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   Welcome to our Mountains!

The scent of alpine flowers and spicy herbs is in the air again and the faint ting-a-ling of the cow and the goat bells accompanies hikers from alp to alp. Mountains and valleys are magnificently decked out.

Switzerland hosts about 20% of the Alps. Approximately 100 peaks are close to or higher than 4000 meters (13125 feet) above sea level. Many mountain areas are developed, there are trains, cog railways, aerial cable cars and other means of transportation. Swiss mountains are famous for climbing, skiing, snowboarding, biking, hiking and other recreational activities.

Some of the most famous mountains:

Name Canton(s) Elevation Latitude Longitude
Monte Rosa ("Dufourspitze") Valais & Italy 4634 m N 45° 55' 94" E 7° 51' 59"
Dom (Mischabel) Valais 4545 m N 46° 05' 22" E 7° 51' 20"
Weisshorn Valais 4506 m N 46° 05' 68" E 7° 42' 67"
Matterhorn Valais & Italy 4478 m N 45° 58' 29" E 7° 39' 23"
Dent-Blanche Valais 4357 m N 46° 02' 78" E 7° 36' 38"
Grand-Combin Valais 4314 m N 45° 56' 14" E 7° 17' 40"
Finsteraarhorn Bern & Valais 4274 m N 46° 32' 35" E 8° 07' 37"
Breithorn (Zermatt) Valais & Italy 4165 m N 45° 56' 07" E 7° 44' 71"
Jungfrau Bern & Valais 4158 m N 46° 32' 13" E 7° 57' 66"
Mönch Bern & Valais 4099 m N 46° 33' 26" E 7° 59' 47"
Schreckhorn Bern 4078 m N 46° 35' 06" E 8° 06' 54"
Piz Bernina Graubünden 4049 m N 46° 22' 82" E 9° 54' 28"
Eiger Bern 3970 m N 46° 34' 71" E 7° 59' 88"
Tödi Glarus & Graubünden 3614 m N 46° 48' 80" E 8° 54' 83"
Piz Corvatsch Graubünden 3451 m N 46° 24' 57" E 9° 48' 43"
Titlis Bern & Obwalden 3239 m N 46° 46' 41" E 8° 26' 40"
Gornergrat Valais 3131 m N 45° 58' 87" E 7° 46' 58"
Chasseral Bern 1607 m N 47° 08' 17" E 7° 03' 52"
Lägern Aargau & Zürich 866 m N 47° 28' 99" E 8° 23' 55"

 

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