Oberaar, Staumauer Station

Oberaar, Staumauer Station is an aerial lift in Guttannen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Canton of Bern and has an elevation of 2,292 metres. Oberaar, Staumauer Station is situated nearby to the peak Vordre Zinggenstock, as well as near the lake Trübtensee.

Type: Aerial lift
Also known as: “Oberaar”
Address: 1z, Oberaar, Guttannen, 3864

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Oberaarsee and Trübtensee.

Oberaarsee

Reservoir

Photo: Cooper.ch, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Oberaarsee is a hydroelectric reservoir in the Grimsel area, part of the municipality of Guttannen, Switzerland. Its surface area is 1.47 km2. The Oberaar dam was completed in 1953, and is operated by Kraftwerke Oberhasli.

Trübtensee

Lake

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Trübtensee or Triebtenseewli is a lake in the municipality of Guttannen, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. The reservoir's surface area is 0.1 km2. Its dam was completed in the 1950s and holds a volume of 1.1 mio m³.

Vordre Zinggenstock

Peak

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Vordre Zinggenstock is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ulrichen and Obergesteln.

Ulrichen

Village

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Ulrichen is a village in the municipality of Obergoms in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The population was 219. Ulrichen was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with Oberwald and Obergesteln to form the municipality Obergoms. Ulrichen is situated 5 km southeast of Oberaar, Staumauer Station.

Obergesteln

Village

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Obergesteln is a village in the municipality of Obergoms in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Obergesteln was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with Oberwald and Ulrichen to form the municipality Obergoms. Obergesteln is situated 5 km southeast of Oberaar, Staumauer Station.