Europe / Bernina Range
Piz Palü
Italy / Switzerland · 3,899 m
Photo credits and licence
Christian Boss 1965 · CC BY 4.0 · Bergpanorama Piz Palü mit Gletscher, Juli 1989. Preview cropped from the top.Source credit: Own work
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Source-linked route information · coverage incomplete
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About Piz Palü
Piz Palü offers an eastern-summit ascent, a three-summit traverse and harder pillar climbing. Choose the summit objective and descent before comparing times.
SAC · Piz Palü alpine routes · SAC · Piz Palü ski routes
Geographic source notes
Wikidata description: mountain shared by Switzerland and Italy. Imported context (CC0); retrieved 2026-10-05, not independently reviewed.
This overview is assembled from the geographic records cited below; it has not been independently field-verified.
Mountain facts
- Elevation
- 3899 metres above sea level
- Country / territory
- Italy / Switzerland
- Mountain range
- Bernina Range
- Range assignment
- Source-linked Wikidata statement · 2026-10-05
- Summit coordinates
- 46.378333333, 9.960555555 · View summit on OpenStreetMap
Routes and variants
4 source-linked entries · research checked 2026-10-07. The inventory remains incomplete.
Documented information and open research
Starting point: 2 of 4 · Difficulty with grading system: 4 of 4 · Elevation gain: 4 of 4 · Duration: 4 of 4 · Season: 0 of 4
0 historical entries. These counts describe published entries, not all possible routes. Current access is not established.
See route research coverage and priorities →Compare 4 routes
Grades retain their published rating system; different systems and historical grades are not equivalent. Elevation gain means climbing metres, not summit altitude. Missing figures are not estimated.
Scroll sideways to compare all columns. Select a route name for its details.
| Route | Activity / direction | Difficulty / system | Starting point | Elevation gain | Duration | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal route from Diavolezza | AlpinismAscent | WSSAC alpine overall grade | Diavolezza mountain station | 1,150 mPublished ascent metres; not summit altitude difference | 4–5 hPublished ascent section; return and breaks excluded | Source 1 ↗ |
| East–west or west–east traverse | AlpinismTraverse | WSSAC alpine overall grade | Not documented | 1,300 mPublished ascent metres; not summit altitude difference | 4–5 hPublished ascent section; return and breaks excluded | Source 1 ↗ |
| Eastern summit east pillar | AlpinismAscent | S-SAC alpine overall grade | Not documented | 1,130 mPublished ascent metres; not summit altitude difference | 5–6 hPublished ascent section; return and breaks excluded | Source 1 ↗ |
| Ski ascent via eastern summit | Ski mountaineeringAscent | ZSSAC ski touring scale | Diavolezza | 1,150 mPublished ascent metres; not summit altitude difference | 4 hPublished ascent section; return and breaks excluded | Source 1 ↗ |
Choose an activity to see its entries. Ascent, descent, approaches and historical climbing lines are labelled separately.
Alpinism (3)
Normal route from DiavolezzaAlpinism · Ascent · WS
Descent listing: 2:30–3 h / 1,150 m.
- Activity
- Alpinism
- Direction / role
- Ascent
- Starting point
- Diavolezza mountain station
- Difficulty
- WS · SAC alpine overall grade · Published German SAC listing; no grade conversion
- Elevation gain
- 1,150 m · Published ascent metres; not summit altitude difference
- Duration
- 4–5 h · Published ascent section; return and breaks excluded
- Season
- Not established from the checked source
- Current access
- Not checked for current use
SAC · Piz Palü alpine routes · source checked 2026-10-07
The source establishes a route listing. Detailed navigation, current protection and conditions require the original reference.
East–west or west–east traverseAlpinism · Traverse · WS
Descent listing: 3–5 h / 1,300 m. Direction and starting point need separate selection.
