Balm (Klausen)

Balm (Klausen) is a bus stop in Unterschächen, Uri and has an elevation of 1,856 metres. Balm (Klausen) is situated nearby to the mountain saddle Klausen Pass, as well as near the peak Glatten.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Klausen Pass and Glatten.

Klausen Pass

Mountain saddle

Photo: FeG, Public domain.

Klausen Pass is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting Altdorf in the canton of Uri with Linthal in the canton of Glarus. Somewhat unusually, the boundary between the two cantons does not lie at the summit of the pass, but some 8 kilometres down the slope towards Linthal, with the summit being in Uri.

Glatten

Peak

Photo: Wala, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Glatten is a mountain of the Schwyzer Alps, overlooking the Klausen Pass in the canton of Uri. It is the tripoint between the valleys Bisistal, Schächental and Urner Boden. The summit consists of a large karstic plateau.

Schächentaler Windgällen

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

The Schächentaler Windgällen is a mountain massif in the Schwyzer Alps, overlooking Unterschächen in the canton of Uri. The two named peaks are Höch Windgällen and Läged Windgällen. Schächentaler Windgällen is situated 4 km northwest of Balm (Klausen).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Urnerboden and Spiringen.

Urnerboden

Village

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The Urnerboden is a village in the high valley of Urner Boden, and also an alp and a small high Alpine permanent settlement in the Swiss canton of Uri. Urnerboden is situated 5 km east of Balm (Klausen).

Spiringen

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 west of Balm (Klausen).

Balm (Klausen)

Type: Bus stop
Categories: transport stop and transportation
Location: Unterschächen, Uri, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.87228° or 46° 52′ 20″ north

Longitude

8.83713° or 8° 50′ 14″ east

Elevation

1,856 metres (6,089 feet)

Operator

PAG

Open location code

8FRCVRCP+WV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 984733977

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

GeoNames ID

10388302

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