Pizzo Scalino Explained

Pizzo Scalino
Elevation M:3,323
Prominence M:859
Prominence Ref:[1]
Listing:Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Parent Peak:Piz Bernina
Location:Lombardy, Italy
Range:Bernina Range
Map:Alps
Coordinates:46.2789°N 9.9736°W
First Ascent:Summer 1830 by surveyors from Lombardy. First touristic ascent by F.F. Tuckett, F.A.Y. Brown, Chr. Almer and F. Andermatten on 22 June 1866

Pizzo Scalino is a mountain of the Bernina Range in Lombardy, Italy. It is known as the Valemalenco Matterhorn due to its pyramidal shape when viewed from the valley below. Itlies close to Piz Cancian, where the border with Switzerland runs. The mountain is usually climbed from the Campo Moro Dam. From the summit, the whole of the Bernina Range is visible. It was first climbed in 1830.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. [Swisstopo]
  2. 892. Pizzo Scalino. 19 February 2015.