Boval Hut
The Boval Hut is a refuge in the Alps in Switzerland. It lies at the foot of Piz Morteratsch and Piz Bernina, above the Morteratsch Glacier.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Email: boval@bluewin.ch
- Type: Mountain hut
- Description: mountain hut
- Also known as: “Chamanna da Boval CAS”
- Address: 1, Boval, Pontresina, 7504
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Piz Bernina and Piz Morteratsch.
Piz Bernina
Peak
Photo: Capricorn4049, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Piz Bernina is the highest mountain in the Eastern Alps, the highest point of the Bernina Range, and the highest peak in the Rhaetian Alps. It rises 4,048 m and is located south of Pontresina in the Bernina Region and near the major Alpine resort of St. Moritz, in the Engadin valley. Piz Bernina is situated 4 km south of Boval Hut.
Piz Morteratsch
Peak
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.
Piz Boval
Peak
Photo: Capricorn4049, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Piz Boval is a mountain of the Bernina Range, located north of Piz Bernina in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It lies on the ridge that separate the Val Roseg from the valley of the Morteratsch Glacier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bernina Pass and Alp Grüm.
Bernina Pass
Locality
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bernina Pass is a high mountain pass in the Bernina Range of the Alps, in the canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland. It connects the famous resort town of St. Moritz in the Engadin valley with the Italian-speaking Val Poschiavo, which ends in the Italian town of Tirano in Valtellina. Bernina Pass is situated 8 km east of Boval Hut.
Alp Grüm
Hamlet
Photo: Sidonius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alp Grüm is a hamlet, which is situated 9 km southeast of Boval Hut.
Surlej
Village
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Surlej is a village in Graubünden, Switzerland. It is located close to Sankt Moritz and Silvaplana. The town is known for having had Friedrich Nietzsche among its visitors; the philosopher spent every summer from 1883 to 1888 there. Surlej is situated 10 km northwest of Boval Hut.
Boval Hut
- Categories: building, tourism, and accommodation
- Location: Pontresina, Maloja District, Engadin, Graubünden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.4152° or 46° 24′ 55″ northLongitude
9.92507° or 9° 55′ 30″ eastElevation
2,495 metres (8,186 feet)Operator
SAC - CASOpen location code
8FRFCW8G+32OpenStreetMap ID
way 238450857OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=alpine_hutWikidata ID
Q895339
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Romansh—“Boval Hut” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Bovalhütte”
- French: “cabane de Boval”
- French: “Cabane de Boval”
- French: “Refuge Boval”
- German: “Boval-Hütte”
- German: “Bovalhütte”
- Italian: “Bovalhütte”
- Italian: “Capanna Boval”
- Romansh: “Chamanna da Boval”
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