Balmer Grätli
Balmer Grätli is a mountain saddle in Canton of Uri, Switzerland and has an elevation of 2,218 metres. Balmer Grätli is situated nearby to the locality Hinterern Rustigen, as well as near Ruosalper Chulm.Places of Interest
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
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Unterschächen and Urnerboden.
Unterschächen
Village
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Unterschächen is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland, situated in the upper Schächental.
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.
Balmer Grätli
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 2,218 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.8826° or 46° 52′ 57″ northLongitude
8.8309° or 8° 49′ 51″ eastElevation
2,218 metres (7,277 feet)Open location code
8FRCVRMJ+29OpenStreetMap ID
node 555021935OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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