Mount Piz Badus Photo: Mount Piz Badus

Mount Piz Badus, also called the six Madun, part Gotthards array reaches a height 2928 metres above sea level, and through its top border of the cantons of graubünden and URI. Unique geographical position allows grief, despite her not of the largest size, considered to be one of the best survey sites that offers magnificent views of the surrounding area and other mountain ranges of the Swiss Alps.

Piz Badus is located on the watershed between the rivers Rhine Front and Royce. On the Eastern side it ends with a 1000-foot cliff into the valley Underlip. From the North-East hillside washes lake Tomasie officially regarded as the source of the river Rhine. Water from the Northern and Eastern slopes drain into the Creek rein da tuma, and South to another tributary of the Rhine - stream Michelstein.

The name of Badus comes from the Swiss Romansh language and literally means "standing crooked".

The first to climb the mountain of Piz Badus tried priest of the Benedictine Placidus-a-Hurry and his companion of Fintan Birchler. But only Placidus was able to reach the top. Despite its venerable San, he was very active climber and had a rich experience of ascension.

In our time to reach the summit of Piz Badus are three ways. The first starts from the hut Badeschuhe, runs along Tomasie and leads on through the North-West ridge, the difficulty of this route is estimated by the value of T4, in close proximity to the top for lifting need climbing equipment. The remaining two paths are partially impassable and are suitable only for experienced mountaineers.

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