- Activity
- Alpinism
- Direction / role
- Traverse
- Starting point
- Not established from the checked source
- Difficulty
- WS · SAC alpine overall grade · Published German SAC listing; no grade conversion
- Elevation gain
- 1,300 m · Published ascent metres; not summit altitude difference
- Duration
- 4–5 h · Published ascent section; return and breaks excluded
- Season
- Not established from the checked source
- Current access
- Not checked for current use
SAC · Piz Palü alpine routes · source checked 2026-10-07
The source establishes a route listing. Detailed navigation, current protection and conditions require the original reference.
Eastern summit east pillarAlpinism · Ascent · S-
- Activity
- Alpinism
- Direction / role
- Ascent
- Starting point
- Not established from the checked source
- Difficulty
- S- · SAC alpine overall grade · Published German SAC listing; no grade conversion
- Elevation gain
- 1,130 m · Published ascent metres; not summit altitude difference
- Duration
- 5–6 h · Published ascent section; return and breaks excluded
- Season
- Not established from the checked source
- Current access
- Not checked for current use
SAC · Piz Palü alpine routes · source checked 2026-10-07
The source establishes a route listing. Detailed navigation, current protection and conditions require the original reference.
Ski mountaineering (1)
Ski ascent via eastern summitSki mountaineering · Ascent · ZS
- Activity
- Ski mountaineering
- Direction / role
- Ascent
- Starting point
- Diavolezza
- Difficulty
- ZS · SAC ski touring scale · Published German SAC listing; no grade conversion
- Elevation gain
- 1,150 m · Published ascent metres; not summit altitude difference
- Duration
- 4 h · Published ascent section; return and breaks excluded
- Season
- Not established from the checked source
- Current access
- Not checked for current use
SAC · Piz Palü ski routes · source checked 2026-10-07
The source establishes a route listing. Detailed navigation, current protection and conditions require the original reference.
Route questions, answered
Specific planning questions, with the scope of each source kept visible.
Does 4–5 hours include the return?
No. It is the ascent listing; the normal descent is listed separately.
Is the traverse equivalent to the normal route?
Both have WS overall grades, but the traverse has additional summit and descent logistics.
Climbing Chronicle Redaktion · Sources checked · Source research; current route conditions are not confirmed.
Planning at a glance
Access and starting point
Check Cambrena glacier and snow bridges; SAC cautions about soft afternoon snow. Current passage is unconfirmed.
Difficulty and required experience
Normal ascent and traverse WS; east pillar S-. Ski ZS uses another scale.
Season and restrictions
Not yet established from checked sources for this mountain.
Sources for current information
Regional weather and warning resources
Selected by the recorded country. Check geographic coverage and elevation; these links do not confirm access or conditions on this summit.
- SLF · Swiss avalanche bulletin
Swiss regional snow and avalanche information; select the correct area
This page stores reference sources, not live conditions. Check the provider’s publication date and route coverage before use.
Research still needed
For Piz Palü, this atlas does not yet document first-ascent history; checked seasonal restrictions. Missing first-ascent evidence does not mean a mountain is unclimbed.
Use the linked sources as starting points; summit coordinates do not describe a climbing route or public access.
Sources and coverage
Imported geographic data from Wikidata (CC0); not independently field-verified. Data snapshot: 30 September 2026. Elevations and boundaries can differ between sources. Mountain-range membership follows explicit Wikidata relationships or a coordinate match against published GMBA v2 standard polygons. GMBA: Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (2021), CC BY 4.0; methodology: Snethlage et al. (2022). Missing evidence remains open.
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Editorial responsibility
Responsible publisher and editorial author: Climbing Chronicle Redaktion. AI-assisted source research; no on-site inspection or professional route approval is claimed.
- Route listing source check
- 2026-10-07 · partial inventory; current access remains open
- Planning source check
- 2026-10-07 · only the individually cited planning additions
- Earlier profile review
- Open · no complete editorial review recorded
- Imported context retrieved
- 2026-10-05 · automated retrieval, not an editorial review
How sources, authorship and review dates work
Further reading about Piz Palü
Links discovered through the Wikidata record. These articles have not been checked as evidence for route, difficulty or access claims.
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