The Salbitbrücke is a high alpine pedestrian bridge in the

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Location

The Salbitbrücke is on the south flank of the Salbitschijen mountain. To get to the bridge, there is an alpine hiking route that takes 4–5 hours (difficulty level T4). The bridge is accessible from the Voralphütte and the Salbithütte, two nearby mountain huts of the

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Description

Ropes and straps can be rented in the Salbithütte and the Voralphütte, which is generally recommended. The bridge is long and wide and hangs above the valley floor. The design of the bridge is based on that of the Nepalese bridges in the

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. It was built using parts from the Trift Bridge (Triftbrücke) standing in the

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. Climbers were concerned that mass tourism would come into the wild mountain valley via the bridge, but this has not happened.

Gallery

File:Salbitbrücke (valo139).jpg, From the west File:Blick zur Salbitbrücke.jpg, From below

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Pedestrian bridges in Switzerland {{Uri-geo-stub