Ächerli Pass

Ächerli Pass
Ächerlipass; View in east direction to the Buochserhorn
Compass direction	west	east
Pass height	1398  m above sea level M.
Canton	Obwalden	Nidwalden
Valley locations	Kerns	Dallenwil
expansion	Street
Built	?
Lock	November - April
profile
Ø pitch	7.5% (895 m / 12 km)	9.7% (972 m / 10 km)
Max. Incline	16%	16%
Map (Switzerland)
Coordinates	668 314  /  195 283 coordinates: 46 ° 54 '19 "  N , 8 ° 20' 7"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and sixty-eight thousand three hundred and fourteen  /  one hundred and ninety-five thousand two hundred and eighty-three

The Ächerli is a Swiss pass that connects Wisserlen , a district of the municipality of Kerns in the canton of Obwalden , with Dallenwil in the canton of Nidwalden . The lowest point of the pass is at an altitude of 1398  m above sea level. M. , but the highest point of the pass road is a little further south at an altitude of 1458  m above sea level. M. The asphalt road with a total length of 19.6 kilometers has a gradient of up to 16 percent. With the exception of passing points, it is usually only one lane and quite narrow.

View from the Ächerli pass to the Stanserhorn

From the pass road, mountains such as the Pilatus , the Rigi , the Stanserhorn , the Buochserhorn and the summit of the Titlis can be seen.

North of the pass, on the ridge to the Stanserhorn, the Holzwang Chapel, built in 1903/04, stands at 1,444  m . Further down, in the Wiesenberg district , is the pilgrimage chapel of St. Maria, built around 1754. It stands on the site of a hermitage mentioned in the 14th century.

See also

• List of Alpine passes

Web links

Commons : Aecherlipass  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ächerli Pass (Switzerland) by motorcycle Photos, map and description of the Ächerli Pass on the private website ryter-hermann.ch
• Ächerli pass on hikr.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Holzwang Chapel Description on wirzweli.ch accessed on January 9, 2019
2. ↑ Wiesenberg Chapel Description on wirzweli.ch accessed on January 9, 2019