Piz Buin (German pronunciation: [ˌpits buˈiːn] ) is a mountain in the Silvretta range of the Alps on the border between Austria and Switzerland. It forms the border between the Swiss canton of Graubünden and the Austrian state of Vorarlberg and is the highest peak in Vorarlberg.
Its original name in the Romansh language is Piz Buin Grond. A similar but smaller summit nearby is called Piz Buin Pitschen at 3,255 m (10,680 ft). Piz Buin was first climbed on 14 July 1865 by Joseph Anton Specht and Johann Jakob Weilenmann, guided by Jakob Pfitscher and Franz Pöll. Piz Buin Pitschen was climbed three years later.
Piz Buin can be reached from the Wiesbadener hut, crossing the Vermunt glacier, climbing up the Wiesbadener ridge and hiking over the Ochsentaler Glacier to the Buin gap. From the gap there is a zigzag walk to the top, with only a 20 m (65 ft) steep step to surmount before reaching the relatively flat summit space, which has an old wooden cross on the very top. The border between Switzerland and Austria crosses the summit from East to West.
There's a demanding alpine trail (T5) leading to the summit.
The nearest mountain hut is Ehemalige Zollwachhütte located 702m/2 303ft ENE of the summit.
By elevation Piz Buin is
# 78 out of 2797 in the Western Rhaetian Alps # 75 out of 2367 in Grisons # 5 out of 414 in Region Engiadina Bassa/Val Müstair # 1 out of 664 in Bezirk Bludenz # 1 out of 1003 in Vorarlberg # 5 out of 321 in the Silvretta Alps
By prominence Piz Buin is
# 54 out of 2797 in the Western Rhaetian Alps # 54 out of 2367 in Grisons # 15 out of 414 in Region Engiadina Bassa/Val Müstair # 17 out of 664 in Bezirk Bludenz # 20 out of 1003 in Vorarlberg # 5 out of 321 in the Silvretta Alps
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