The Tschierva Hut (German: ''Tschiervahütte'', Romansh: ''Chamanna da Tschierva'') is a

mountain hut A mountain hut is a building located high in the mountains, generally accessible only by foot, intended to provide food and shelter to mountaineers, climbers and hikers. Mountain huts are usually operated by an Alpine Club or some organization ...

located in the Swiss canton of Graubünden at the foot 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 ...

Piz Tschierva Piz Tschierva (3,546 m) is a mountain in the Bernina Range of the Alps, located south of Pontresina in the canton of Graubünden. It lies in the range that separates the valley of Roseg from the valley of Morteratsch, north of Piz Bernina. It ...

and

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, ...

at the end of

Val Roseg The Val Roseg is a valley of the Swiss Alps, located on the north side of the Bernina Range in the canton of Graubünden (Engadin). The valley is drained by the ''Ova da Roseg'', a tributary of the Flaz ( Inn basin), at Pontresina. Most of the va ...

. The hut lies at 2,584 metres above sea level near the

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 ...

and can be accessed from

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 Sar ...

via a trail. The hut is the starting point of the ''Biancograt'', the serpentine north ridge of Piz Bernina. The hut is owned by the Swiss Alpine Club.

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Chamanna da Tschierva CAS
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