Piz Scerscen

Infobox Mountain
Name = Piz Scerscen
Photo = Tschierva glacier 1.jpg
Caption = Piz Bernina (centre-left), Piz Scerscen (centre-right) and Piz Roseg (right), seen from Piz Corvatsch
Elevation = 3,971 metres (13,028 feet)
Location = ITA / SUI
Range = Bernina Range
Prominence = 76 m
latd= 46|latm=22 |lats=41.7 |latNS=N
longd=9 |longm=54 |longs=2.1 |longEW=E
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First ascent =13 September 1877 by Paul Güssfeldt, Hans Grass and Caspar Capat

Piz Scerscen (3,971 m) is a mountain in the Bernina Range in Switzerland and Italy, joining the neighbouring Piz Bernina by its north-east ridge via a 3,895 m pass. Its name means 'the circular mountain' ('Scerscen' is pronounced "cherchen").

The mountain has a prominent secondary summit called the "Schneehaube" (3,875 m).

The first ascent of Piz Scerscen was by Paul Güssfeldt, Hans Grass and Caspar Capat on 13 September 1877 via the north-west spur, descending the same way. This is the well-known "Eisnase" route, involving a 100-metre ice pitch of between 60–70°,Collomb, Robin, "Bernina Alps", Goring: West Col Productions, 1988, p. 77–8 although its precise length and steepness are debated. [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150739/piz-scerscen.html] . This was the route followed by Walter Risch on the first solo ascent of the mountain in 1924. The first ascent of the north-west face was by Christian Klucker and L. Norman-Neruda on 9 July 1890.

References

External links

* [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150739/piz-scerscen.html Piz Scerscen on SummitPost]