Weissfluhjoch

Weissfluhjoch
The Weissflujoch
Highest point
Elevation2,693 m (8,835 ft)
Prominence64 m (210 ft)[1]
Parent peakWeissfluh
Isolation0.52 km (0.32 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
Coordinates46°50′00″N 09°48′23″E / 46.83333°N 9.80639°E / 46.83333; 9.80639
Geography
Weissfluhjoch is located in Switzerland
Weissfluhjoch
Weissfluhjoch
Location in Switzerland
LocationGraubünden, Switzerland
Parent rangePlessur Alps
Climbing
Easiest routeFunicular

The Weissfluhjoch (2,693 m (8,835 ft)) is a summit southeast of the Weissfluh (2,843 m (9,327 ft)) situated in the Plessur Range in Graubünden, Switzerland. Since 1932, a funicular railway (the Parsennbahn) leads to its summit from Davos.

On the Weissflujoch, there used to be several laboratories of the Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, a division of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL).[2] However, while there is still a test site at the location,[3] the institute building was sold to Davos Klosters Bergbahnen Ltd in 2019.[4]

  1. ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Wasserscheidi (2,629 m).
  2. ^ "Weissfluhjoch test site". sfl.ch. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Weissfluhjoch test site". SLF. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  4. ^ Birgit Ottmer (8 October 2019). "Former main SLF building on Weissfluhjoch sold to mountain railway company". WSL. Retrieved 9 March 2024.

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