As part of our Europe vacation package, we were excited to be able to visit Mount Titlis, the highest destination in Central Switzerland.
According to Wiki, Mt Titlis stands at 3,238 meters in the Umer Alps of Switzerland and is famous as the site for the world's first revolving cable car which connects the Engelbert to the summit of Klein Titlis through Gerschnialp, Trubsee and Stand. The last part of the cable car way leads above the glacier where you will see some pictures of a glacier cave below.
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| WOW! With Mt Titlis in the background |
This is the Engelbert ticket counter for the trip up to Mt Titlis via cable car to Trubsee, then gondola to Stand, followed by the 360 degrees revolving Rotair to the summit of Titlis.
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| Ticket counter |
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| On the way up |
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| Hopping onto the cable car |
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| View from the cable car |
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| Beautiful and scenic view on the way up to Mt Titlis |
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| Getting off the Mt Titlis cable car at Trubsee station |
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| Trubsee Station at 1800 metres |
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| Stop for the skiers where you can find gradual slopes |
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| Next part of the journey up to Titlis via gondola |
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| Going up... |
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| Reaching Stand station |
From Stand station, you take the Rotair, the world's first revolving cable car, up to the summit of Mt Titlis. Total journey time from Engelbert to Titlis takes less than an hour.
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| Mt Titlis Rotair - first revolving cable car |
The entire floor of the Rotair slowly rotates, giving you a 360 degrees view of the stunning scenery.
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| Beautiful |
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| Spectacular |
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| Breathtaking |
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| Panoramic |
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| Mountainscape |
Upon reaching Mt Titlis summit, you can check out the glacier cave where 3,000 cubic metre of ice were excavated.
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| Glacier cave information |
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| Mt Titlis glacier cave |
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| Another view of the glacier cave |
Food in Europe is not cheap and our meal for the six of us came up to Chf150 (USD172.65).
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| Restaurant on Mt Titlis |
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| Time for a break |
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| Lunch in the cozy restaurant |
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| Western food |
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| Thumbs up! |
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| MOO............. |
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| Outside a souvenir shop |
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| Taking in the spectacular view of Mt Titlis from the warm cover of the building |
If you intend to visit Mt Titlis especially in winter, when temperatures could drop below 10 degrees Centigrade, do come prepared for the cold. It is good to wear a few layers of clothing and our winter scarves as well... Do not forget to bring along some heat packs as well just in case... :)
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| Another scenic view of Mount Titlis |
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| Happiness! |
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| Don't worry... I'll catch you if you fall! |
Holiday Travel Tips:-
Remember to bring along your sunglasses to shield your eyes as the sun can be very glaring up in the mountains.
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| Up at the Mount Titlis summit, 3,020 metres above sea level |
Holiday Travel Tips:-
Being high up at 3,020 metres above sea level, if you feel dizzy due to the thin oxygen level, drink some Coke as per our tour manager to bring up your glucose level and you should feel better. Also, do not run or do anything too energetic that will cause you to use up too much oxygen. This is basically advice for us who are not used to such heights.
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| All ready with Coke |
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| A skier |
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| Stuck to the heater! |
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| A simply awesome sight snapped as we were making our way down from Mt Titlis summit! |
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