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The Fluchthorn or Piz Fenga is a mountain in the Silvretta Alps, located on the border between Austria and Switzerland. With a height of above sea level, it is the second highest summit of the Silvretta Alps. The Fluchthorn lies between the Jamtal (Tyrol) and the Val Fenga (Graubünden). It consists of three summits of which the southern one was the highest.

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Mountain.name
Fluchthorn
Mountain.other_name
Piz Fenga
Mountain.photo
Fluchthorn 86.jpg
Mountain.photo_size
285
Mountain.photo_caption
Fluchthorn from the West, July 1987
Mountain.elevation_m
3,399
Mountain.prominence_m
647
Mountain.isolation_km
15.5
Mountain.parent_peak
Piz Linard
Mountain.listing
Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Mountain.location
Tyrol, Austria Graubünden, Switzerland
Mountain.range
Silvretta Alps
Mountain.map
Alps
Mountain.map_caption
Location in the Alps
Mountain.first_ascent
1862 by Johann Jakob Weilenmann and Franz Pöll
Mountain.easiest_route
Scramble

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Elevation
3397
Image
Fluchthorn 86.jpg
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Fluchthorn
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The Fluchthorn or Piz Fenga is a mountain in the Silvretta Alps, located on the border between Austria and Switzerland. With a height of above sea level, it is the second highest summit of the Silvretta Alps. The Fluchthorn lies between the Jamtal (Tyrol) and the Val Fenga (Graubünden). It consists of three summits of which the southern one was the highest.

The southern summit (including the summit cross) collapsed in a massive landslide which occurred on 11 June 2023 around 15:30 CEST. The main peak (south peak) lost . It fell in the western area of the peak, in the Futschöl Valley. The landslide was attributed to permafrost melt due to global warming.

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