Sunnig ridge
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 Sunnig Grat (left of the center of the picture) from the Geissberg |
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| height | 2034 m above sea level M. | |
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 Uri Switzerland
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| Mountains | Uri Alps | |
| Coordinates | 691 721 / 182103 | |
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The Sunnig Grat (occasionally also Sunniggrat or Sunniggrätli ) is a mountain shoulder in the Swiss canton of Uri , the highest point of which is 2034 m above sea level. M. in the Urner Alps . From there you have a good view of the Uri Reuss valley , the Maderaner valley and the peaks of the Uri, Glarus and Schwyz Alps .
perpetration
Starting points in the Reuss Valley for the Sunnig Grat are Intschi or Amsteg , from where you can take a cable car to the Arnisee and reach the summit with a mountain hike in 2 to 2½ hours. From Gurtnellen Dorf, the hike over the terrace of Lake Arnise takes about 4 hours.
Only a little below the ridge, is 1978 m above sea level. The Sunniggrathütte, which has 30 beds and is looked after from July to the end of August, next to a small lake ( Sunnig Grat Seeli 1960 m above sea level ).
On the sunny ridge (the high German name Sonnengrat can be found in the old geographic lexicon of Switzerland) there is a rich flora , such as B. Alpine roses .
The Arnisee lake on the ascent was artificially dammed between 1908 and 1912 and serves as a storage power plant for energy generation.
Web links
supporting documents
- ↑ a b c Name and height according to the national map
- ↑ Designation at Hikr.org
- ^ Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de geographie (editor): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 5: Switzerland - Tavetsch . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1908, p. 636, keyword Sonnengrat ( scan of the lexicon page ).