The Druesberg (or ''Drusberg'') is a
mountain
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located north of
Pragel Pass in the
Schwyzer Alps
The Schwyz Alps (german: Schwyzer Alpen) are a mountain range in Switzerland. They form part of the North-Eastern Swiss Alps and are bordered by the Glarus Alps to the east, the Appenzell Alps to the north-east, the Emmental Alps in the west, an ...
and the canton of
Schwyz
The town of Schwyz (; french: Schwytz; it, Svitto) is the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.
The Federal Charter of 1291 or ''Bundesbrief'', the charter that eventually led to the foundation of Switzerland, can be seen at the ' ...
. It lies on the range between
Unteriberg
Unteriberg is a village and municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. Besides the village of Unteriberg, the municipality includes the villages of Studen, Waag, Stöcken and Herti.
History
Unteriberg is first mention ...
and
Muotathal
, neighboring_municipalities= Bürglen (UR), Glarus (GL), Glarus Süd (GL), Illgau, Innerthal, Morschach, Oberiberg, Riemenstalden, Spiringen (UR), Schwyz, Unteriberg, Unterschächen (UR)
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The skiing and hiking area
Hoch-Ybrig
Hoch-Ybrig is a skiing and hiking area in Canton of Schwyz in Switzerland (Municipalities of Unteriberg, Oberiberg).
Hoch-Ybrig is dominated by the mountain range Forstberg - Druesberg (2282 metres) - Twäriberg. These mountains form a bounda ...
lies to the north-west of the mountain summit, on the slopes into the valleys of the
Minster and
Waag
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rivers. To the north-east, the mountain is drained by the upper reaches of the
Sihl
The Sihl is a Swiss river that rises near the Druesberg mountain in the canton of Schwyz, and eventually flows into the Limmat in the centre of the city of Zürich. It has a length of , including the Sihlsee reservoir, through which the river f ...
, which eventually flows the centre of the
city of Zürich
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.
References
External links
Druesberg on SummitPostDruesberg on outdooractive.comDruesberg on Hikr
Mountains of Switzerland
Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of the canton of Schwyz
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