy, Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northwest of Sondrio, on the border ...
group, situated south of the
Bernina Range The Bernina Range is a mountain range in the Alps of eastern Switzerland and northern Italy. It is considered to be part of the Rhaetian Alps within the Central Eastern Alps. It is one of the highest ranges of the Alps, covered with many glaciers ...
. It has five
glaciers A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such as ...
and five wild ridges and is a demanding climb. The
first ascent In mountaineering, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in guide books) is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain or the first to follow a particular climbing route. First mountain ascents are notable because they en ...
was by
Leslie Stephen Sir Leslie Stephen (28 November 1832 – 22 February 1904) was an English author, critic, historian, biographer, and mountaineer, and the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. Life Sir Leslie Stephen came from a distinguished intellect ...
, E. S. Kennedy and Thomas Cox with guide
Melchior Anderegg Melchior Anderegg (28 March 1828 – 8 December 1914), from Zaun, Meiringen, was a Swiss mountain guide and the first ascensionist of many prominent mountains in the western Alps during the golden and silver ages of alpinism. His clients were mo ...
on 23 August 1862. Their route over the
Preda Rossa Preda is locality within the municipality of Bergün, district of Albula, Canton Graubünden, Switzerland. Transportation Rhaetian Railway operates services to Preda (Rhaetian Railway station) Preda railway station is a railway station in ...
glacier and the northwest ridge is the easiest one and has remained the normal climbing route.


Gallery

File:Val sissone monte disgrazia.jpg, Monte Disgrazia from Sentiero Rusca, Chiareggio, Italy.


References


External links


Monte Disgrazia on SummitPost

Webcam of Monte Disgrazia
Mountains of Italy Mountains of the Alps {{Lombardy-geo-stub