Breeze house
| Breeze house | ||
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 The breeze house in winter |
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| location | on the Beckenriederalp; Canton of Nidwalden , Switzerland | |
| Mountain range | Uri Alps | |
| Geographical location: | 678 120 / 196 499 | |
| Altitude | 1753 m above sea level M. | |
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| owner | SAC Pilatus | |
| Construction type | Refuge | |
| Usual opening times | June to the end of October, mid-December to Easter | |
| accommodation | 10 beds, 43 camps | |
| Web link | Breeze house | |
| Hut directory | SAC | |
The Brisenhaus is a Swiss refuge in the northern Uri Alps . It is located in the canton of Nidwalden north of the Brisen at 1753 m above sea level. M. at Beckenriederalp at the northwest foot of the Risetenstock ( 2290 m ) and the Glattegrat . The hut is looked after by the Pilatus section of the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC).
Approaches
The Brisenhaus can be reached via cable cars from the Klewenalp mountain station in 1½ hours and from the Niederrickenbach mountain station in two hours.
Tours
In addition to the eponymous breeze , the following mountains are easy to reach from the hut:
- Smooth ridge ( 2216 m )
- Schwalmis ( 2246 m )
- Schinberg ( 2145 m ): somewhat steep and exposed
Just under an hour's walk east of the hut is the Schynberg climbing garden on the south-west exposed walls of the Schinberg.
Web links
Commons : Brisenhaus - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maria Rickenbach: Hiking suggestion 3b - direction Klewenalp ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 317 kB), accessed on August 26, 2012
