Rafters (St. Niklaus)
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 Switzerland
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 Valais (VS)
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| District : | Visp | |
| Municipal municipality : | St. Niklaus VS | |
| Postal code : | 3924 | |
| Coordinates : | 627 298 / 114922 | |
| Height : | 1905 m above sea level M. | |
| Website: | www.st-niklaus.ch | |
 View from Wintergadmen at 1809 m above sea level. M. on the lower and upper rafters, whereby the upper rafter is not completely visible. |
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Rafters ( Valais German Sparru ) is a spring pasture the municipality of St. Niklaus (Valais German Zaniglas ) in the Valais district Visp .
geography
Sparren is located at 1905 m on the left flank of the valley above St. Niklaus Dorf ( 1120 m above sea level , Valais German Zaniglas ) and can be reached on foot via a narrow path, which before crossing the Jungbach stream at an altitude of 1390 m above sea level M. branches off from the Jungerweg .
The settlement comprises seventeen mostly historical buildings, which are located on the slope between 1800 m above sea level. M. and 1920 m above sea level. M. on Unter ( Valais German Unner ) and Ober rafter. The historical buildings are log houses made of larch wood with roofs made of solid stone slabs .
Passenger cable car
A passenger cable car leads from St. Niklaus Dorf to the settlement at 1870 m above sea level. M. , whose valley station ( 1147 m above sea level ) south of the Jean-Paul Brigger sports field not far above the St. Niklaus train station ( 1126.7 m above sea level ) of the Brig-Visp-Zermatt railway line of the Matterhorn Gotthard Railway lies. The cable car is a cooperatively organized private railway and was built in 2001. The cabin of the single-lane aerial tramway with suspension cable and a closed pull cable loop can hold 4 people or 320 kg of material.
Hiking trails
- From Sparren ( 1905 m above sea level ) to Jungs ( 1960 m above sea level ) via the Barackenweg to the Moosalp – Jungs high path ,
- from Sparren into the Jungtal ( 2387 m above sea level ) to the Weisshornweg (see below "Wasserleita" (bisse) and hike ),
- from Sparen to Sällflue ( 2137 m above sea level ) and to Sälli ( 1915 m above sea level ) and
- from rafters to Teli ( 1611 m above sea level ).
«Wasserleita» ( bisse ) and hike
| «Wasserleita» | description | Connection height | Final height | length | Difficulty of the hike | additional |
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| «Wasserleita» Sparruwasser | The «Wasserleita» Sparruwasser stretches from the Jungbach in a south-easterly direction to Sparren and is fully irrigated for agricultural use. | 2275 m , right side of the Jungbach | 1860 m | 1.8 km | The hiking trail along the «Wasserleita» is partly unmarked and has the difficulty T3. |
See also
Web links
- Passenger cable car St. Niklaus Dorf - Sparren
- 4-PB St. Niklaus - Sparren (St. Niklaus) Data sheet on the passenger cable car between St. Niklaus Dorf and Sparren
- Rafter photos, accessed December 4, 2015