Old Wetterhorn Lift station ‘Enge’
The Wetterhorn Elevator was an aerial tramway in the valley of Grindelwald. It connected the base of the Upper Grindelwald Glacier to a higher location in the Wetterhorn massif.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Building
- Description: aerial tramway in Grindelwald, Switzerland (1908–1915)
- Also known as: “Ehemalige Wetterhorn-Aufzug Bergstation Enge”, “Wetterhorn cable car”, and “Wetterhorn Elevator”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chrinnenhorn and Byhorn.
Gleckstein Hut
Mountain hut
Photo: Patrick.Lie, Public domain.
The Gleckstein Hut is a mountain hut of the Swiss Alpine Club, located east of Grindelwald in the Swiss canton of Bern. The hut lies at a height of 2,317 metres above sea level, above the Upper Grindelwald Glacier, at the foot of the Wetterhorn in the Bernese Alps. Gleckstein Hut is situated 1¼ km southeast of Old Wetterhorn Lift station ‘Enge’.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grosse Scheidegg.
Grosse Scheidegg
Locality
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Grosse Scheidegg is a mountain pass in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, The pass crosses the col between the Schwarzhorn and the Wetterhorn mountains at an elevation of 1,962 m. Grosse Scheidegg is situated 3 km northeast of Old Wetterhorn Lift station ‘Enge’.
Old Wetterhorn Lift station ‘Enge’
- Category: aerial tramway
- Location: Grindelwald, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Canton of Bern, Bernese Highlands, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.6305° or 46° 37′ 50″ northLongitude
8.08304° or 8° 4′ 59″ eastOpen location code
8FRCJ3JM+56OpenStreetMap ID
way 306423920OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q1606097
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Old Wetterhorn Lift station ‘Enge’” goes by many names.
- French: “téléphérique du Wetterhorn”
- French: “Téléphérique du Wetterhorn”
- German: “Wetterhorn-Aufzug”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wetterhornlift and Alpenvogelpark Grindelwald.
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