The Mittelallalin () is a minor
summit below the
Allalinhorn
The Allalinhorn () is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It lies between Zermatt and Saas-Fee in the canton of Valais, and is part of the Mischabel range, which culminates at the Dom (4,545 m).
It was first climbed by London barri ...
situated above
Saas Fee
Saas-Fee () is the main village in the Saastal, or the Saas Valley, and is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
The village is situated on a high mountain plateau at 1,800 meters (5,900 feet), surrounded ...
. This place is well known for the
revolving restaurant
A revolving restaurant or rotating restaurant is usually a tower restaurant eating space designed to rest atop a broad circular revolving platform that operates as a large turntable. The building remains stationary and the diners are carried on ...
which is the highest in the world and a
glacier cave
A glacier cave is a cave formed within the ice of a glacier. Glacier caves are often called ice caves, but the latter term is properly used to describe bedrock caves that contain year-round ice.
Overview
Most glacier caves are started by wat ...
.
Access
Mittelallalin can be reached easily by
cable car from Saas Fee to the Felskinn intermediate station and finally to the top with the
Metro Alpin, the highest funicular in the world.
[Felix Gross (2011). ]
Seilbahnlexikon: Technik, Relikte und Pioniere aus 150 Jahren Seilbahngeschichte
' (p. 51).
Ski and mountain-climbing
The Mittelallalin is also an all year round ski area (between in winter,
Fee Glacier
The Fee Glacier (german: Feegletscher) is a long glacier (2005) situated in the Pennine Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. In 1973, it had a length of and an area of . It lies east of the Mischabel range, between the summit of Dom o ...
in summer). From there the ascent of
Allalinhorn
The Allalinhorn () is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It lies between Zermatt and Saas-Fee in the canton of Valais, and is part of the Mischabel range, which culminates at the Dom (4,545 m).
It was first climbed by London barri ...
is very popular and can be done in just two hours.
See also
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List of ski areas and resorts in Switzerland
This is a list of ski areas and resorts in Switzerland.
There is a separate list for the cross-country skiing trails: List of cross-country skiing trails in Switzerland.
Valais and Vaud
Bernese Oberland
Central Switzerland
Graubü ...
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Swiss Alps
References
External links
Saas Fee tourism
Mountains of the Alps
Alpine three-thousanders
Mountains of Valais
Tourist attractions in Switzerland
Buildings and structures with revolving restaurants
Mountains of Switzerland
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