Schilthorn
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| height | 2970 m above sea level M. | |
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 Bern Switzerland
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| Mountains | Bernese Alps | |
| Dominance | 3.35 km → Sefinahorn | |
| Notch height | 358 m ↓ Sefinafurgga | |
| Coordinates | 630 416 / 156 323 | |
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The Schilthorn is a well-known and much-visited Swiss peak in the Bernese Alps in the canton of Bern at 2970 m above sea level. M. height. It is accessible from Stechelberg and Mürren by a cable car . The Piz Gloria revolving restaurant is on the summit .
Location and view
The Schilthorn stands between the upper Lauterbrunnen valley and the upper Kiental valley . However, its summit is pushed forward towards the Lauterbrunnen valley, so that it drains there on all sides. Since the construction of the cable car, the summit has been built over with the mountain station and a revolving restaurant and is therefore hardly of any alpinistic interest. The panorama is impressive: In the south and beyond the Lauterbrunnen valley, the entire main chain of the Bernese Alps dominates; in the north and west the view is clear over the countless lower peaks to the Jura , the Vosges and the Black Forest .
According to the SOIUSA classification , the mountain is located in the Bernese Pre-Alps , which extend to parts of the Freiburg , Bern and Emmental Alps , and is therefore their highest peak.
Cable car
Since 1967, several successive cable cars have led from Stechelberg in four sections to the Schilthorn:
- Stechelberg - Gimmelwald
- Gimmelwald - Murren
- Murren - Birg
- Birg - Schilthorn
On the longest section Mürren - Birg, the cable car overcomes a difference in altitude of 1039 meters. The journey from the valley station in Stechelberg to the summit takes 32 minutes.
The station in Gimmelwald is a specialty. This station is located exactly in the middle between Stechelberg and Mürren. Since the village of Gimmelwald had to be developed and the aim was to keep the costs for it as low as possible, the rope is only diverted there. However, the guests change gondolas at the Gimmelwald station.
On December 29, 2004, the Mürren-Birg section, which had only been renewed in 2003, suffered a partial rupture of one of the suspension cables in use since 1965. All 53 passengers were rescued by helicopter, and operations were interrupted for almost two months to allow the ropes to be replaced. The cause could later be identified as the inadequate implementation of a routine suspension cable shift in 1979, during which the cable was damaged unnoticed. All similarly constructed aerial ropeways in Switzerland were then additionally tested.
History of the Schilthornbahn
In 1958, a “Fonds Pro Mürren” was set up to “promote mountain railway projects, sports facilities, and improve the appearance of the village through improvements to the spa and pathways”. The Stechelberg – Gimmelwald – Mürren – Birg – Schilthorn project prevailed against the Mürren – Allmendhubel – Engetal project . The concession for the cable car to the Schilthorn was given to Federal Councilor Giuseppe Lepori on October 3, 1959 . The concession was granted two years later and construction work could begin in 1963.
In 1965 the first three sections were completed. The last section was completed in 1967, but the money was only enough to build the shell of the mountain station. At this point in history, the production of the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service occurs. In the novel by Ian Fleming, James Bond travels to the three thousand meter high mountain “ Piz Gloria ”. This should only be accessible by cable car. On behalf of the film producers, the German Hubert Fröhlich traveled through Europe to look for a suitable location . Finally, on March 2, 1968, he reached Grindelwald to see the Jungfrau region . In the Hotel Adler, Fröhlich saw a postcard from the Schilthorn summit station and saw exactly what he was looking for. The next day he traveled to Mürren and after talking to the Schilthornbahn he was able to present a filming location to the production company Eon Productions . After the contract negotiations between the two parties, filming around the Schilthorn lasted from October 21, 1968 to May 17, 1969. The agreements were based on a simple contract: the railway company provided the location and the film producers paid for the permanent expansion of the summit building as well as everyone Transport, operating and personnel costs for the Schilthornbahn for filming.
The film producers were able to design the missing interior of the revolving restaurant according to their needs. A large part of it took place in permanent construction for the later tourism business. The cabins of the cable car were - colored orange and with - under protest from conservation circles Blofeld - arms provided. The orange paintwork of the gondolas was actually only intended for the duration of the film, but it remained until the cabins were replaced in 1995. The Bond producers also had a helicopter landing pad built, which now serves as a viewing platform.
