Moléson

Moléson
Moléson from the northeast (right) with La Vudalla and Vanil Blanc on the left, in the valley of the castle hills of Gruyères.
height	2002  m above sea level M.
location	Canton of Friborg , Switzerland
Mountains	Freiburg Pre-Alps
Dominance	4.68 km →  Dent de Lys
Notch height	510 m ↓  Belle Chaux
Coordinates	567658  /  155 376 coordinates: 46 ° 32 '56 "  N , 7 ° 1' 1"  O ; CH1903:  567658  /  one hundred fifty-five thousand three hundred and seventy-six

The Moléson [ mɔleˈzɔ̃ ] is a mountain peak in Switzerland . It is located in the south of the canton of Friborg , in French-speaking Switzerland , directly on the north-western edge of the Alps , 8 km south-south-west of Bulle . It forms the northernmost corner of a mountain range in the Freiburg Pre-Alps , almost south-north , which begins at Col de Jaman and separates the Saane valley in the east from the Veveyse valley in the west. The name of the mountain was first mentioned in a document around the year 1000 as Moleisum . Later the names Moleisun (1228), Moleyson (1237) and Moleson (1238) appeared.

geography

Aerial photo (1967)

The Moléson reaches a height of 2002  m above sea level. M. and together with the south-west Teysachaux ( 1909  m above sea level ) forms a distinctive mountain range, which slopes steeply to the north and east with rock faces. It is the headwaters of the La Trême , L'Albeuve and La Marive streams , which all flow to the Saane. In front of the Moléson to the east are the peaks La Vudalla ( 1670  m above sea level ), Vanil Blanc ( 1573  m above sea level ) and Entre Deux Dents ( 1619  m above sea level ).

geology

Geologically, the Moléson belongs to the Préalpes romandes , the shear blankets made up of Mesozoic and Tertiary sediments. It is a so-called syncline mountain , i.e. H. the remainder of a former fold depression in the pre-alpine nappes, which was eroded on all sides. The mountain consists mainly of Malm limestone . The tree line at Moléson is around 1600  m , above which there are mountain pastures.

Moléson rock massif including fragment in the foreground (north side as seen from Petit Plané)

tourism

At the beginning of the 20th century there were three competing plans to build a railway to the summit of Moléson, including one from Les Avants ( canton of Vaud ) via the Col de Sonloup and the Col de Soladier , and two from the canton of Friborg. However, these projects were not implemented.

The well-known panoramic mountain is now accessible by a cable car . From the holiday village of Moléson-Village at its northeastern foot , a funicular first takes you to the height of Plan-Francey ( 1517  m above sea level ) and then a cable car to the summit. From Plan-Francey there is also a via ferrata that is subject to a fee and contains a lot of iron, leading up through the north-west face of the north summit. The nearby peak of La Vudalla was previously also accessible by a cable car. However, this has been canceled since 2001. The Moléson massif is a popular hiking and skiing area. In the summit restaurant there is an observatory with four telescopes for amateur astronomers.

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Panoramic picture on the summit of Moléson

climate

Moléson, 1981-2010
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     38   0 -6     44   0 -6     57   1 -5     67   3 -2     105   8th 2     103   12 5     112   14th 7th     124   14th 8th     95   11 5     74   8th 2     55   3 -3     53   1 -5 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source:

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Moléson, 1981–2010 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 0.1 −0.4 0.9 3.3 8.1 11.5 14.3 14.1 10.8 8.2 3.2 1.1 O 6.3 Min. Temperature (° C) −5.7 −6.2 −4.8 −2.4 2.0 5.0 7.4 7.5 4.8 2.2 −2.6 −4.9 O 0.2 Temperature (° C) −2.9 −3.4 −2.0 0.3 4.7 7.9 10.5 10.4 7.5 4.9 0.1 −2.0 O 3 Precipitation ( mm ) 38 44 57 67 105 103 112 124 95 74 55 53 Σ 927 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 4.2 4.7 4.7 5.0 4.9 5.5 6.3 6.0 5.5 5.1 4.1 3.6 O 5 Rainy days ( d ) 8.1 7.6 10.5 10.3 13.4 12.6 11.0 11.6 10.1 9.8 8.5 9.2 Σ 122.7 Humidity ( % ) 65 68 75 80 82 83 81 80 80 72 69 66 O 75.1 Source:

Culture

The folk song L'Armailli du Moléson sings about the mountain and the mountain farmers of the Gruyère region.

Web links

Commons : Moleson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Gruyère Moléson website (French)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Les chemins de fer au Moléson . In: Gazette de Lausanne , June 30, 1908, p. 2.
2. ^ En voiture pour le Moléson . In: Journal de Genève , June 30, 1908, p. 2.
3. ↑ Delphine Guex, Johann Roy, Géraldine Sauthier: La trajectoire historique du développement touristique de Montreux between 1850 et 2010 . Working Paper N ° 2, Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch, November 2012, pp. 43–44.
4. ↑ Climate table. In: meteoschweiz.admin.ch. meteoschweiz, accessed on June 1, 2018 .