The Mittelallalin () is a minor
summit
A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous.
The term (mountain top) is generally used only for a m ...
below the
Allalinhorn
The Allalinhorn () is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It lies between Zermatt and Saas-Fee in the canton of Valais, and is part of the Mischabel range, which culminates at the Dom (4,545 m).
It was first climbed by London barri ...
situated above
Saas Fee. This place is well known for the
revolving restaurant
A revolving restaurant or rotating restaurant is usually a tower restaurant eating space designed to rest atop a broad circular revolving platform that operates as a large turntable. The building remains stationary and the diners are carried on ...
which is the highest in the world and a
glacier cave
A glacier cave is a cave formed within the ice of a glacier. Glacier caves are often called ice caves, but the latter term is properly used to describe bedrock caves that contain year-round ice.
Overview
Most glacier caves are started by wate ...
.
Access
Mittelallalin can be reached easily by
cable car Cable car most commonly refers to the following cable transportation systems:
* Aerial lift, such as aerial tramways and gondola lifts, in which the vehicle is suspended in the air from a cable
** Aerial tramway
** Chairlift
** Gondola lift
** ...
from Saas Fee to the Felskinn intermediate station and finally to the top with the
Metro Alpin, the highest funicular in the world.
[Felix Gross (2011). ]
Seilbahnlexikon: Technik, Relikte und Pioniere aus 150 Jahren Seilbahngeschichte
' (p. 51).
Ski and mountain-climbing
The Mittelallalin is also an all year round ski area (between in winter,
Fee Glacier
The Fee Glacier (german: Feegletscher) is a long glacier (2005) situated in the Pennine Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. In 1973, it had a length of and an area of . It lies east of the Mischabel range, between the summit of Dom on ...
in summer). From there the ascent of
Allalinhorn
The Allalinhorn () is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It lies between Zermatt and Saas-Fee in the canton of Valais, and is part of the Mischabel range, which culminates at the Dom (4,545 m).
It was first climbed by London barri ...
is very popular and can be done in just two hours.
See also
*
List of ski areas and resorts in Switzerland
This is a list of ski areas and resorts in Switzerland.
There is a separate list for the cross-country skiing trails: List of cross-country skiing trails in Switzerland.
Valais and Vaud
Bernese Oberland
Central Switzerland
Graubünd ...
*
Swiss Alps
The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps (german: Schweizer Alpen, french: Alpes suisses, it, Alpi svizzere, rm, Alps svizras), represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Sw ...
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Saas Fee tourism
Mountains of the Alps
Alpine three-thousanders
Mountains of Valais
Tourist attractions in Switzerland
Buildings and structures with revolving restaurants
Mountains of Switzerland
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