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Pilatus
 
 
Mount Pilatus railway station Alpnachstad
The cog railway station in Alpnachstad.

The Mount Pilatus is connected with the world's steepest cog railway (maximum gradient of 48% and an average gradient of 35%.) from Alpnachstad and with the aerial panorama gondolas and aerial cableways from Kriens. The cogwheel railway was opened on 4th June 1889 and climbs a height of 1'635 metres on its 4'618 metres long track.



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Pilatus panorama, panoramic view from Pilatus Kulm.
Arrival of the cableway from Kriens and the cog railway from Alpnachstad
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Pilatus panorama, panoramic view from Esel (summit of Pilatus).
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Pilatus panorama with more than 200 identified peaks.
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Due to the large size of the image of approx. 11 metres x 30 cm, the panorama is divided into 6 parts when viewed in Panorama Viewer.
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Mount Pilatus
Pilatus
Late afternoon on a bright late autumn day. Along the hiking trail to Tomlishorn (2028m), the highest peak of the Pilatus Massif.