Piz Tschierva (3,546 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

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. ...

of the

Alps The Alps () ; german: Alpen ; it, Alpi ; rm, Alps ; sl, Alpe . are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately across seven Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Sw ...

, located south of

Pontresina Pontresina ( rm, Puntraschigna) is a municipality in the Maloja Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. History and name Pontresina was first mentioned in medieval Latin documents as ''ad Pontem Sarisinam'' in 1137 and ''de Ponte Sa ...

in the canton of Graubünden. It lies in the range that separates the valley of Roseg from the valley of

Morteratsch Morteratsch refers to several locations in the Graubünden canton of Switzerland: *Morteratsch Glacier *Piz Morteratsch, a mountain (3751 m) * Val Morteratsch, a valley *Morteratsch railway station Morteratsch railway station is a railway stati ...

, north of

Piz Bernina Piz Bernina ( Romansh, it, Pizzo Bernina, ) is the highest mountain in the Eastern Alps, the highest point of the Bernina Range, and the highest peak in the Rhaetian Alps. It rises and is located south of Pontresina and near the major Alpine r ...

. Its summit is located within the valley of Roseg. Piz Tschierva lies between two glaciers named ''Vadret da Misaun'' (north) and ''Vadrettin da Tschierva'' (south). The much larger

Tschierva Glacier The Tschierva Glacier ( Romansh: ''Vadret da Tschierva'') is a long glacier (2005) situated in the Bernina Range in the canton of Graubünden/Grisons in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of . See also *List of glaciers in Switzerland *Swiss A ...

is located at the southern foot of the mountain.

Huts

Tschierva Hut The Tschierva Hut (German: ''Tschiervahütte'', Romansh: ''Chamanna da Tschierva'') is a mountain hut located in the Swiss canton of Graubünden at the foot of Piz Bernina, Piz Tschierva and Piz Morteratsch at the end of Val Roseg. The hut lies a ...

(2,583 m) (Chamanna Tschierva) * Boval Hut (2,495 m) (Chamanna da Boval)

References

* Collomb, Robin, ''Bernina Alps'', Goring: West Col Productions, 1988. Collomb writes: ' iz Tschierva isa tame mountain compared with

Piz Morteratsch Piz Morteratsch (3,751 m) is a mountain in the Bernina Range in Switzerland. It is bordered on the east by the Morteratsch Glacier and on the south-west by the Tschierva Glacier. One of the easier of the higher mountains in the range to climb, ...

, but a popular and useful training walk. Easily combined in the same day with the latter.' p. 76.

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