Freiburg Pre-Alps
Freiburg Pre-Alps | ||
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Dent de Brenleire ( 2353.2 m above sea level , front right) and Vanil Noir ( 2389 m above sea level , back) |
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Highest peak | Vanil Noir ( 2389 m above sea level ) | |
location | Canton of Friborg ; Switzerland | |
part of | Swiss foothills | |
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Coordinates | 577 558 / 136783 |
The Freiburg Pre-Alps ( French Préalpes Fribourgeoises ) are part of the Swiss Pre-Alps . You are in western Switzerland in the canton of Friborg . The Vanil Noir ( 2389 m above sea level ) is the highest point in the canton of Friborg. Other well-known peaks are the Gastlosenkette , Berra , the Moléson , the Vanil d'Arpille and the Kaiseregg . Most of the peaks are between 1600 and 2200 meters high.
Delimitation and structure
The Friborg Prealps are generally included in the Bernese Prealps , as the prelude to the Bernese Alps north of Hinteren Gasse . After the Swiss Alpine Club , they form their own group, described in an alpine guide. Even the mountain Rother leads independently under no. 74. According to the proposal of a new classification SOIUSA they belong as a supergroup 14.ib to subsection 14.I. Vaud and Friborg Prealps .
Highest peaks
- Vanil Noir , 2389 m
- Gastlosen : Dent de Savigny, 2252 m
- Gastlosen: Dent de Ruth, 2236 m
- Kaiseregg , 2185 m
- Schopfenspitz , 2104 m
- Moléson , 2002 m
- Vanil d'Arpille , 2085 m
- Berra , 1719 m
Tourism and development
The Freiburg Pre-Alps are a snowshoe paradise because they are guaranteed to have snow in winter. There are also some small ski stations, for example at Moléson or at Schwarzsee .
literature
- Maurice Brandt: Préalpes fribourgeoises. Club alpin suisse, [Bern] 1991, ISBN 3-85902-109-5 .
Web links
- Boundary of the Freiburg Pre-Alps on GeoFinder.ch
Individual evidence
- ^ Brandt: Préalpes fribourgeoises
- ^ Sergio Marazzi: Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA . Pavone Canavese (TO), Priuli & Verlucca editori, 2005. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8 ; Sergio Marazzi: La “Suddivisione orografica internazionale unificata del Sistema Alpino” (SOIUSA) (pdf, Italian; 1.6 MB)
- ↑ Marked snowshoe trails in the Freiburg Pre-Alps , sentiers-raquettes.ch (with maps, some in French)