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Nätschen
Nätschen is a mountain location and ski area above Andermatt, in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland. Higher up on Nätschen the mountain is known as Gütsch. Its highest point is . It is one of the mountains in the Gotthard Oberalp Arena, as is Gemsstock, which is on the other side of Andermatt. It has 11 ski runs, totaling approximately 21 km of ski pistes, and 4 ski lifts, including a Detachable 4-man Chairlift. Nätschen's lifts are powered by 3 wind turbines, two of which were installed in late 2010 (E-44), the other in 2004 (E-40). These turbines are all made by Enercon. Nätschen has a railway station, run by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, which is between Andermatt and Disentis/Mustér. Skiing Ski Runs Nätschen has a 2-man chairlift which takes you up to the middle. Here you can choose to * Go down an easy run (that is actually running down a road, so it is not very steep. This is used as the sledging route as well) * Go down an intermediate run * Go down an off-pis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotthard Oberalp Arena
The SkiArena Andermatt-Sedrun (previously the Gotthard Oberalp Arena and the Gotthard Oberalp Skiarena (until 2013)) is a ski area located in Andermatt, Sedrun, and Oberalp in Switzerland. It has 16 ski lifts and approximately 30 runs, and just over 100 km of pistes. The ski area covers five separate mountains: * Gemsstock * Nätschen * Sedrun / Oberalp * Realp (small beginner slope only) * Valtgeva (small beginner slope only) It previously included Winterhorn, in Hospental, which was abandoned in 2007. Train services (run by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn) are vital in this resort as they are the only means of transport available to travel from Andermatt (Nätschen and Gemsstock) to Oberalp, Dieni, and Sedrun. Between Andermatt, Hospental, and Realp can be journeyed by car as well as the railway. Ski areas Gemsstock Gemsstock is located south of Andermatt. It has 7 runs (31 km of pistes) and 4 ski lifts. Gemsstock is suitable for a range of skiers of all abili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nätschen Railway Station
Nätschen railway station (german: Bahnhof Nätschen) is a railway station in the municipality of Andermatt, in the Swiss canton of Uri. It is an intermediate stop on the gauge Furka Oberalp line of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn. It serves the mountain location and ski area of Nätschen Nätschen is a mountain location and ski area above Andermatt, in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland. Higher up on Nätschen the mountain is known as Gütsch. Its highest point is . It is one of the mountains in the Gotthard Oberalp Arena, as is Gemss .... Services The following services stop at Nätschen: * Regio: hourly service between and . References External links * * {{SBB web, 5170, natschen Railway stations in the canton of Uri Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn stations Andermatt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andermatt
Andermatt ( rm, ) is a mountain village and municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. At an elevation of above sea level, Andermatt is located at the center of the Saint-Gotthard Massif and the historical center cross of north-south and east-west traverses of Switzerland. It is some south of Altdorf, Uri, Altdorf, the capital of Uri. Geography Andermatt is in the Urseren valley, on the headwaters of the river Reuss (river), Reuss and surrounded by the Adula Alps. Immediately to the north of Andermatt, the Reuss flows through the steeply descending Schöllenen Gorge (or ''the Schöllenen'') to Göschenen and further down the Reuss Valley to the north. It then flows, near Altdorf, Uri, Altdorf, into the Urnersee, part of Lake Lucerne. In the other three directions, the valley is linked by three Alpine passes: the Oberalp Pass (6,706 ft; 2,044 m.) to the east, the St Gotthard Pass (6,909 ft; 2,106 m.) to the south and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SkiStar
SkiStar AB (marketed as skistar) is a Swedish leisure, tourism, property and retail company, listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. The core business is alpine skiing in Sweden and Norway, and the associated accommodation, ski schools and rental services. Overview The company has property development and management divisions, for example it is part-owner of Scandinavian Mountains Airport in Dalarna. The company also supplies ski infrastructure to other operators, for example it installed the ski lifts at Nätschen, Switzerland. Skistar operates SkiStarshop Concept Store, a chain of retail outlets selling mainly winter sport-related clothing and equipment, and an associated online shop skistarshop.com. From its foundation in 1975 until 2001 the company was called Sälenstjärnan AB. List of ski resorts * Sälen, Dalarna, Sweden (head office) ** Lindvallen, Högfjället, Tandådalen and Hundfjället * Vemdalen, Jämtland, Sweden ** Björnrike, Vemdalsskalet and Klövsjö/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andermatt Railway Station
Andermatt railway station is a railway station and junction on the metre gauge Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO), serving the town and municipality of Andermatt, in the canton of Uri, Switzerland. The station is connected, via the Furka Pass, with Brig and Visp in the canton of Valais, and, via the Oberalp Pass, with the western terminus of the Rhaetian Railway at Disentis/Mustér, in the canton of Graubünden. There is also a short branch line, the Schöllenenbahn, between Andermatt and Göschenen, at the northern end of the standard gauge Gotthard Rail Tunnel. Since 2003, the FO, including Andermatt station and the lines and trains serving it, has been owned and operated by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB). The station currently has three platforms in use. Services The following services stop at Andermatt: * ''Glacier Express'': one or more trains per day, depending on the season, between and or . * Regio: ** half-hourly service to . ** hourly service to . ** hourly service to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemsstock
