Lepontine Alps

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The Lepontine Alps are a mountain range in the central part of the Alps. They are located in Switzerland (Valais, Ticino and Graubünden) and Italy (Piedmont). The Furka Pass, St Gotthard Pass and the upper Rhône valley separate them from the Bernese Alps; the Simplon Pass separates them from the Pennine Alps; the Vorderrhein valley and the Oberalp Pass separate them from the Glarus Alps; the Splügen Pass separates them from the Central Eastern Alps (Oberhalbstein Range).

The Lepontine Alps are drained by the rivers Rhône in the west, Reuss in the north, Rhine (Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein) in the east and Ticino and Toce in the south.

The Simplon rail tunnel, which leads from Brig to Domodossola, the St Gotthard rail and highway tunnels (from Andermatt to Airolo) and the San Bernardino Tunnel are important transport arteries.

The eastern portion of the Lepontine Alps, from the St Gotthard Pass to the Splügen Pass, is sometimes named the Adula Alps.

[edit] List of peaks

The chief peaks of the Lepontine Alps are:

Name	Elevation
Name	m	ft
Monte Leone	3,561	11,684
Rheinwaldhorn	3,402	11,149
Guferhorn	3,393	11,132
Blindenhorn	3,384	11,103
Basodino	3,276	10,749
Tambohorn	3,276	10,749
Helsenhorn	3,274	10,742
Wasenhorn	3,255	10,680
Ofenhorn	3,242	10,637
Cherbadung	3,213	10,542
Piz Medel	3,203	10,509
Scopi	3,200	10,499
Pizzo Rotondo	3,197	10,489
Pizzo dei Piani	3,158	10,361
Piz Terri	3,151	10,331
Piz Aul	3,124	10,250
Pizzo di Pesciora	3,123	10,247
Wyttenwasserstock	3,084	10,119
Campo Tencia	3,075	10,089
Leckihorn	3,069	10,069
Bruschghorn	3,054	10,020
Alperschellihorn	3,045	9,991
Piz Blas	3,023	9,918
Monte Giove	3,010	9,876
Pizzo Centrale	3,003	9,853
Pizzas d'Annarosa	3,002	9,850
Piz Beverin	3,000	9,843
Weisshorn (Splugen)	2,992	9,817
Pizzo Lucendro	2,959	9,708
Piz Tomul	2,949	9,676
Piz Cavel	2,944	9,659
Barenhorn	2,932	9,620
Six Madun (Badus)	2,932	9,619
Piz Muraun	2,899	9,512
Zervreilerhorn	2,898	9,508
Monte Cistella	2,851	9,353
Piz Lukmanier	2,778	9,115
Monte Prosa	2,738	8,983
Pizzo Columbe	2,549	8,363
Monte Camoghe	2,226	7,303
Piz Mundaun	2,065	6,775
Monte Generoso	1,704	5,591
Monte San Salvatore	916	3,004

[edit] List of passes

The chief passes of the Lepontine Alps are:

Mountain pass	location	type	elevation
Mountain pass	location	type	m	ft
Zapport Pass	Hinterrhein to Malvaglia and Biasca	snow	3,079	10,103
Guferlücke	Canaltal to Lentatal (near Vals, Switzerland)	snow	2,980	9,777
Lentalücke	Hinterrhein to Vals	snow	2,954	9,692
Hohsand Pass	Binn to La Frua (Toce waterfalls)	snow	2,927	9,603
Lecki Pass	Realp to Oberwald VS	snow	2,912	9,554
Passo Rotondo	Airolo to Oberwald	snow	2,880	9,449
Kaltwasser Pass	Simplon Hospice to Alpe Veglia	snow	2,844	9,331
Scaradra Pass	Vals to Olivone	foot path	2,770	9,088
Satteltelücke	Vals to Vrin	foot path	2,768	9,082
Ritter Pass	Binn to Alpe Veglia	snow	2,692	8,832
Cavanna Pass	Realp to Bedretto	snow	2,611	8,566
Scatta Minoja	Devero to Formazza	bridle path	2,597	8,521
Bocca di Cadlimo	Airolo to the Lukmanier Pass	foot path	2,542	8,340
Valserberg	Hinterrhein to Vals	bridle path	2,507	8,225
Safierberg	Splügen to Safien	bridle path	2,490	8,170
Nufenen Pass	Ulrichen to Airolo	road	2,478	8,130
Geisspfad Pass	Binn to Devero	foot path	2,475	8,120
Gries Pass	Ulrichen to La Frua	bridle path	2,468	8,098
Passo di Naret	Fusio to Airolo	bridle path	2,443	8,015
Passo Valtendra	Alpe Veglia to Devero and Baceno	bridle path	2,431	7,976
Diesrut Pass	Vrin to Somvix	bridle path	2,424	7,953
Albrun Pass	Binn to Devero and Baceno	bridle path	2,410	7,907
Greina Pass	Olivone to Somvix	bridle path	2,360	7,743
San Giacomo Pass	Airolo to La Frua	bridle path	2,308	7,573
Passo di Buffalora	Mesocco to the Val Calanca	foot path	2,265	7,431
Passo dell'Uomo	Quinto, Switzerland to the Lukmanier Pass	bridle path	2,212	7,258
Splügen Pass	Thusis to Chiavenna	road	2,117	6,946
St Gotthard Pass	Andermatt to Airolo	road	2,114	6,936
San Bernardino Pass	Thusis to Bellinzona	road	2,063	6,769
Lukmanier Pass	Disentis to Olivone	road	1,917	6,289