Fluchthorn Explained

Fluchthorn
Other Name:Piz Fenga
Photo Size:285
Elevation M:3,399
Prominence M:647
Prominence Ref:[1]
Isolation Km:15.5
Isolation Ref:[2]
Parent Peak:Piz Linard
Listing:Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Location:Tyrol, Austria
Graubünden, Switzerland
Range:Silvretta Alps
Map:Alps
Coordinates:46.8909°N 10.2274°W
First Ascent:1862 by Johann Jakob Weilenmann and Franz Pöll
Easiest Route:Scramble

The Fluchthorn or Piz Fenga is a mountain in the Silvretta Alps, located on the border between Austria and Switzerland. With a height of 3399m (11,152feet) above sea level, it is the second highest summit of the Silvretta Alps. The Fluchthorn lies between the Jamtal (Tyrol) and the Val Fenga (Graubünden). It consists of three summits of which the southern one was the highest.

The southern summit (including the summit cross) collapsed in a massive landslide which occurred on 11 June 2023 around 15:30 CEST. The main peak (south peak) lost . It fell in the western area of the peak, in the Futschöl Valley.[3] The landslide was attributed to permafrost melt due to global warming.[4]

The middle peak (3,397 m) is now the highest point of the Fluchthorn and the second highest mountain of the Silvretta.

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Notes and References

  1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Fuorcla Zadrell (2,752 m).
  2. Retrieved from Google Earth. The nearest point of higher elevation is north of Piz Linard.
  3. News: Ganzer Gipfel bei Galtür in die Tiefe gestürzt: „Auch das Gipfelkreuz ist weg“. de. Tiroler Tageszeitung. 2023-06-12. 2023-06-12.
  4. News: Gabay . Aimee . Climate change causes a mountain peak frozen for thousands of years to collapse . Live Science . 26 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230626115733/https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/climate-change-causes-a-mountain-peak-frozen-for-thousands-of-years-to-collapse . 26 June 2023.