polytropos' photos with the keyword: Diavolezza

Happy Fence Friday ! From here one has numerous possibilities to do a glacier hike. "Diavolezza" means "she-devil" in the Rhaeto-Romanic language. The name comes from a legend: Many years ago a wonderful mountain fairy lived at Munt Pers ("lost mountain", Rhaeto-Romanic). She was seldom seen by hunters and was often admired when she crossed the slopes of the Munt Pers to "Lej da la Diavolezza" (Lake of the She-devil) to take a bath. Then the young hunters became careless. They followed her over the rocks to her castle. But one hunter after the other disappeared. And so it happened to Aratsch, a young man from the village. Everywhere they looked for him in vain and finally they assumed he had fallen into a crevasse or crashed down. For those who were in the region at nightfall, carried by the wind, heard the plaintive voice of Diavolezza calling out: "Mort ais Aratsch!" (Aratsch is dead). Hence the name of the Alp Morteratsch in the basin of the Bernina group. ► See also PiP. (46.41191, 09.96524); [200°] – swisstopo

Munt Pers – Panorama 180° Panorama vom Munt Pers (3'207m / 10'520ft) in Richtung Morteratsch Gletscher. Links die drei Spitzen des Piz Palü (3'900m / 12'800ft). Rechts davon der Piz Bernina (4'049m / 13'285 ft). Ganz rechts das Val Bernina mit Blick nach Pontresina. (46.42139, 09.95351); [250°]

Diavolezza – start to a hike on the glacier. To the left the three peaks of Piz Palü (3'900 m / 12'800 ft). To the right the Piz Bernina (4'049 m / 13'285 ft). In the foreground the Vadret Pers glacier. ► swisstopo map (46.41173, 09.96507); [190°]