Highest point | |
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Elevation | 3,256 m (10,682 ft) |
Prominence | 199 m (653 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Piz Buin (Grond) |
Coordinates | 46°50′32″N 10°06′45″E / 46.84222°N 10.11250°E |
Geography | |
Location | Graubünden, Switzerland Vorarlberg, Austria |
Parent range | Silvretta Alps |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 24 August 1868 by O.W. Stein and his guide Christian Jann. |
Easiest route | glacier/rock climb |
Piz Buin Pitschen (Rumantsch) or Kleiner Piz Buin (German) is a peak in the Silvretta Alps. The Piz Buin Pitschen lies western of his higher neighbor the Piz Buin Grond or Großer Piz Buin.
The summit forms the border between Switzerland and Austria and is the second highest peak in Vorarlberg, a state of Austria, and the sixth highest peak of the mountain range after the Piz Linard, the Fluchthorn, the Piz Buin Grond, the Verstanclahorn and the Piz Fliana.
The first ascent was made 1868 by O.W. Stein and his guide Christian Jann.