Gemsstock is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking Andermatt in the canton of Uri. A glacier named ''Gurschenfirn'' lies over its northern flanks. The Gemsstock is a subpeak of the higher Chastelhorn, lying approximately one kilometre south-west. Ski Area Gemsstock is part of the Gotthard Oberalp Arena, as is Naetschen, which sits on the other side of Andermatt. There are two 'skiing sections' on Gemsstock. There is a cable car in Andermatt which goes directly up to the middle of the mountain. On the middle level, known as Gurschenalp, there are: * 3x ski lifts ** 1x 2-man chairlift ** 2x T-bars * 1x 'fun park' (no half pipes) * 3x ski runs ** 2x blue (beginner) runs ** 1x red (intermediate) run Up on the top of Gemsstock there is: * a completely off-piste and untracked run that runs around the back of Gemsstock, called ''The Guspis''. * a black run called ''The B.Russi Run'' (named after Andermatt's Bernhard Russi). * a red run called ''Sun Track''. Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glacier Express
The Glacier Express (GEX) is a direct train connecting railway stations of the two major mountain resorts of Zermatt and St. Moritz via Andermatt in the central Swiss Alps. The train is not an "express" in the sense of being a high-speed train, but rather, in the sense that it provides a one-seat ride for an 8-hours-long end-to-end journey, and omits stops made by local trains. The Glacier Express is known as the slowest express train in the world. As St. Moritz and Zermatt are home to two well-known mountains, the Glacier Express is also said to travel from Matterhorn to Piz Bernina. The journey from Zermatt starts at the dead end of an Alpine valley, the Mattertal, just below the world-renowned Matterhorn at an elevation of before it descends to the huge valley of the Valais in Brig. It traverses the journey through the center of the Swiss Alps, over 291 bridges, through 91 tunnels, such as the Furka Tunnel at an elevation of to circumvent the Furka Pass, makes an inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Platform
A railway platform is an area alongside a railway track providing convenient access to trains. Almost all stations have some form of platform, with larger stations having multiple platforms. The world's longest station platform is at Hubbali Junction in India at .Gorakhpur gets world's largest railway platform ''The Times of India'' The in the United States, at the other extreme, has a platform which is only long enough for a single bench. Among some United States train conductors the word "platform" has entered [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Göschenen
Göschenen (German, it, Casinotta, rm, Caschanuttais) a village and municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. It sits at the northern end of the Gotthard tunnel. The Göschenen riots (1875) saw Urner troops opening fire on Italian miners demonstrating for better working conditions and wages on the tunnel's construction site. Name Göschenen is first mentioned in 1280 as ''Gesschenden''. The name is from Rumantsch ''*cascina'' (modern ''caschigna'') "alpine hut", from Latin ''capsum'' "corral", but influenced by the word for cheese, ''cascio''. The ''e'' in the first syllable is due to Germanic i-umlaut, changed to ''ö'' in modern spelling is a hypercorrection based on the phonology of the dialect of Uri. Geography Göschenen has an area, , of . Of this area, 7.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 11.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (80.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 5.1% of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gondola Lift
A gondola lift is a means of cable transport and type of aerial lift which is supported and propelled by cables from above. It consists of a loop of steel wire rope that is strung between two stations, sometimes over intermediate supporting towers. The cable is driven by a bullwheel in a terminal, which is typically connected to an engine or electric motor. It is often considered a ''continuous system'' since it features a haul rope which continuously moves and circulates around two terminal stations. In contrast, an aerial tramway operates solely with fixed grips and simply shuttles back and forth between two end terminals. The capacity, cost, and functionality of a gondola lift will differ dramatically depending on the combination of cables used for support and haulage and the type of grip (detachable or fixed). Because of the proliferation of such systems in the Alps, the it, Cabinovia and french: Télécabine are also used in English-language texts. The systems m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberalpsee
__NOTOC__ Oberalpsee is a lake just below Oberalp Pass on the side of the Canton of Uri in Switzerland. See also *List of mountain lakes of Switzerland This is a list of high-altitude lakes in Switzerland. It includes all significant lakes, natural or artificial, with an area over 4 hectares and a height over 800 metres above sea level. This height approximately corresponds to the transiti ... External links * Lakes of Switzerland Lakes of the canton of Uri {{Uri-lake-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
