Piz Argient

Piz Argient
Bellavista (left and centre), Piz Argient (snowy dome, right) and Crast' Agüzza (rocky peak, extreme right)
Highest point
Elevation	3,943 m (12,936 ft)
Prominence	99 m (325 ft)
Parent peak	Piz Zupò
Listing	Mountains of Italy Highest mountains of Switzerland
Coordinates
Naming
English translation	Silver peak
Geography
Countries	Italy and Switzerland
Parent range	Bernina Range
Geology
Mountain type	Granite
Climbing
First ascent	1869 by Seiler and von Seldeneck, with guides Christian Grass, J. B. Walther and a chamois hunter
Easiest route	North-east ridge from the Fuorcla dal Zupò (F)

Piz Argient (3,943 m) is a mountain in the Bernina Range of the Alps on the border between Italy and the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

The peak is bounded to the north by the Morteratsch Glacier, to the west by the Upper Scerscen Glacier, and to the south and east by the Fellaria Glacier. It is separated from Piz Zupò to its east by the Fuorcla dal Zupò (3,844 m) and from Crast' Agüzza to its north-west by the Fuorcla da l'Argient (3,691 m).

Huts

• Marco e Rosa Hut (3,610 m)
• Marinelli Hut (2,813 m)

References

• Collomb, Robin, Bernina Alps, Goring: West Col Productions, 1988

External links

• The Bernina Group on SummitPost