
Flumserberg is a resort area in the
Swiss Alps
The Alps, Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main Physica ...
, located in the canton of
St. Gallen. It is composed of several villages at elevations between above
sea level
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. The resort sits on a terrace overlooking the
Walensee
Lake Walen, also known as Lake Walenstadt or (), is one of the larger lakes in Switzerland. Located in the east of the country, about two thirds of its area are in the canton of St. Gallen and about one third in the canton of Glarus.
Its na ...
, above
Flums in the
Sarganserland region. Flumserberg mainly belongs to the municipality of Flums, with a small part belonging to the municipality of
Quarten.
The three main villages composing the resort of Flumserberg are: ''Tannenbodenalp'' (), ''Flumserberg'' () and ''Tannenheim'' ().
The
Churfirsten can be seen from Flumserberg.
Transportation
The
Luftseilbahn Unterterzen–Flumserberg (SeeJet)
gondola lift
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connects Tannenboden with
Unterterzen via Oberterzen (intermediate station). The
valley station of the cable car is located adjacent to railway station. The and services call at the railway station.
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References
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Swisstopo
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The current name was made official in 2002. It had been used as the domain name for the homepage of the instituteswisstopo.admi ...
topographic maps
External links
Flumserberg.ch (official website)Flumserberg on Wanderland.ch
Villages in the canton of St. Gallen
Ski areas and resorts in Switzerland
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