Riffelhorn
The Riffelhorn is a mountain in the Swiss section of the Pennine Alps, located south of Zermatt in the canton of Valais. The Riffelhorn forms part of the Gorner ridge and provides excellent rock climbing facilities having several routes of a different Climbing grades.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Riffelsee and Rotenboden railway station.
Riffelsee
Riffelsee is an alpine lake above the town of Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.
Rotenboden railway station
Railway stop
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Rotenboden is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, a rack railway which links the resort of Zermatt with the summit of the Gornergrat. The station is situated west of the Gornergrat, in the Swiss municipality of Zermatt and canton of Valais.
Riffelberg railway station
Railway station
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Riffelberg is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, a rack railway which links the resort of Zermatt with the summit of the Gornergrat. The station is situated west of the Gornergrat, in the Swiss municipality of Zermatt and canton of Valais, at an altitude of 2,582 m above mean sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riffelalp and Furi.
Riffelalp
Hamlet
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Riffelalp is a hamlet in the municipality of Zermatt in the canton of Valais. It is located at a height of 2,222 metres above sea level, just above the tree line, approximately halfway between the town of Zermatt and the Gornergrat mountain.
Furi
Hamlet
Furi is an alpine hamlet in the Pennine Alps, located three kilometers south of Zermatt, Switzerland at an altitude of 1,687m. It is located on a relatively flat area of land between the Gornera and Zmuttbach rivers.
Zum See
Hamlet
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Zum See is a hamlet in the canton of Valais. It is located above Zermatt at a height of 1,766 metres, between the rivers Zmuttbach and Gornera, at the foot the Matterhorn.
Riffelhorn
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,930 metres
- Description: mountain in the Swiss section of the Pennine Alps
- Categories: mountain, cross, and landform
- Location: Zermatt, Visp District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.98114° or 45° 58′ 52″ northLongitude
7.75779° or 7° 45′ 28″ eastElevation
2,930 metres (9,613 feet)Open location code
8FQ9XQJ5+F4OpenStreetMap ID
node 393165629OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=crossOpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
6931647Wikidata ID
Q3647493
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Riffelhorn” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Рифелхорн”
- Cebuano: “Riffelhorn”
- Chinese: “里費爾峰”
- Dutch: “Riffelhorn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ريفيلهورن”
- French: “Riffelhorn”
- Georgian: “რიფელჰორნი”
- Japanese: “リッフェルホルン”
- Korean: “리펠호른”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Riffelhorn”
- Persian: “ریفلهورن”
- Swedish: “Riffelhorn”
Localities in the Area
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