Gross Ruchen
The Gross Ruchen is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, overlooking the Brunnital south of Unterschächen in the canton of Uri. It is located between the higher Gross Windgallen on the west and the Chli Ruchen on the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Franco Pecchio, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gross Windgällen and Chli Ruchen.
Gross Windgällen
Peak
Photo: Simonizer, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Gross Windgällen is a 3,187 m high mountain in the Glarus Alps, overlooking the valley of the Reuss in the canton of Uri. The name Gross Windgällen derives from Gälle or gellen, meaning as much as wailing, shrilling or whistling.
Chli Ruchen
Peak
Photo: Franco Pecchio, CC BY 2.0.
The Chli Ruchen is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, overlooking the Brunnital south of Unterschächen in the canton of Uri. It is located between the higher Gross Ruchen on the west and the Schärhorn on the east.
Berghotel Maderanertal
Hotel
The Berghotel Maderanertal is a historic mountain hotel in Silenen, Switzerland, from the "golden years of alpinism". The hotel was built in 1864 under the name Zum Schweizerischen Alpenclub by Albin Indergand, hotelier and government councillor from Amsteg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spiringen and Silenen.
Spiringen
Village
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Spiringen is a village and a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. The municipality comprises two disjoint areas, separated by the municipality of Unterschächen and the Klausen Pass. Spiringen is situated 8 km northwest of Gross Ruchen.
Silenen
Village
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Silenen is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. Silenen is situated 8 km west of Gross Ruchen.
Gross Ruchen
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,137 metres
- Description: mountain
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Unterschächen, Uri, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.81014° or 46° 48′ 37″ northLongitude
8.77468° or 8° 46′ 29″ eastElevation
3,137 metres (10,292 feet)Open location code
8FRCRQ6F+3VOpenStreetMap ID
node 286930150OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swiss German—“Gross Ruchen” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غروس روشين”
- Cebuano: “Gross Ruchen”
- Chinese: “大呂興山”
- Dutch: “Gross Ruchen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جروس روشين”
- French: “Gross Ruchen”
- Georgian: “გროს-რუხენი”
- German: “Gross Ruchen”
- German: “Groß Ruchen”
- Ladin: “Gross Ruchen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gross Ruchen”
- Persian: “گروس روچن”
- Polish: “Gross Ruchen”
- Spanish: “Gross Ruchen”
- Swedish: “Gross Ruchen”
- Swiss German: “Grooss Ruuche”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gross Ruchen”. Photo: Franco Pecchio, CC BY 2.0.