Switzerland · European Alps3,308 m (10,853 ft)Piz Badile 3D Terrain Map & Relief Model
Interactive digital elevation model (DEM) for Piz Badile. Tilt, rotate, and inspect high-altitude summit ridges, glacial cirques, and approach routes in high-resolution 3D WebGL cartography.
Swiss Alpine Club mountain hut at the foot of the north ridge approach in Val Bondasca.
Starting stance of the technical climbing across the initial snow ramp and entry dihedral.
Exposed slab stances mid-face where Cassin's historic 1937 party endured a storm bivouac.
The sharp granite summit block crowned by the metal bivouac shelter Capanna Redaelli.
Total vertical rise from Base of the Granite Shield (2,500m) directly to the summit crest.
DMS: 46°19′52″ N, 9°36′38″ E. Verified against alpine geodesy baselines.
The vertical drop to the lowest contour encircling the peak with no higher summit inside it.
Surrounded by lateral moraines, active icefalls, and high glaciated ridges feeding regional river systems.
Topographic Architecture of Piz Badile
Piz Badile is a celebrated 3,308-meter granite peak in the Bregaglia Alps on the border of Switzerland and Italy. Its name, derived from the Romansh word for shovel due to its distinctive shape from the north, is legendary for the colossal 800-meter smooth Northeast Face. This smooth sea of vertical granite slabs was first conquered in July 1937 by Italian master Riccardo Cassin with Vittorio Ratti and Gino Esposito, alongside Mario Molteni and Giuseppe Valsecchi, marking one of the Six Great North Faces of the Alps.