Pizzo Centrale, Mountain summit in Ticino, Switzerland

Pizzo Centrale is a mountain summit in the Swiss Alps at 2,999 meters (9,839 feet) high, standing on the eastern side of Gotthard Pass. The peak features steep slopes and glaciated terrain that defines much of its landscape.

Pizzo Centrale stands on the border between the cantons of Uri and Ticino, west of the Rotstocklücke in the chain running from Pizzo Prevat to Giübin. The Swiss Alpine Club describes a traverse from east to southwest, rated T5 on the hiking scale. The summit is the highest point overlooking the Gotthard Pass from the east, at 2,999 metres.

The name Pizzo Centrale marks the peak as the central summit of the Gotthard Group, the highest point overlooking the pass from the east. The route given by the Swiss Alpine Club crosses the mountain from east to southwest and is rated T5, a grade that shapes how local hikers describe and compare the ascent.

The summit is reached by a hiking trail starting at Lago della Sella on the southern side, for experienced hikers. The Swiss Alpine Club gives the east-to-southwest traverse a difficulty of T5, so sure footing and route-finding on marked but demanding high-mountain terrain are needed.

The summit lies on the cantonal border between Uri and Ticino, and the Swiss Alpine Club rates the east-to-southwest traverse T5, a demanding high-alpine hiking route. The 1:25,000 Landeskarte sheet 1232 Oberalppass covers the peak.