Pontresina SW climb
This short, very steep climb rises above Pontresina in Graubünden. Expect 20 to 34 minutes. The hardest 500 metres average 38.7% and start 607 m in, so the worst of it lands when you are already committed. Southwest-facing: it gets the afternoon heat and clears of snow early. The nearest named summit, Languard Pitschen at 3,124 m, is 269 m away. At 17.0 TEP it is harder than 91% of the climbs in the catalogue. It is graded demanding mountain hiking: expect sections where you watch every step.
- TEP
- 17.0
- Climb
- +335 m
- Distance
- 1.0 km
- Average grade
- 33.1%
- Time
- 20 to 34 min
Climbs nearby
- Pontresina S climb, 1.2 km at 21.6%, Graubünden (0.7 km away)
- Pontresina W climb, 1.1 km at 21.1%, Graubünden (0.9 km away)
- Pontresina W climb, 653 m at 22.2%, Graubünden (1 km away)
- Pontresina NW climb, 3.6 km at 12.8%, Graubünden (1.4 km away)
- Pontresina W climb, 1.3 km at 17.4%, Graubünden (2.2 km away)
- Pontresina S climb, 1.6 km at 19.3%, Graubünden (2.3 km away)
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