2. Aare GorgeMeiringen The Aare Gorge is a section of the river Aare that carves through a limestone ridge near the town of Meiringen, in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. The gorge is an indirect product of glaciation; 10,000 years ago, just as the Ice Age was coming to an end, torrential runoff water from melting glaciers eroded a deep, narrow chasm through the limestone barrier. Although barely one mile long, this passage is bordered by sheer cliffs up to 165 feet high on either side. The gorge varies in width from some 30 metres at its widest to just 1 metre at its narrowest.The gorge is a popular tourist attraction, many visitors attracted by the nearby Reichenbach Falls, which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle selected as the setting for Sherlock Holmes' murder by Professor Moriarty. Permission to build wal... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
3. Old Town ChurChur The Old Swiss Confederacy began as a late medieval alliance between the communities of the valleys in the Central Alps, at the time part of the Holy Roman Empire, to facilitate the management of common interests such as free trade and to ensure the peace along the important trade routes through the mountains. The Hohenstaufen emperors had granted these valleys reichsfrei status in the early 13th century. As reichsfrei regions, the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden were under the direct authority of the emperor without any intermediate liege lords and thus were largely autonomous. With the rise of the Habsburg dynasty, the kings and dukes of Habsburg sought to extend their influence over this region and to bring it under their rule; as a consequence, a conflict ensued between the Habs... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
5. Flims Laax Falera Ski ResortLaax Flims is a municipality in the Imboden Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The town of Flims is dominated by the Flimserstein which one can see from almost anywhere in the area. Flims consists of the village of Flims and the hamlets of Fidaz and Scheia as well as Flims-Waldhaus, the initial birthplace of tourism in Flims, where most of the hotels were built before and after around 1900. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
6. Reichenbach FallsMeiringen The Reichenbach Falls are a waterfall cascade of seven steps on the creek called Rychenbach in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. They drop over a total change of altitude of about 250 metres . At 110 metres , of which the Grand Reichenbach Fall , the upper one, is by far the largest one and one of the higher waterfalls in the Alps and among the forty highest in Switzerland. The Rychenbach loses 290 metres of height from the top of the falls to the valley floor of the Haslital. Today, a hydro-electric power company harnesses the flow of the Reichenbach Falls during certain times of year, reducing its flow.In popular literature, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle gave the Grand Reichenbach Fall as the location of the final physical altercation between his hero Sherlock Holmes and his greatest ... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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RhB Winterdampf - Part 6 - Day 2 from Zernez to Samedan
The RhB Winterdampf Excursion is coming to an end. Part 6 shows scenes from March 19th. The day’s excursion continues from Zernez with a steam train pulled by G 4/5 #108 Engiadina upgrade to Samedan. At the same time, a mixed train pulled by G 3/4 Heidi is running to Samedan. Twice, the two trains overtake each other between Zernez and Samedan. The steam excursion concludes with a parallel entrance into Samedan station. The passengers are then brought back to Chur with a historic train pulled by an electric Ge 6/6' engine over the Albula line. The movie concludes with the scene when the train is passing Landwasser viaduct.
On March 18 and 19, 2017, Steam Adventure Tours and Club 1889 organized a two-day steam train excursion (“RhB Winterdampf”) to the Engadin. The excursion began on March 18 in Landquart where a doubleheader (2 G 4/5 narrow gauge steam engines) took our train to Thusis. In Thusis, a third engine joined the train (a G 3/4) and the tripleheader took our train over the Albula Line to Samedan. On March 19, we rode with a shorter train, pulled by just one G4/5 first to Pontresina to watch a presentation of historic and modern RhB (Rhätische Bahn) engines and snow removal equipment. Later that day, we run to Zernez and from their back to Samedan. Behind us, a short mixed train pulled by the G 3/4 followed us to Zernez and back. On the way back from Zernez to Samedan, the two steam trains passed each other several times. The trip concluded with our train running back to Chur, this time pulled by a historic Ge 6/6' and thereafter, with a standard gauge special train pulled by a BDe 4/4 historic motor coach to Zurich. Despite the not so great weather, it was a very enjoyable steam excursion which was perfectly organized by Club 1889, Steam Adventure Tours and RhB.
travel Switzerland - Männlichen - GGM -Europe 6
The cableway was proposed in order to provide direct access the snow-sure and wind-sheltered Männlichen ski region and thus extend the ski season into spring. It was also felt that it would create interesting new round-trips and hiking attractions. The company was founded in 1978, and the cableway opened in 1978. The cableway was constructed by Habegger Maschinenfabrik AG, at a cost of CHF 22 million. At the time of its building, it was world's longest aerial gondola cableway.