The Lauberhorn is a mountain in the
Bernese Alps
The Bernese Alps are a mountain range of the Alps located in western Switzerland. Although the name suggests that they are located in the Berner Oberland region of the canton of Bern, portions of the Bernese Alps are in the adjacent cantons of Va ...
of
Switzerland
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, located between
Wengen
Wengen () is a mountain village in the Bernese Oberland of central Switzerland. Located in the canton of Bern at an elevation of above sea level, it is part of the Jungfrauregion and has approximately 1,300 year-round residents, which swells t ...
and
Grindelwald
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, north of the
Kleine Scheidegg
The Kleine Scheidegg () is a mountain pass at an elevation of , situated below and between the Eiger and Lauberhorn peaks in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. The name means "minor watershed", as it only divides the two arms of the L ...
. Its summit is at an
elevation
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of above
sea level
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.
Lauberhorn ski races
The mountain is best known for the ''Lauberhorn''
World Cup
A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...
alpine ski races, held annually in mid-January above
Wengen
Wengen () is a mountain village in the Bernese Oberland of central Switzerland. Located in the canton of Bern at an elevation of above sea level, it is part of the Jungfrauregion and has approximately 1,300 year-round residents, which swells t ...
. The
downhill course is currently (as of 2016) the longest in the world; its length of results in run times of two and a half minutes.
The Lauberhorn ski races (
downhill,
slalom, and
combined) are among the highest-attended
winter sports events in the world, attracting around 30,000 spectators each year.
Races are held on two famous courses "
Lauberhorn
The Lauberhorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, located between Wengen and Grindelwald, north of the Kleine Scheidegg. Its summit is at an elevation of above sea level.
Lauberhorn ski races
The mountain is best known for th ...
" (downhill) and "
Männlichen
The Männlichen () is a mountain in the Swiss Alps located within the Canton of Bern.
It can be reached from Wengen by the Wengen–Männlichen aerial cableway, or from the new (December 2019) Grindelwald Terminal stationBOB website - was to h ...
" (slalom).
See also
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List of mountains of Switzerland accessible by public transport
This is a list of mountains of Switzerland above 800 metres whose summits are accessible by public transport. This list includes mountains with a topographic prominence of at least 30 metres that have a station above the height of their key col an ...
*
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 ...
Notes and references
External links
Lauberhorn.ch- ' - official site
Lauberhorn.ch- ' - official site
Bernese Oberland
Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of the canton of Bern
Mountains of Switzerland
Two-thousanders of Switzerland
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