The Val Russein is a valley of the Swiss Alps , located south of the Tödi Group in Graubünden . The valley is drained by the Aua da Russein , a tributary of the Vorderrhein , near Cumpadials (962 m). The Val Russein belongs to the municipalities of Disentis and Sumvitg .
5-620: Three valleys converge at Alp Cavrein (1,575 m) to form the main Val Russein: Val Cavadiras, Val Gronda da Cavrein and Val Gronda da Russein. The entire valley is approximately 10 kilometres long. The Val Russein includes some of the highest mountains in the canton of Graubünden outside the Bernina Range . The highest mountain is the Tödi (also named Piz Russein ) with a height of 3,614 metres above sea level. Other high summits overlooking
10-619: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bernina Range The Bernina Range is a mountain range in the Alps of eastern Switzerland and northern Italy . It is considered to be part of the Rhaetian Alps within the Central Eastern Alps . It is one of the highest ranges of the Alps, covered with many glaciers. Piz Bernina (4,049 m (13,284 ft)), its highest peak,
15-850: Is the most easterly four-thousand-metre peak in the Alps. The peak in the range which sees the most ascents is Piz Palü . The Bernina Range is separated from the Albula Range in the north-west by the Maloja Pass and the Upper Engadin valley; from the Livigno Range in the east by the Bernina Pass ; from the Bergamo Alps in the south by the Adda valley ( Valtellina ); and from the Bregaglia Range in
20-615: The south-west by the Muretto Pass . The Bernina Range is drained by the rivers Adda , Inn and Maira (Mera in Italy). The term Bernina Alps can also be used in an extended sense to include both the Bernina and Bregaglia ranges; this is the area coloured red on the map (right) and labelled 'Bernina Alpen'. The main peaks of the Bernina Range are: Main glaciers : The main passes of
25-568: The valley are Piz Urlaun (3,359 m), Düssi (3,256 m) and Piz Cambrialas (3,208 m). The Val Russein is connected to the canton of Uri by the Fuorcla Cavadiras (2,609 m) and to the canton of Glarus by the Sandpass (2,781 m). A small hydroelectric dam is located at Barcuns Dadens, at an elevation of 1,362 metres. At the bottom of the valley, the river is crossed by a road bridge and a rail viaduct. This Graubünden location article
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