Pizol
| Pizol | |
|---|---|
 The Pizol (left) from the Pizol hut (Pizolhütte) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,844 m (9,331 ft) |
| Prominence | 457 m (1,499 ft)[1] |
| Parent peak | Tödi |
| Coordinates | 46°57′33″N 9°23′12″E / 46.95917°N 9.38667°E |
| Geography | |
  Pizol Location in Switzerland  Pizol Location in the canton of St. Gallen | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | St. Gallen |
| Parent range | Glarus Alps |
The Pizol is a mountain of the Glarus Alps in Eastern Switzerland, overlooking Wangs in the canton of St. Gallen. At 2,844 metres (9,331 ft) above sea level,[2] it is the highest summit of the chain separating the valleys of the Seez and the Tamina rivers, and the highest mountain lying entirely within the canton of St. Gallen.
Pizol Hut lies at 2,227 metres (7,306 ft).[3] Pizol is also a ski resort.[4]
On 22 September 2019, a 'funeral' and mourning ceremony was held for the Pizol glacier which had disappeared due to rising temperatures.[5] [6] A similar ceremony had been held in August when the Okjökull glacier in Iceland disappeared.[7]
Lakes
[edit]There are five mountain lakes (Pizolseen) on Pizol: Wangsersee at Pizolhütte, Wildsee, Schottensee, Schwarzsee (2,368 m [7,769 ft]) and Baschalvasee (2,174 m [7,133 ft]).[8] A small cirque glacier,[9] the Pizolgletscher, had been located above 2,600 metres (8,500 ft) on the northern side of the mountain.
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Baschalvasee -
Schottensee -
Schwarzsee -
Wangsersee -
Wildsee
Transport
[edit]Two gondola lifts link the Alpine Rhine Valley with top stations below the Pizol, from where chair lifts continue upwards. The valley station of the Bad Ragaz-Pardiel gondola lift, located northwest of Bad Ragaz, is linked to Bad Ragaz railway station by PostAuto bus routes.[10] The Wangs-Furt cable car links Vilters-Wangs with Furt.[11] Its valley station is linked by bus routes to Sargans railway station.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Heidelpass (2,387 m [7,831 ft]).
- ^ Herbke, Stefan (2007). Ostschweiz: Appenzell - Toggenburg - Glarner Alpen : 50 ausgewählte Skitouren zwischen Säntis, Alviergruppe, Pizol und Tödi. Bergverlag Rother GmbH. p. 76. ISBN 978-3-7633-5918-9.
- ^ Abend, Bernhard; Schliebitz, Anja (30 September 2013). Schweiz. Baedeker. p. 187. ISBN 978-3-8297-1455-6.
- ^ "Your ski mountain – really sporty". www.pizol.com. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "Pizol glacier: Swiss hold funeral for ice lost to global warming". BBC. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ Law, Tara (23 September 2019). "With 'Deepest Sadness,' Swiss Mourn Passing of Alps Glacier". Time. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ Arnaud Siad; Amy Woodyatt (Sep 22, 2019). "Hundreds mourn 'dead' glacier at funeral in Switzerland". CNN. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
- ^ Kaiser, Toni; Ihle, Jochen; Volken, Marco (1 December 2013). Pilatus: Wandermagazin SCHWEIZ 6_2013. Rothus Verlag. p. 32. ISBN 978-3-906274-00-3.
- ^ Oerlemans, Johannes (29 June 2013). Glacier Fluctuations and Climatic Change: Proceedings of the Symposium on Glacier Fluctuations and Climatic Change, held at Amsterdam, 1–5 June 1987. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 85. ISBN 978-94-015-7823-3.
- ^ "Bad Ragaz-Pardiel (Pizolbahn Bad Ragaz) (YOC 2007)". www.skiresort.info. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "Wangs-Maienberg-Furt (Pizolbahn Wangs) (YOC 2009)". www.skiresort.info. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
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