Oberhalbstein Range

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The Oberhalbstein Range is a mountain range in the Alps of eastern Switzerland and northern Italy. It is considered to be part of the Central Eastern Alps. The Oberhalbstein Range is separated from the Lepontine Alps in the west by the Splügen Pass; from the Plessur Range in the north by the Albula river valley; from the Albula Range in the east by the Septimer Pass and the Julia River; from the Bernina Range in the south by the Mera river valley.

The Oberhalbstein Range is drained by the rivers Hinterrhein, Julia, Liro and Mera.

[edit] Peaks

The main peaks of the Oberhalbstein Range are:

Peak	Elevation (m/ft)
Piz Platta	3386	11,109
Piz Forbesch	3258	10,689
Piz Timun	3201	10,502
Pizzo Stella	3162	10,375
Piz Duan	3133	10,279
Pizzo Gallegione	3109	10,201
Gletscherhorn	3106	10,191
Cima di Lago	3082	10,112
Piz Grisch	3062	10,050
Usser Wissberg	3053	10,016
Surettahorn	3039	9971
Piz Curvèr	2975	9761

[edit] Passes

The main mountain passes of the Oberhalbstein Range are:

Mountain pass	location	type	elevation (m/ft)
Passo della Duana	Avers to the Val Bregaglia	snow	2800	9187
Passo da la Prasignola	Avers to Soglio	cattle path	2720	8924
Forcella di Lago or Madris Pass	Avers to Chiavenna	foot path	2680	8793
Forcellina	Avers to the Septimer Pass	foot path	2673	8770
Passo di Lei	Avers to Chiavenna	foot path	2659	8724
Stallerberg	Avers to Bivio	foot path	2584	8478
Septimer Pass	Bivio to Val Bregaglia	bridle path	2311	7582
Pass da Niemet	Innerferrera to Madesimo	foot path	2280	7481