Alphüttenmuseum

Alphüttenmuseum is a museum in Unterschächen, Uri. Alphüttenmuseum is situated nearby to the waterfall Stäubenfall, as well as near the peak Höcheli.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Klausen Pass and Schärhorn.

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. Klausen Pass is situated 3 km northeast of Alphüttenmuseum.

Schärhorn

Peak

Photo: Böhringer, CC BY-SA 2.5.

The Schärhorn is a Swiss mountain in the Glarus Alps near Klausen Pass. The highest summit is named Gross Schärhorn while a second summit is named Chli Schärhorn. Schärhorn is situated 3 km south of Alphüttenmuseum.

Chammliberg

Peak

Photo: Böhringer, CC BY-SA 2.5.

The Chammliberg is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, located south of the Klausen Pass in the canton of Uri. While the south side of the mountain is covered by the large Hüfi Glacier, the north-west side consists of an 800 metre high face. Chammliberg is situated 3 km southeast of Alphüttenmuseum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spiringen and Urnerboden.

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 7 km west of Alphüttenmuseum.

Urnerboden

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 7 km northeast of Alphüttenmuseum.

Alphüttenmuseum

Type: Museum
Address: 4, Oberalp, Unterschächen, 6465
Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Unterschächen, Uri, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.85506° or 46° 51′ 18″ north

Longitude

8.81795° or 8° 49′ 5″ east

Operator

Fam. Kempf

Open location code

8FRCVR49+25

OpenStreetMap ID

way 400694937

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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