The Urnerboden is a village in the high valley of Urner Boden, and also an
alp and a small high Alpine permanent settlement in the
Swiss
Swiss most commonly refers to:
* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
Swiss may also refer to: Places
* Swiss, Missouri
* Swiss, North Carolina
* Swiss, West Virginia
* Swiss, Wisconsin
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* Swiss Café, an old café located ...
canton of Uri
The canton of Uri ( ; ; ; ) is one of the cantons of switzerland, 26 cantons of Switzerland and a founding member of the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is located in Central Switzerland. The canton's territory covers the valley of the Reuss ...
. At in length, it is believed to be the largest alp in Switzerland. It forms a disconnected part of the
municipality of Spiringen, separated from the rump of that municipality by some of the
municipality of Unterschächen and by the
Klausen Pass.
The Urner Boden is traversed by the eastern approach road to the
Klausen Pass to the west, from the village of
Linthal in the
canton of Glarus
The canton of Glarus ( ; ; ; ) is a cantons of Switzerland, canton in east-central Switzerland. The capital is Glarus.
The population speaks a variety of Alemannic German.
The majority of the population (81%) identifies as Christianity in Switzer ...
. The Klausen Pass provides the only direct connection to the rest of the municipality of Spiringen and canton of Uri that lie to the west of the pass. The pass road is normally closed between October and May, and during this period the Urner Boden is only accessible from the east via Linthal, involving a road journey between the two halves of the municipality of some .
[
In summer, ]PostBus Switzerland
PostAuto Switzerland, PostBus Ltd. (known as in Swiss Standard German (), in Swiss French (), in Swiss Italian (), and in Romansh () is a subsidiary company of the Swiss Post, which provides regional and rural bus services throughout Switz ...
operates a bus service which provides several daily return journeys to Linthal and Spiringen. Outside that period, a minibus service called the ''Urnerboden Sprinter'' provides three connections a day to Linthal.
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Geography of the canton of Uri
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