Winter horn

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Winter horn
Pizzo d'Orsino
Winterhorn (far left) with Andermatt

Winterhorn (far left) with Andermatt

height 2661  m above sea level M.
location Hospental , Realp and Airolo
Mountains Gotthard massif
Coordinates 684 343  /  160 086 coordinates: 46 ° 35 '12 "  N , 8 ° 32' 21"  O ; CH1903:  684 343  /  one hundred and sixty thousand and eighty-six
Winterhorn (Canton Uri)
Winter horn

The Winterhorn ( Italian Pizzo d'Orsino ) is a mountain in the Gotthard massif .

The mountain is 2661  m above sea level. M. high and is located 4 km southwest of Hospental on the south side of the Urserental . The areas of the municipalities of Hospental, Realp ( canton Uri ) and Airolo ( canton Ticino ) meet at its summit .

In 1960 the Winterhorn ski lift near the village of Hospental went into operation.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans Stadler: Hospental. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .