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The Swiss Alps and Switzerland enjoy an extensive transport network. Virtually every mountain village can be reached by public transport, either by rail, bus, funicular, cable car, or usually a combination of them. The main companies of the coherently integrated public transport system are: Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Ultras of the Alps in the Peakbagger database; Eberhard Jurgalski, the complete table of summits in the Alps separated by 590 metres of re-ascent (2004-2005, 2008). Richard Goedeke: Giganten der Alpen: Die 20 prominentesten Berge der Alpen. Bruckmann Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-7654-4381-7
This is a list of the highest mountains of Switzerland.This list only includes summits above 3,600 metres (11,811 ft) with a topographic prominence of at least 30 metres. . Note that this list includes many secondary summits that are typically not considered mountains (in the strict sense of the term) but that are mainly of climbing intere
The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation defines a summit in the Alps as independent, if the connecting ridge between it and a higher summit drops at least 30 m (a prominence/drop of 30 m, with the lowest point referred to as the "key col"). Over 3300 such summits are exceeding 2500 m in Switzerland alone. [1]
The two main mountain ranges are the Alps (south and east) and the Jura (north and west), separated by the Swiss Plateau which also includes a large number of hills. Topographically, the three most important summits of Switzerland are those of Monte Rosa (most elevated), the Finsteraarhorn (most prominent) and Piz Bernina (most isolated).
The last time that much ice had melted in the region occurred over a period of 30 years, between 1960 and 1990, according a news release from the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences.
This is a list of mountains of Switzerland above 3,000 metres (9,843 ft). This height, in the Alps, approximately corresponds to the level of the climatic snow line.Note that this list includes many secondary summits that are not always considered independent mountains (in the strict sense of the term) but that are mainly of climbing interest.
The official UIAA list of 82 mountain summits, titled in English as 'The 4000ers of the Alps' was first published in 1994. They were selected primarily on a prominence of at least 30 metres (98 ft)) above the highest adjacent col or pass.