Pizol


The Pizol is a mountain of the Glarus Alps in Eastern Switzerland, overlooking Wangs in the canton of Canton of [St. Gallen|St. Gallen]. At above sea level, 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. Pizol is also a ski resort.
On 22 September 2019, a 'funeral' and mourning ceremony was held for the Pizol glacier which had disappeared due to rising temperatures.
A similar ceremony had been held in August when the Okjökull glacier in Iceland disappeared.

Lakes

There are five mountain lakes on Pizol: Wangsersee at Pizolhütte, Wildsee, Schottensee, Schwarzsee and Baschalvasee. A small cirque glacier, the Pizolgletscher, had been located above 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. The Wangs-Furt cable car links Vilters-Wangs with Furt. Its valley station is linked by bus routes to Sargans railway station.