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Glacier 3000 - Les Diablerets - Skiing even in Summers
Over 24 peaks with an altitude over 4000 meters can be seen from this Glacier. Both the Restaurant Botta 3000 and the Refuge l'Espace restaurant offer spectacular views. The ski run around the Oldensattel is one of the longest and most challenging runs in the area. The glacier itself offers a large variety of activities for its guests: winter hiking trails, cross-country skiing, a snow park, view points, dog sled rides and the highest bobsleigh track in the world - the Alpine Coaster. The winter season is from October to May in the only glacier ski area in the Bernese Oberland.
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Glacier 300 - Les Diablerets - Skiing even in Summers
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1st November - 11th December 2010
 
Gornergrat - It's the tops - peaks over 4000 m as far as the eye can see
Switzerland not only has the highest mountains, but also the prettiest railways. If you want to combine both, then climb on board the Gornergrat Railway in Zermatt. The highest open-air rack railway in Europe climbs past Swiss stone pine and larch forests up to a height of 3089 metres. Once you reach the top you can enjoy breathtaking, all-round views of 29 peaks above 4000 metres, with the Matterhorn right in the centre. The Gornergrat is also a great starting point for some wonderful walks. In winter, there are attractive descents in the glistening snow and a beautiful, one-of-a-kind sleigh run.
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Glacier 300 - Les Diablerets - Skiing even in Summers
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Harder Kulm – Interlaken - A Viewing Pulpit Between Thuner- und Brienzersee
Already in Interlaken you get a magnificent view of the famous mountain trio of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. But the high Alpine, glaciated world of four-thousand-meter peaks can be surveyed and admired even better atop the 1322-meter Mount Harder. The Funicular since 1908 seems as if nature had intended to build this kind of viewing pulpit just for the benefit of tourists. During the 8-minute ride up Mount Harder from Interlaken, the train rolls on steep tracks through a forest belt. A gradient of 64 per cent has to be overcome. Because of the complex geological conditions, half of the stretch is built on bridges. From the valley station you will get in a few minutes to Harder-Kulm, a restaurant with turrets and a red tiled roof, whose architecture is protected as a Swiss heritage site. From the panoramic terrace you can catch a broad view of the famous lakes of Interlaken, Thun and Brienz as well as the Bernese Mountains rising behind them.
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Glacier 300 - Les Diablerets - Skiing even in Summers
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Closes 24.11.10 - 04.2011
 
Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe (Unesco World Natural Heritage Site)
The Jungfrau Railway, which leads through the heart of the mountains and up to the highest train station in Europe (at 3,454 meters above sea level), offers unbelievable views of the mountain giants Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau and of the longest river of ice in the Alps. From Kleine Scheidegg, the Jungfrau Railway climbs nearly 1,400 meters in height and covers a distance of more than seven kilometers in tunnels along the nine kilometer long stretch. In the interior of the summit one can visit "Sphinx" accessible by a high speed lift that takes visitors to the peak with its observatory and the famous observation platform. Here, one has a magnificent view of the mountains and the Aletsch Glacier. Other sights include the Ice Palace, the Ski and Snowboard Park and the varid choice of restaurant.
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Glacier 300 - Les Diablerets - Skiing even in Summers
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Matterhorn paradise - Highest sightseeing platform in Europe
Panoramic views of 38 four-thousand-meter-high peaks – a chance to immerse yourself in a Glacier Palace 15 m below the surface of the ice – Europe’s highest restaurant at 3883 m above sea level! Europe’s highest cable car will whisk you away over gaping glacial crevasses up to the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise and a breathtakingly beautiful world of eternal ice and snow!
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Pilatus - 360° Switzerland on Lucerne’s doorstep
Lucerne’s «own» mountain has so many stunning sides: the aerial cableway and panorama gondolas from Kriens to Pilatus Kulm with stunning views – breathtaking panoramic views over the lakes of Central Switzerland, not to mention the Alps – no fewer than 73 mountain peaks (count them for yourself!) – the local specialities, A-la-carte menus and international delicacies in the homely restaurants on Pilatus Kulm – one-of-a-kind accommodation facilities at 2132 metres above sea level in the Hotel Bellevue or the Hotel Pilatus-Kulm which is steeped in history and romance – and finally a trip on the world’s steepest cogwheel railway from Pilatus Kulm to Alpnachstad or Kriens.
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Glacier 300 - Les Diablerets - Skiing even in Summers
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22.11.10 – 25.02.11
 
