# Western Rhaetian Alps

The Western Rhaetian Alps (Italian: Alpi Retiche occidentali, German: Westliche Rätische Alpen) are a mountain range in the central part of the Alps.

## Geography

Administratively the range mainly belongs to the Italian region of Lombardy, the Swiss canton of Graubünden and the Austrian states of Vorarlberg and Tyrol. Also the independent state of Liechtenstein is totally included in the Western Rhaetian Alps.

### SOIUSA classification

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:
* main part = Eastern Alps
* major sector = Central Eastern Alps
* section = Western Rhaetian Alps
* code = II/A-15

### Subdivision

The range is subdivided into seven subsections:
* Oberhalbstein Range (DE: Oberhalbsteiner Alpen, IT: Alpi del Platta) - SOIUSA code: II/A-15.I,
* Albula Alps (DE: Albula-Alpen, IT: Alpi dell'Albula) - SOIUSA code: II/A-15.II,
* Bernina Range (DE: Berninagruppe, IT: Alpi del Bernina) - SOIUSA code: II/A-15.III,
* Livigno Range (DE: Livigno-Alperne, IT: Alpi di Livigno) - SOIUSA code: II/A-15.IV,
* Sesvenna Range (DE: Sesvennagruppe, IT: Alpi della Val Müstair) - SOIUSA code: II/A-15.V,
* Silvretta, Samnaun and Ferwall Alps (DE: Silvretta, Samnaun und Ferwall Alpen, IT: Alpi del Silvretta, del Samnaun e del Verwall) - SOIUSA code: II/A-15.VI,
* Plessur Range (DE: Plessur-Alpen, IT: Alpi del Plessur) - SOIUSA code: II/A-15.VII,
* Rätikon (DE: Rätikon, IT: Catena del Rätikon) - SOIUSA code: II/A-15.- SOIUSA code: II/A-15.VIII.

### AVE Classification

The Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps categorizes most of the SOIUSA Western Rhaetian Alps groups within the Western Limestone Alps.

## Notable summits

Some notable summits of the Western Rhaetian Alps are:
| Name | elevation (m) | Alpine subsection |
| Piz Bernina | 4.049 | Bernina Range |
| Pizzo Zupò | 3.996 | Bernina Range |
| Piz Scerscen | 3.971 | Bernina Range |
| Piz Argient | 3.945 | Bernina Range |
| Piz Roseg | 3.937 | Bernina Range |
| Pizzo Bellavista | 3.922 | Bernina Range |
| Piz Palü | 3.901 | Bernina Range |
| Piz Morteratsch | 3.751 | Bernina Range |
| Monte Disgrazia | 3.688 | Bernina Range |
| Piz Corvatsch | 3.451 | Bernina Range |
| Cima Piazzi | 3.440 | Livigno Range |
| Piz Kesch | 3.418 | Albula Alps |
| Piz Linard | 3.411 | Silvretta, Samnaun and Ferwall Alps |
| Piz Calderas | 3.397 | Albula Alps |
| Piz Platta | 3.392 | Alpi del Platta |
| Cima di Castello | 3.388 | Bernina Range |
| Piz Julier | 3.380 | Albula Alps |
| Piz d'Err | 3.378 | Albula Alps |
| Pizzo Cengalo | 3.367 | Bernina Range |
| Pizzo Scalino | 3.323 | Bernina Range |
| Piz Buin | 3.312 | Silvretta, Samnaun and Ferwall Alps |
| Pizzo Badile | 3.308 | Bernina Range |
| Pizzo Paradisino | 3.305 | Livigno Range |
| Muttler | 3.294 | Silvretta, Samnaun and Ferwall Alps |
| Piz Forbesch | 3.262 | Oberhalbstein Range |
| Piz Languard | 3.262 | Livigno Range |
| Piz Ot | 3.246 | Albula Alps |
| Silvrettahorn | 3.244 | Silvretta, Samnaun and Ferwall Alps |
| Piz Timun | 3.209 | Oberhalbstein Range |
| Piz Sesvenna | 3.204 | Sesvenna Range |
| Piz Quattervals | 3.165 | Livigno Range |
| Pizzo Stella | 3.163 | Oberhalbstein Range |
| Piz Duan | 3.131 | Oberhalbstein Range |
| Pizzo Galleggione | 3.107 | Oberhalbstein Range |
| Piz Lischana | 3.105 | Sesvenna Range |
| Piz Umbrail | 3.033 | Sesvenna Range |
| Aroser Rothorn | 2.980 | Plessur Range |
| Schesaplana | 2.964 | Rätikon |
| Lenzerhorn | 2.906 | Plessur Range |
| Grauspitz | 2.599 | Rätikon |

## Notable passes

Some notable passes of the Western Rhaetian Alps are:
* Albula Pass
* Bernina Pass
* Flüela Pass
* Foscagno Pass
* Maloja Pass
* Reschen Pass
* Splügen Pass
* Stelvio Pass
* Umbrail Pass
* Wolfgang Pass