The Val Roseg is a valley of the Swiss Alps , located on the north side of the Bernina Range in the canton of Graubünden ( Engadin ). The valley is drained by the Ova da Roseg , a tributary of the Flaz ( Inn basin), at Pontresina . Most of the valley is part of an exclave of the municipality of Samedan . Only the bottom of Val Roseg lies in the municipality of Pontresina.
5-666: The main locality, outside Pontresina on the bottom of the valley, is Roseg (1,999 m) at the end of the main road. Two mountain huts owned by the Swiss Alpine Club are located in the valley near the glaciers: the Coaz Hut (2,610 m) and the Tschierva Hut (2,584 m). The Val Roseg is surrounded by the highest mountains of Graubünden and Eastern Switzerland. The highest are Piz Bernina (4,049 m), Piz Scerscen (3,971 m) and Piz Roseg (3,937 m). The southern upper valley
10-639: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Swiss Alpine Club The Swiss Alpine Club ( German : Schweizer Alpen-Club , French : Club Alpin Suisse , Italian : Club Alpino Svizzero , Romansh : Club Alpin Svizzer ) is the largest mountaineering club in Switzerland . It was founded in 1863 in Olten and it is now composed of 110 sections with 174,726 members (2023). These include
15-843: Is heavily glaciated: the Roseg Glacier on the west side and the Tschierva Glacier on the east side. The lake Lej da Vadret , which formed at the bottom of the Roseg Glacier during the 20th century, is the largest of the valley. The waterflows in Val Roseg's braided river system has been studied since the late 90s. Recent scientific studies focus mainly on the effects of climate change on the biodiversity in its small alpine streams. 46°26′16″N 9°52′09″E / 46.4378°N 9.8692°E / 46.4378; 9.8692 This Graubünden location article
20-749: The Association of British Members of the Swiss Alpine Club. The Swiss Alpine Club was the first Alpine club founded in continental Europe after the foundation of the Alpine Club (1857) in London. One of the founders and the first president of the Club was Dr. Melchior Ulrich; other members were Gottlieb Samuel Studer and Dr. Simler. The inaugural meeting was held in Olten . With the increasing number of climbers, steps had to be taken to make
25-421: The approach to the mountains a little less complicated and exhausting. Until mountain huts were built, there had been no choice for the climbers other than sleeping in the highest chalets or in a Bivouac shelter under some overhanging rocks and, in both cases, firewood had to be carried up. The Swiss Alpine Club during the first twenty-five years of its existence contributed to build thirty-eight huts , of which
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