Mount Titlis: The Peak of Glacier
TitlisThe Titlis (3,238 m) is a mountain in the Urner Alps of Switzerland. It is located on the border between the cantons of Obwalden and Berne in Switzerland, overlooking Engelberg (Obwalden) and is famous as the site of the world's first revolving cable car. The cable car system connects Engelberg to the summit of Klein Titlis (3,028 m) through the three stages of GerschnialpTrübsee (1,796 m) and Stand (2,428 m). (1,262 m),
The last part of cable car way leads above the glacier. In Klein Titlis, it is possible to visit a glacier cave.
Titlis Peak of Glacier
The peak of the glacier near Lucerne offers a special sensation: when taking the aerial cable-car to the top, the gondolas start revolving on the 600-meter-long segment beginning in Stand and ending at the mountain station Klein Titlis located at 3,020 meters above sea level.
Titlis Rotating Cable CarThe installation of this daring project was just another technical pioneering feat in Engelberg. In 1927, the first aerial cableway in the Alps started operating. Then in 1959, Engelberg was the first town to install parallel cable-cars, and in 1989 the first revolving cable-car. the Titlis-Rotair, was approved. During the five-minute ride, the gondolas turn 360° around their axis, giving all passengers the opportunity to marvel at the panorama of the Engelberg Valley, the deep abbysses and the crevasses of the Titlis Glacier. The summit tour on the "Ice Flyer" glacier chairlift offers breathtaking views of the crevasses on the glacier at the top of the Titlis. This is followed by a visit to the glacier grotto and finally fun in the summer snow with all kinds of equipment for sliding on.