The Tschierva Hut is a mountain hut located in the Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 canton of Graubünden

Graubünden

Graubünden or Grisons is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. The canton shares borders with the cantons of Ticino, Uri, Glarus and St. Gallen and international borders with Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein...

 at the foot of Piz Bernina

Piz Bernina

Piz Bernina is the highest mountain of the Eastern Alps and the highest point of the Bernina Range the highest peak in south Rhetic Alps. It is also the farthest easterly mountain higher than 4,000 m in the Alps, the highest point of the Swiss canton of Graubünden, and the fifth-most prominent...

, Piz Tschierva

Piz Tschierva

-Huts:* Tschierva Hut * Boval Hut - References :* Collomb, Robin, Bernina Alps, Goring: West Col Productions, 1988. Collomb writes: '[Piz Tschierva is] a tame mountain compared with Piz Morteratsch, but a popular and useful training walk. Easily combined in the same day with the latter.'...

 and Piz Morteratsch

Piz Morteratsch

Piz Morteratsch is a mountain in the Bernina Range in Switzerland. It is bordered on the east by the Morteratsch Glacier and on the south-west by the Tschierva Glacier....

 at the end of Val Roseg. The hut lies at 2,584 metres above sea level near the Tschierva Glacier

Tschierva Glacier

The Tschierva Glacier is a 4 km long glacier situated in the Bernina Range in the canton of Graubünden/Grisons in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of 6.2 km².-External links:*...

 and can be accessed from Pontresina

Pontresina

Pontresina is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.-History and name:The city was first mentioned in medieval Latin documents as pontem sarasinam in 1137. In 1237 it was mentioned as de Ponte Sarraceno and in 1303 as ponte sarracino...

 via a trail. The hut is the starting point of the Biancograt, the serpentine north ridge of Piz Bernina.

The hut is owned by the Swiss Alpine Club

Swiss Alpine Club

The Swiss Alpine Club is the largest mountaineering club in Switzerland. It was founded in 1863 in Olten and it is now composed of 111 sections with 110,000 members...

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External links

• Chamanna da Tschierva CAS sac-cas.ch