The Tsa de l'Ano 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 area, and is usually higher t ...

of the Swiss

Pennine Alps The Pennine Alps (, , , ), sometimes referred to as the Valais Alps (which are just the Northern Swiss part of the Pennine Alps), are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in Italy (the Aosta Valley and Piedmont) an ...

, located east of

Les Haudères Les Haudères is a village in the Swiss Alps, located in the canton of Valais. The village is situated in the central part of the canton, in the Val d'Hérens, south of Sion. It belongs to the municipality of Evolène. Les Haudères lies where t ...

in the canton of

Valais Valais ( , ; ), more formally, the Canton of Valais or Wallis, is one of the cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of thirteen districts and its capital and largest city is Sion, Switzer ...

. It is separated by the ''Col de Mourti'' (3,259 m) from the '' Pointes de Mourti'' to the southeast, on the range between the valley of Hérens and the

Moiry Glacier The Moiry Glacier () is a 5 km long glacier (2005) situated in the Pennine Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of 5.75 km2. See also *List of glaciers in Switzerland *Swiss Alps The Alps, Alpine region ...

(part the

Val d'Anniviers The Val d'Anniviers (old name in German ''Eifischtal'') is a Swiss Alps, Swiss Alpine Valleys of the Alps, valley, situated in the Sierre (district), district of Sierre in Valais, which extends south of the Rhône Valley, on the northern slopes of ...

). To the north of the main summit is the secondary peak of ''Pointe de Moiry'' (3,303 m), which is separated by the ''Col de la Couronne'' from the '' Couronne de Bréona'' (3,159 m). Tsa de l'Ano is reached from the

Swiss Alpine Club The Swiss Alpine Club (, , , ) is the largest mountaineering club in Switzerland. It was founded in 1863 in Olten and it is now composed of 110 sections with 174,726 members (2023). These include the Association of British Members of the Swiss ...

's ''Cabanna de Moiry'' (2,825) by traversing the

and ascending to ''Col de Moiry''; ''Pointe de Moiry'' is more easily reached via its southeastern flank, the ridge connecting the two peaks is comparatively difficult. Both peaks are relatively little frequented by alpinists. An easier ascent to Tsa de l'Ano (but mostly without any marked paths) is via its western ridge from ''Salay'' (

Ferpècle Ferpècle is a dispersed settlement in the upper Val d'Hérens in Valais, Switzerland, upstream of Les Haudères, at between about 1,700 m and 1,800 m elevation, spanning a distance of about 5 km along the ''Borgne de Ferpècle'' stream. Like L ...

, 1,766 m).Michael Waeber, ''Walliser Alpen: Gebietsführer für Wanderer, Bergsteiger, Skitourengeher und Kletterer'',

Bergverlag Rother GmbH Bergverlag Rother is a German publisher with its headquarters in Oberhaching, Upper Bavaria. Since 1950 the company, that formerly went under the name of ''Bergverlag Rudolf Rother'', had published the Alpine Club Guides in cooperation with the G ...

, 2003
p. 440

References

External links

Tsa de l'Ano on Hikr
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