Since 2013, there has been an interactive exhibition on the subject of James Bond and the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service in the Schilthorn mountain station .
Milestones
1961 Granting of the concession
1962 Foundation of the Schilthornbahn AG
1963 Start of construction work
1965 Opening of the first three sections Stechelberg - Gimmelwald - Mürren - Birg
1967 Opening of the Birg - Schilthorn section
1968 Shooting "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
1969 Opening of revolving restaurant "Piz Gloria"
1987 New construction of the Stechelberg - Mürren transport
cable car
1988–90 Extension of the "Piz Gloria" revolving restaurant
1993 Commissioning of the Muttleren and Kandahar chairlifts
1995 New panorama cabins on Sections 1, 2 and 4
1998 New construction of the Schiltgrat chairlift
1999 Renovation of the funicular / Allmendhubel restaurant
2000 Conversion of the Stechelberg - Mürren transport cable car (concession for passenger transport)
2001 New construction of the Maulerhubel chairlift
2002 Construction of the reservoir / 1st stage of the upper hill snowmaking system - height gap
2003 New panorama cabins, Section 3
2006 Construction of the detachable Riggli
20 chairlift for four people 08 2nd stage snow-making system Höhelücke - Mürren
2009 Construction of the detachable 4-seater chairlift Winteregg
2009 Construction of the 2-seater chairlift Allmiboden
2011 Conversion of Bistro Birg
2013 BOND WORLD - Piz Gloria
2013 Construction of the PIZ GLORIA VIEW
2014 construction of the children's playground FLOWER PARK Allmendhubel
2014 Construction of the SKYLINE WALK observation platform, Birg
2014 New construction of the Allmendhubel ski lift
2014 New construction of the Gimmeln ski lift
2014 Opening of SKYLINE SNOWPARK
2015 Opening of 007 WALK OF FAME, Piz Gloria
2016 Opening of THRILL WALK, Birg
2016 Opening of FLOWER TRAIL, Allmendhubel
2016–17 Renovation and expansion of Piz Gloria
2017–19 3rd stage of the snowmaking system along the Schiltgrat , Allmiboden, Maulerhubel, Winteregg
Approaches
The Schilthorn can be climbed from all sides on alpine paths, especially from Mürren over the east ridge and from Kiental BE over the west ridge.
Ski runs
There are 25 ski slopes in the Mürren-Schilthorn ski area (as of 2020). Of these, 9 are blue (easy), 8 red (moderate), 7 black (difficult) and one slope that is always unprepared (Gimmelwald downhill route).
The Schilthorn is well suited for good skiers and freeriders. Only one black slope leads from the Schilthorn with a 75% incline into the Engetal. The slope is one of the steepest in the entire Jungfrau Region. The valley run to Mürren (Kanonenrohr) is also very demanding. There is a very large, unsecured freeride area around Piz Gloria. The "Nordhang" and "Totenkopf" slopes and the descent through the picturesque "Saus Tal" to Isenfluh are very popular. The game rest areas and the avalanche bulletin must be observed.
Regular events
Inferno downhill skiing
In 1928, English ski pioneers launched the first Inferno race. Currently, 1,850 people ski against the clock every year. The route leads from just below the Schilthorn over 14.9 kilometers and 1990 meters in altitude to the valley to Lauterbrunnen. If the snow conditions do not allow driving to Lauterbrunnen, the destination is already in Mürren.
Inferno triathlon
The Inferno Triathlon takes place every year in August . The athletes start with the swimming course in Thun . After swimming 3.1 kilometers in Lake Thun , 97 kilometers on a racing bike to Grindelwald (2145 meters ascent) and 30 kilometers on a mountain bike over the Kleine Scheidegg to Stechelberg (1,180 meters ascent), the mountain run takes the athletes over a distance of 25 kilometers and 2175 vertical meters to the finish on the Schilthorn.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Schilthorn crime story has been solved . In: Jungfrau newspaper . Murren February 17, 2005 ( online [accessed March 20, 2016]).
- ↑ 007 James Bond, Piz Gloria Schilthorn. In: Bern journal for history and local history. 70th year, issue 3, 2008.
- ↑ https://schilthorn.ch/de/Infos/Live?ta=1#winter
- ^ Website of the Inferno Triathlon