Lepontine Alps

The eastern portion of the Lepontine Alps, from the St Gotthard Pass to the Splugen, is sometimes named the Adula Alps.

List of peaks

The chief peaks of the Lepontine Alps, from the Simplon to the Splugen and south of the Furka and Oberalp Passes, are:

Name	Elevation
Monte Leone	3561 meters	11'684 feet
Rheinwaldhorn	3398 meters	11'149 feet
Guferhorn	3393 meters	11'132 feet
Blindenhorn	3384 meters	11'103 feet
Basodino	3276 meters	10'749 feet
Tambohorn	3276 meters	10'749 feet
Helsenhorn	3274 meters	10'742 feet
Wasenhorn	3255 meters	10'680 feet
Ofenhorn	3242 meters	10'637 feet
Cherbadung	3213 meters	10'542 feet
Piz Medel	3203 meters	10'509 feet
Scopi	3200 meters	10'499 feet
Pizzo Rotondo	3197 meters	10'489 feet
Pizzo dei Piani	3158 meters	10'361 feet
Piz Terri	3151 meters	10'338 feet
Piz Aul	3124 meters	10'250 feet
Pizzo di Pesciora	3123 meters	10'247 feet
Wyttenwasserstock	3084 meters	10'119 feet
Campo Tencia	3075 meters	10'089 feet
Leckihorn	3069 meters	10'069 feet
Bruschghorn	3054 meters	10'020 feet
Alperschellihorn	3045 meters	9991 feet
Piz Blas	3023 meters	9918 feet
Monte Giove	3010 meters	9876 feet
Pizzo Centrale	3003 meters	9853 feet
Pizzas d'Annarosa	3002 meters	9850 feet
Piz Beverin	3000 meters	9843 feet
Weisshorn (Splugen)	2992 meters	9817 feet
Pizzo Lucendro	2959 meters	9708 feet
Piz Tomul	2949 meters	9676 feet
Piz Cavel	2944 meters	9659 feet
Barenhorn	2932 meters	9620 feet
Six Madun (Badus	2932 meters	9619 feet
Piz Muraun	2899 meters	9512 feet
Zervreilerhorn	2898 meters	9508 feet
Monte Cistella	2851 meters	9353 feet
Piz Lukmanier	2778 meters	9115 feet
Monte Prosa	2738 meters	8983 feet
Pizzo Columbe	2549 meters	8363 feet
Monte Camoghe	2226 meters	7303 feet
Piz Mundaun	2065 meters	6775 feet
Monte Generoso	1704 meters	5591 feet
Monte San Salvatore	916 meters	3004 feet

List of passes

The chief passes of the Lepontine Alps, from the Simplon to the Splugen and south of the Furka and Oberalp Passes, are:

Note: road status as of 1911.

Mountain pass	location	type (as of 1911	elevation
Zapport Pass	Hinterrhein to Malvaglia and Biasca	snow	3079 meters	10103 feet
Guferlücke	Kanal Glen to the Lenta Glen	snow	2980 meters	9777 feet
Lentalücke	Hinterrhein to Vals Platz	snow	2954 meters	9692 feet
Hohsand Pass	Binn to Tosa Falls	snow	2927 meters	9603 feet
Lecki Pass	Witenwasserental to the Muttental	snow	2912 meters	9554 feet
Passo Rotondo	Airolo to Oberwald	snow	2880 meters	9449 feet
Kaltwasser Pass	Simplon Hospice to Veglia Alp	snow	2844 meters	9331 feet
Scaradra Pass	Vals Platz to Olivone	foot path	2770 meters	9088 feet
Satteltelücke	Vals Platz to Vrin	foot path	2768 meters	9082 feet
Ritter Pass	Binn to Veglia Alp	snow	2692 meters	8832 feet
Cavanna Pass	Realp to the Val Bedretto	snow	2611 meters	8566 feet
Scatta Minoja	Devero to the Val Formazza	bridle path	2597 meters	8521 feet
Bocca di Cadlimo	Airolo to the Lukmanier Pass	foot path	2542 meters	8340 feet
Valserberg	Hinterrhein to Vals Platz	bridle path	2507 meters	8225 feet
Safierberg	Splügen to Safien Platz	bridle path	2490 meters	8170 feet
Geisspfad Pass	Binn to Devero	foot path	2475 meters	8120 feet
Gries Pass	Ulrichen to Tosa Falls	bridle path	2468 meters	8098 feet
Passo di Naret	Fusio to Airolo	bridle path	2443 meters	8015 feet
Nufenen Pass	Ulrichen to Airolo	bridle path	2440 meters	8006 feet
Passo Valtendra	Veglia Alp to Devero Alp, Goglio	bridle path	2431 meters	7976 feet
Diesrut Pass	Vrin fo the Somvix Oolen	bad bridle path	2424 meters	7953 feet
Albrun Pass	Binn to Devero and Baceno	bridle path	2410 meters	7907 feet
Greina Pass	Olivone to the Somvix Glen	bridle path	2360 meters	7743 feet
San Giacomo Pass	Airolo to Tosa Falls	bridle path	2308 meters	7573 feet
Passo di Buffalora	Val Mesocco to the Val Calanca	foot path	2265 meters	7431 feet
Passo dell'Uomo	Airolo to the Lukmanier Pass	bridle path	2212 meters	7258 feet
Splugen Pass	Thusis to Chiavenna	carriage road	2117 meters	6946 feet
St Gotthard Pass	Andermatt to Airolo	carriage road over railway tunnel beneath	2114 meters	6936 feet
San Bernardino Pass	Thusis to Bellinzona	carriage road	2063 meters	6769 feet
Lukmanier Pass	Disentis to Olivone	carriage road	1917 meters	6289 feet

Initial text from an old encyclopedia. Please update as needed.