Pizzo Uccello - Peak of the Bird (Grisons, Switzerland)

Pizzo Uccello, peak of the bird, is a notable mountain at East of San Bernardino pass, one of the most important route that crosses the Alps from South to North.San Bernardino pass was already used at the time of the Ancient Romans that use to call the pass as “mons avium”, that has the same meaning of the actual name of this peak.Pizzo uccello is the Southern end of peak Cavriola range and its elegant skyline dominates the view from San Bernardino village, while the West face arises as an impressive cliff from the meadows at East of the pass with a prominence of 700 meters.Pizzo Uccello has two twin summits, the North one, 2724m, and the South one , 2713m.The south summit is surely the most climbed, It's in fact easy and pleasant to reach from San Bernardino village and offers a wider view in respect to the North summit.The West face offers a tough climbing route that is dangerous for the bad quality of the rocks.It's possible to reach both the summits of the mountain in winter and spring with skis, but the final part of the routes require some skill in climbing easy rocks when covered by ice, crampons and ice-axe can be usefull.