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Piz Nair

Piz Nair

Mountain of the Albula Alps in Switzerland

For other places with the same name, see Piz Nair (disambiguation).

Piz Nair (3,056 metres (10,026 ft)) is a mountain of the Albula Alps in Switzerland, overlooking St. Moritz in the canton of Graubünden. The peak is easily accessible from the village with a funicular and a cable car; the upper station unloads 30 metres (100 ft) below the summit. Below the summit to the east is the Corviglia ski area.

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Piz Nair
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Location of Piz Nair in the Alps of Europe

The mountain hosted the alpine skiing events for the 1948 Winter Olympics in neighboring St. Moritz.[2] It also hosted the World Championships in 1934, 1974, 2003, and 2017.

  • The Engadin Valley from the summit
  • Corviglia intermediate station

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Fuorcla Schlattain (2,873 m).
  2. [2]
    1948 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 6, 21. (in French and German)

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