Pizol - Bad Ragaz - a peak and five lakes
From mountain train to mountain train, from lake to lake - the Five-Lakes-Hike on Mount Pizol is a classic and is considered one of Switzerland's most beautiful high alpine tours. Pizol is the originally Romansh name meaning hight peak. It presides over the entrance to Graubünden's Rhine Valley. A modern aerial cable car that whisks visitors up to the 2227-meter summit. It covers an altitude difference of 1720 meters between Wangs and the Pizol Hut. Here is the starting point for the varied lake hike. Each lake has a different color: the small Lake Wangen is a deep blue-green, the Wildsee gets its water from the Pizol Glacier and is therefore a milky grey-white, Lake Schlotten is milky blue, Lake Baschalva with Grey waters and the Schwarzsee is nearly black.
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Glacier 300 - Les Diablerets - Skiing even in Summers
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Rigi - Queen of the Mountains
A breathtaking panoramic view across the Alps, of 13 lakes and over the entire Swiss Mittelland through to Germany and France can be enjoyed from the summit of the Rigi. The traffic-free resort of Rigi Kaltbad, the Queen of the Mountains with its heavenly peace and clear air, offers an ideal change of scenery for the finest days of the year. Visitors to Rigi discover a broad range of activities awaiting them: ski pistes, sled runs, ice-rinks, panoramic cross-country courses, horse-drawn sleigh rides and 30 km of winter rambling paths. The alpine and cross-country skiing school in Rigi Kaltbad covers ski instruction for beginners. Connections to Rigi are excellent with cog railways from Vitznau and Goldau and a cable car from Weggis. The Rigi is also well known for its rich Alpine flora of around 1000 species. A further small cableway transports visitors from Vitznau to the Wissifluh mountain restaurant, a starting point for many walks and treks.
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Glacier 300 - Les Diablerets - Skiing even in Summers
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Cable way > Weggis – Rigi Kulm - Weggis   02.11.10 – 05.11.10 & 08.11.10 - 12.11.10
 
Rochers-de-Naye - Riviera panorama and Marmot’s Paradise
After a journey to remember on the rack railway, apart from a unique panorama overlooking Lake Geneva and the Alps, the peak of Rochers-de-Naye also offers Marmot’s Paradise with its Education Centre. This special corner of the Alpine world enables you to watch these cute little animals from Asia, Europe and North America that are loved by all in their parks high above Montreux. And in the summer, the Rambertia alpine gardens await visitors with over 800 alpine plants from all over the world.
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Glacier 300 - Les Diablerets - Skiing even in Summers
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Schilthorn (from Stechelberg) - 007 film location with a 360° panoramic view
Enjoy the mountains, real wilderness and a breathtaking view of the Bernese Oberland on Mount Schilthorn, which became famous around the world thanks to the James Bond film «On Her Majesty’s Secret Service». You can be up on the Schilthorn (2970 m) in just 32 minutes from Stechelberg (864 m). In our revolving restaurant, we can offer a large A-la-carte menu, our famous James Bond breakfast and the best view over Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. You can also combine a trip up the Schilthorn with a walk through the panoramic spa resort of Mürren (with no cars), a trip on the funicular railway to the Allmendhubel and a visit to the Trümmelbach glacier waterfalls in Stechelberg.
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Glacier 300 - Les Diablerets - Skiing even in Summers
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26.04.11 - 29.04.11   &   07.11.11 - 02.12.11
 
Schilthorn (Mürren) - 007 film location with a 360° panoramic view
Enjoy the mountains, real wilderness and a breathtaking view of the Bernese Oberland on Mount Schilthorn, which became famous around the world thanks to the James Bond film «On Her Majesty’s Secret Service». You can be up on the Schilthorn (2970 m) in just 32 minutes from Stechelberg (864 m). In our revolving restaurant, we can offer a large A-la-carte menu, our famous James Bond breakfast and the best view over Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. You can also combine a trip up the Schilthorn with a walk through the panoramic spa resort of Mürren (with no cars), a trip on the funicular railway to the Allmendhubel and a visit to the Trümmelbach glacier waterfalls in Stechelberg.
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Glacier 300 - Les Diablerets - Skiing even in Summers
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26.04.11 - 29.04.11   &   07.11.11 - 02.12.11
 
Stanserhorn - Mountain peaks form a guard of honour
The special mountain experience starts as soon as you join the nostalgic railway in Stans. This oldtimer railway and the cable car take you up to the Rondorama® revolving restaurant, 1900 metres above sea level, where you can enjoy the wonderful view over 100 km of the Alps and 10 Swiss lakes. Get to know more about the geology and flora of the Stanserhorn with a walk around the peak or on one of the well laid out hiking trails.
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Glacier 300 - Les Diablerets - Skiing even in Summers
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01.12.11 - 09.04.11
 
Titlis - Experience snow and fun all year round
This unique glacier paradise offers snow and ice even in summer! The highest glacier excursion in the Lake Lucerne region is conveniently located, just a short distance from Lucerne. The highlights of the trip has to be riding on the world’s first revolving cable car; a visit to the Titlis Glacier Cave with all its secrets; an «Ice Flyer» chairlift trip over open glacier crevasses; the breathtaking panorama, as well as the unique Titlis Glacier Park, where you can try out various snowtoys for sliding downhill, such as balancers, snow-scoots, snow tubes etc. If you like scenic beauty combined with lots of fun, then a Titlis trip will be just right for you!
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Glacier 300 - Les Diablerets - Skiing even in Summers
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08.11.10 - 19.11.10 & 07.11.11 - 25.11.11
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