# Pizol

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{{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](/source/T%C3%B6di)
| prominence_ref = <ref>Retrieved from the [Swisstopo](/source/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](/source/Cantons_of_Switzerland)
| region = [St. Gallen](/source/Canton_of_St._Gallen)
| country = [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland)
| range = [Glarus Alps](/source/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 = 
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| easiest_route =
}}

The '''Pizol''' is a [mountain](/source/mountain) of the [Glarus Alps](/source/Glarus_Alps) in [Eastern Switzerland](/source/Eastern_Switzerland), overlooking [Wangs](/source/Wangs) in the canton of [St. Gallen](/source/Canton_of_St._Gallen). At {{convert|2844|m}} [above sea level](/source/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](/source/Seez_(river)) and the [Tamina](/source/Tamina_(river)) 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Okj%C3%B6kull) 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](/source/Wangsersee) at Pizolhütte, [Wildsee](/source/Wildsee_(Pizol)), [Schottensee](/source/Schottensee), [Schwarzsee](/source/Schwarzsee_(Pizol)) ({{convert|2368|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=x| [|]}}) and [Baschalvasee](/source/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.

<gallery mode="packed" widths=100px heights=100px>
Image:Baschalvasee - panoramio.jpg|Baschalvasee
Image:Schottensee Pizol.jpg|Schottensee
Image:SchwarzseePizol01.jpg|Schwarzsee
Image:Wangsersee01.jpg|Wangsersee
Image:Wildsee.jpg|Wildsee
</gallery>

==Transport==
Two [gondola lift](/source/gondola_lift)s link the [Alpine Rhine Valley](/source/Alpine_Rhine_Valley) with [top station](/source/top_station)s below the Pizol, from where [chair lift](/source/chair_lift)s continue upwards. The [valley station](/source/valley_station) of the Bad Ragaz-Pardiel gondola lift, located northwest of [Bad Ragaz](/source/Bad_Ragaz), is linked to [Bad Ragaz railway station](/source/Bad_Ragaz_railway_station) by [PostAuto](/source/PostBus_Switzerland) 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](/source/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](/source/Sargans_railway_station).

==See also==
* [List of mountains of the canton of St. Gallen](/source/List_of_mountains_of_the_canton_of_St._Gallen)
* [List of ski areas and resorts in Switzerland](/source/List_of_ski_areas_and_resorts_in_Switzerland)

==References==
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==External links==
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*[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]
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Category:Mountains of the Alps
Category:Mountains of Switzerland
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