Pizol

{{short description|Mountain in Switzerland}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Pizol | image = Picswiss SG-37-09.jpg | image_size = 285 | image_caption = The Pizol (left) from the Pizol hut ({{lang|de|Pizolhütte}}) | elevation_m = 2844 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 457 | parent_peak = Tödi | prominence_ref = <ref>Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Heidelpass ({{convert|2387|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=x| [|]}}).</ref> | map = Switzerland#Canton of St. Gallen | map_caption = Location in Switzerland##Location in the canton of St. Gallen | region_type = Canton | region = St. Gallen | country = Switzerland | range = Glarus Alps | coordinates = {{coord|46|57|33|N|9|23|12|E|type:mountain_region:CH_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates = | topo = | type = | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}

The '''Pizol''' is a mountain of the Glarus Alps in Eastern Switzerland, overlooking Wangs in the canton of St. Gallen. At {{convert|2844|m}} above sea level,<ref name="Herbke2007">{{cite book|last=Herbke|first=Stefan|title=Ostschweiz: Appenzell - Toggenburg - Glarner Alpen : 50 ausgewählte Skitouren zwischen Säntis, Alviergruppe, Pizol und Tödi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RVcIXFIGWwcC&pg=PA76|year=2007|publisher=Bergverlag Rother GmbH|isbn=978-3-7633-5918-9|page=76}}</ref> it is the highest summit of the chain separating the valleys of the Seez and the Tamina rivers, and the highest mountain lying entirely within the canton of St. Gallen.

Pizol Hut lies at {{convert|2227|m}}.<ref name="AbendSchliebitz2013">{{cite book|last1=Abend|first1=Bernhard|last2=Schliebitz|first2=Anja|title=Schweiz|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GJtXAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA187|date=30 September 2013|publisher=Baedeker|isbn=978-3-8297-1455-6|page=187}}</ref> Pizol is also a ski resort.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pizol.com/en/winter/ski-snowboard/ |title=Your ski mountain – really sporty |website=www.pizol.com |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref>

On 22 September 2019, a 'funeral' and mourning ceremony was held for the Pizol glacier which had disappeared due to rising temperatures.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pizol glacier: Swiss hold funeral for ice lost to global warming |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49788483 |website=BBC |accessdate=22 September 2019}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news |last1=Law |first1=Tara |title=With 'Deepest Sadness,' Swiss Mourn Passing of Alps Glacier |url=https://time.com/5684215/pizol-glacier-climate-change-switzerland/?# |accessdate=15 November 2019 |work=Time |date=23 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref> A similar ceremony had been held in August when the Okjökull glacier in Iceland disappeared.<ref>{{cite web|website=CNN|accessdate=Sep 22, 2019|date=Sep 22, 2019|author1=Arnaud Siad|author2=Amy Woodyatt|title=Hundreds mourn 'dead' glacier at funeral in Switzerland|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/22/europe/swiss-glacier-funeral-intl-scli/index.html}}</ref>

==Lakes== {{See also|List of mountain lakes of Switzerland}} There are five mountain lakes ({{lang|de|Pizolseen}}) on Pizol: Wangsersee at Pizolhütte, Wildsee, Schottensee, Schwarzsee ({{convert|2368|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=x| [|]}}) and Baschalvasee ({{convert|2174|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=x| [|]}}).<ref name="KaiserIhle2013">{{cite book|last1=Kaiser|first1=Toni|last2=Ihle|first2=Jochen|last3=Volken|first3=Marco|title=Pilatus: Wandermagazin SCHWEIZ 6_2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=shW-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA32|date=1 December 2013|publisher=Rothus Verlag|isbn=978-3-906274-00-3|page=32}}</ref> A small cirque glacier,<ref name="Oerlemans2013">{{cite book|last=Oerlemans|first=Johannes|title=Glacier Fluctuations and Climatic Change: Proceedings of the Symposium on Glacier Fluctuations and Climatic Change, held at Amsterdam, 1–5 June 1987|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hML_CAAAQBAJ&pg=PA85|date=29 June 2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-015-7823-3|page=85}}</ref> the Pizolgletscher, had been located above {{convert|2600|m}} on the northern side of the mountain.

==Transport== Two gondola lifts link the Alpine Rhine Valley with top stations below the Pizol, from where chair lifts continue upwards. The valley station of the Bad Ragaz-Pardiel gondola lift, located northwest of Bad Ragaz, is linked to Bad Ragaz railway station by PostAuto bus routes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.skiresort.info/ski-resort/pizol-bad-ragazwangs/ski-lifts/l87993/ |title=Bad Ragaz-Pardiel (Pizolbahn Bad Ragaz) (YOC 2007) |website=www.skiresort.info |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref> The Wangs-Furt cable car links Vilters-Wangs with Furt.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.skiresort.info/ski-resort/pizol-bad-ragazwangs/ski-lifts/l88003/ |title=Wangs-Maienberg-Furt (Pizolbahn Wangs) (YOC 2009) |website=www.skiresort.info |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref> Its valley station is linked by bus routes to Sargans railway station.

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==External links== {{commons}} *[http://www.hikr.org/dir/Pizol_3894/ Pizol on Hikr] *[http://www.myswitzerland.com/en/interests/hiking/5-lake-classic.html 5-lake classic Pizol] {{Portal bar|Alps}} {{Authority control}}

Category:Mountains of the Alps Category:Mountains of Switzerland Category:Mountains of the canton of St. Gallen