Schilthorn
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| Schilthorn | |
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 Schilthorn from Graueseeli |
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| Elevation | 2,970 metres (9,744 ft) |
| Location | Bernese Oberland, Switzerland |
| Range | Bernese Alps |
| Prominence | 363 m |
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Schilthorn is a 2,970 metre high summit in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, above Mürren.
It has a panorama, which spans from the Titlis, Jungfrau, Mönch, Eiger, over the Bernese Alps and the Jura mountains up to the Vogesen and the Black Forest. Mont Blanc is also just visible.
To get to the Schilthorn from the valley floor either of a series of cable cars must be taken. The cable cars begin in Stechelberg leaving to Gimmelwald and then onto Mürren. From Mürren another cable car is taken to Birg, which is the final change before the Schilthorn. The other way up is to take the cable car from Lauterbrunnen to Grütschalp and a train to Muerren, from where the cable car must be taken.
There is a panoramic revolving restaurant, named Piz Gloria, at the summit, which is where the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service was set. A famous black ski run featured in the film starts at the summit and leads down to the Engetal below Birg. The restaurant revolves a full 360 degrees in 55 minutes.
During the summer the inferno triathlon finishs at the summit after a run up from the Lauterbrunnen valley.
