Piz Lunghin (2,780 m) is a mountain in the

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canton of Graubünden, located in the

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, overlooking the

Maloja Pass Maloja Pass (Italian: ''Passo del Maloja'', German: ''Malojapass'') (1815m a.s.l.) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubünden, linking the Engadine with the Val Bregaglia, still in Switzerland and Chiavenna in Ital ...

. It is considered as the "roof of Europe" as the peak is nearby the triple watershed of the Lunghin pass. Water running off this mountain can head towards the

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, the

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and the

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, respectively by the rivers Po,

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, and

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Geography and hydrography

Piz Lunghin lies at the upper end of the

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e (east) and the

Bregaglia Bregaglia (Italian and rm, ) is a municipality in the Maloja Region in the canton of Grisons in Switzerland. It was formed by the 2010 merger of the municipalities of Bondo, Castasegna, Soglio, Stampa and Vicosoprano, all located in the Val ...

(west) valleys. The

, which connects the two valleys, is located 2 km south-east from the peak. The north side of the mountain lies in the protected area

Parc Ela Parc Ela ('' Rumantsch'': Ela Park) is a nature park in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It is intended to protect the regional biotope, help to promote its sustainable use and give a boost to an area rich in scenery and national cultur ...

The notable

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is in fact located 600 metres from the summit itself, at the Lunghin Pass, at 2645 m (). The north-west side feeds a stream ending in the Gelgia, a tributary of the Albula, itself a tributary of the

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. From the south-west side the water flows towards the Mera in ''Val Bregaglia'', that flows into the Adda, a tributary of the Po. The

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originates instead from

Lägh dal Lunghin Lägh dal Lunghin (German: ''Lunghinsee'') is a lake at an elevation of 2484 m, below the peak of Piz Lunghin, in the Graubünden, Switzerland. It is considered the source of the Inn River. See also *List of mountain lakes of Switzerland ...

below the peak, east to the pass. The Inn is a tributary of the

. * The Rhine enters the

740 km north * The Po enters the

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275 km south-east * The Danube enters the

1560 km east

Climbing and hiking

The summit can be reached easily from the north flank via a trail starting from the Lunghin Pass. The pass connects

Bivio Bivio ( rm, Beiva, german: Stallen) is a village and former municipality in the Sursés in the district of Albula of the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bivio, Cunter, Marmorera, Mulegns, Riom-Parsonz ...

on the north (via the

Septimer Pass Septimer Pass (German: ''Septimerpass'', Italian: ''Passo del Settimo'', Romansh: ''Pass da Sett''; elevation ) is a high mountain pass in the canton of Graubünden in the Swiss Alps between the valleys of Bregaglia (Bergell) and Surses (Ober ...

) to Maloja in the Engadine on the east. The shortest access is from the latter. From Maloja (1810 m) the trail follows the young Inn and leads to the pass in a few hours of walking. A signposted multiday trekking routeHiking Switzerland on Senda Segantini across Lunghin pass
passes the pass as well, called Senda Segantini after the painter

Giovanni Segantini Giovanni Segantini (15 January 1858 – 28 September 1899) was an Italian painter known for his large pastoral landscapes of the Alps. He was one of the most famous artists in Europe in the late 19th century, and his paintings were collected by ...

that worked on his most famous works in those areas.

References

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External links

Piz Lunghin on summitpost.org
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