Lauberhorn

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Lauberhorn
Kleine Scheidegg, above that Lauberhorn (left) and Tschuggen

Kleine Scheidegg, above that Lauberhorn (left) and Tschuggen

height 2472  m above sea level M.
location Canton of Bern , Switzerland
Mountains Bernese Alps
Dominance 0.8 km →  Tschuggen
Notch height 122 m ↓  unnamed notch
Coordinates 639030  /  160242 coordinates: 46 ° 35 '32 "  N , 7 ° 56' 53"  O ; CH1903:  639030  /  160242
Lauberhorn (Canton of Bern)
Lauberhorn
rock Lias - quartzite

The Lauberhorn is a 2472  m above sea level. M. high mountain in the Bernese Pre-Alps above the Kleine Scheidegg . The not particularly prominent summit has become famous for the annual Lauberhorn descent , which starts a little below the summit. The name probably goes back to an old form for the word avalanche .

geography

The Lauberhorn lies between the valley of Grindelwald in the east and the Lauterbrunnen valley in the west near Wengen . It is part of a ridge that begins at the western foothills of the Eiger and from there over the Kleine Scheidegg to the northwest to the Lauberhorn and further north over the Tschuggen ( 2521  m above sea level ) to the Männlichen ( 2343  m above sea level). ), where it drops steeply into the valley of the Black Lütschine . A southwestern branch of the Lauberhorn, the Lauberhorn shoulder ( 2317  m above sea level ), stretches towards Wengernalp . A small artificial lake below the Lauberhorn shoulder is used for snowmaking .

As with other mountains of the Axen Nappe , which consists of 180 million year old “ marly slates of the Middle Jurassic ”, the Lauberhorn drops steeply into cliffs in the west (towards Wengen) and north, while the southeast flank is less steep.

Tourist development

The Lauberhorn has been easily accessible for tourists since the Wengernalpbahn reached Kleine Scheidegg in 1893 . At that time there were also plans to build a cable car from there to the Lauberhorn; but this was never realized. Hikers can climb the mountain in around an hour from the Kleine Scheidegg.

In winter, the Lauberhorn becomes a ski mountain: a chair lift leads from the Kleine Scheidegg ( 2061  m above sea level ) to the Lauberhorn. The mountain station is located at 2394  m above sea level. M. a little below the summit. In 1938 a ski lift was built from the Kleine Scheidegg to the mountain. The facility was replaced in 1971 by a new ski lift, to which single armchairs were attached in the summer. The current 4-seater chairlift was built in 1991. Another chairlift leads from the Wixi ( 1844  m above sea level ) to the Lauberhorn shoulder . The 1614-meter-long lift that crosses the Wengernalpbahn was built in 1964 and renewed in 1992 and 2012. It overcomes a vertical height of 495 meters and can transport a maximum of 2,400 people per hour.

Several slopes lead from the Lauberhorn to the Kleine Scheidegg, the Wixi and the Wengernalp. The best known is the Lauberhorn run , on which the Lauberhorn race has been held since 1930 . The four and a half kilometer race to Wengen is considered the longest in the Alpine Ski World Cup .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Herbert Seeber: Contributions to the geology of the Faulhorn group (western part) and the Männlichen group. Buchdruckerei Otto Lanz, Bern 1911 ( Google Books - Dissertation).
  2. ↑ cf. Avalanche # origin of the word
  3. ^ Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de geographie (editor): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 3: Krailigen - Plentsch . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1905, p. 50, keyword Lauberhorn   ( scan of the lexicon page ).
  4. ↑ Via GeoAlpina: Stage 2 Grindelwald-Lauterbrunnen. (PDF; 3.8 MB) In: swisstopo. Retrieved September 27, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Via GeoAlpina: Stage 1 Rosenlaui-Grindelwald. (PDF; 2.6 MB) In: swisstopo. Retrieved September 27, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Cable car Kleine Scheidegg-Lauberhorn (project) . In: Embassies of the Federal Council as well as federal resolutions on concession requests and route approval (1896–1901) . Bern 1896 ( Google Books ).
  7. ↑ Kleine Scheidegg – Lauberhorn. In: Maennlichen.ch. Retrieved February 2, 2013 .
  8. ↑ 2-SLE Kleine Scheidegg-Lauberhorn (Grindelwald). In: bergbahnen.org. Retrieved February 2, 2013 .
  9. ↑ Lauberhorn, Wixi and Fallboden / 1945-lauberhorn-02. In: skiliftfotos.ch. March 6, 2006, accessed February 2, 2013 .
  10. ↑ 2-SLE / 1-SBF Kleine Scheidegg-Lauberhorn (Grindelwald). In: bergbahnen.org. Retrieved February 2, 2013 .
  11. ↑ 4-SBK Kleine Scheidegg-Lauberhorn (Grindelwald). In: bergbahnen.org. Retrieved February 2, 2013 .
  12. ↑ Doppelmayr / Garaventa image brochure 2012, pages 86/87
  13. ^ Giancarlo Salis: Avanti. (PDF; 23.1 MB) New chairlift Wixi - Lauberhornschulter (ARGE SB Wixi). (No longer available online.) GHELMA, December 2012, p. 7 , formerly in the original ; accessed on February 2, 2013 : « The first lift was built in 1964 and modernized in 1992. »