Uri Alps

{{Short description|Mountain range in central Switzerland}} {{Infobox mountain | name=Uri Alps | native_name={{native name|de|Urner Alpen}} | topo_map= Swiss Federal Office of Topography [[swisstopo]] | image=Dammastock.jpg | image_caption=The Dammastock from the Göscheneralp | country= Switzerland | subdivision1_type=[[Cantons of Switzerland|Cantons]] | subdivision1= {{enum|[[Canton of Bern|Bern]]|[[Obwalden]]|[[Valais]]|[[Canton of Uri|Uri]]|[[Canton of Nidwalden|Nidwalden]]}} | parent= Western Alps | borders_on= {{enum|[[Bernese Alps]]|[[Emmental Alps]]|[[Schwyzer Alps]]|[[Glarus Alps]]|[[Lepontine Alps]]}} | length_mi= | length_orientation= | width_mi= | width_orientation= | geology= | orogeny= | highest=Dammastock | elevation_m=3630 | coordinates= {{coord|46|38|28|N|8|25|6|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | image_map=Urner Alpen.png | map_caption= }} The '''Uri Alps''' (also known as ''Urner Alps'', {{langx|de|Urner Alpen}}) are a [[mountain range]] in [[Central Switzerland]] and part of the [[Western Alps]]. They extend into the cantons of [[Obwalden]], [[Valais]], [[canton of Bern|Bern]], [[Canton of Uri|Uri]] and [[Nidwalden]] and are bordered by the [[Bernese Alps]] ([[Grimsel Pass]]) and the [[Emmental Alps]] to the west (the four lakes: [[Lungerersee]], [[Sarnersee]], [[Wichelsee]], and [[Alpnachersee]]), the [[Schwyzer Alps]] to the north ([[Lake Lucerne]]), the [[Lepontine Alps]] to the south (the valley of [[Urseren]] with [[Andermatt]]) and the [[Glarus Alps]] to the east ([[Reuss (river)|Reuss]]).

The Uri Alps are composed of two distinct groups separated by the [[Susten Pass]]. The [[Dammastock]] massif on the south is the most glaciated part while the northern part, which culminates on [[Titlis]], has lower summits but greater extent.

==Geography==

The group south of the Susten Pass forms the dividing range between the head waters of the [[Aare]] (west) from those of the [[Reuss (river)|Reuss]]. In addition a small portion of the range (south-west) is located in the basin of the [[Rhone]]. This part lies entirely within the valley of the [[Rhone Glacier]]. This group forms a complex mass including four considerable ridges and attains its greatest height at the [[Dammastock]] and the [[Galenstock]]. The group includes four nearly parallel ridges running NNW. and SSE. That forming the eastern boundary of the valley of Hasli reaches 3,383 metres at the [[Tieralplistock]], whence it extends NNW. to the [[Mährenhorn]], and south to the [[Gärstenhörner]]. A wide reservoir of snow whence the [[Trift Glacier]] flows to the north and the [[Rhone Glacier]] to the south, divides this range from the more easterly range whose highest point is the [[Dammastock]]. North of the Dammastock the range collectively known as the [[Hinter Tierberg]], attains 3,447 metres. Further east than the last is the [[Sustenhorn]] range, rising at its highest point to 3,505 metres, divided from the last by the [[Stein Glacier]] and the upper part of the Göschenental. Lastly, another ridge still further east is separated from the last by the Voralptal, a branch of the Göschenental. Its highest summits are the [[Fleckistock]] and the [[Stucklistock]]. The lower part of the Göschenental is bounded on the south by a range running west to east diverging from the ridge between the Dammastock and the Galenstock.<ref>[[John Ball (naturalist)|John Ball]], ''The Alpine guide, Central Alps'', p. 129, 1866, London</ref>

On the north side of the Susten Pass the ranges are lower and, except the highest mountains on the south, free of glaciers. The main ridge, culminating at the [[Titlis]] divides the basins of the Aare and the Reuss. From the [[Grassen]], tripoint border between the cantons of [[Canton of Bern|Bern]], [[Obwalden]] and [[Canton of Uri|Uri]], a small range diverges from the main watershed and runs from west to east and culminates at the [[Gross Spannort]].

[[Image:6085-6088 - Gadmertal - Triftbrücke.jpg|thumb|[[Trift Glacier]]]]

The principal summits of the Uri Alps are:

{{div col|colwidth=22em}} # [[Dammastock]], 3630 m # [[Schneestock]], 3608 m # [[Rhonestock]], 3588 m # [[Galenstock]], 3586 m # [[Eggstock (Uri Alps)|Eggstock]], 3556 m # [[Tiefenstock]], 3515 m # [[Sustenhorn]], 3502 m # [[Hinter Tierberg]], 3447 m # [[Gwächtenhorn]], 3420 m # Mittlerer Tierberg, 3418 m # [[Fleckistock]], 3416 m # Maasplanggstock, 3401 m # Wysse Nollen, 3398 m # [[Diechterhorn]], 3389 m # [[Tieralplistock]], 3382 m # Chli Sustenhorn, 3318 m # Vorderes Sustenlimihorn, 3316 m # [[Stucklistock]], 3308 m # Gletschhorn, 3305 m # [[Titlis]], 3238 m # Rorspitzli, 3220 m # Sidelenhorn, 3217 m # [[Gwächtenhorn]], 3214 m # Brunnenstock, 3210 m # Chüeplanggenstock, 3207 m # [[Gross Bielenhorn]], 3207 m # Voralphorn, 3203 m # [[Winterstock]], 3203 m # [[Chelenalphorn]], 3202 m # Gross Griessenhorn, 3202 m # [[Gross Spannort]], 3198 m # Hinteres Sustenlimihorn, 3194 m # [[Gärstenhörner]], 3189 m # Limistock, 3189 m # Tällistock, 3185 m # Rotstock, 3183 m # [[Hoch Horefellistock]], 3175 m # [[Gross Furkahorn]], 3169 m # Winterberg, 3167 m # [[Chli Spannort]], 3140 m # Hinter Schloss (Schlossberg), 3132 m # [[Steinhüshorn]], 3121 m # Chilchlistock, 3114 m # [[Krönten]], 3107 m # Hintere Gelmerhörner, 3100 m # Vorderer Tierberg, 3091 m # Zwächten, 3078 m # Lochberg, 3074 m # Müeterlishorn, 3066 m # [[Wendenstöcke]], 3042 m # Blauberg, 3039 m # Triftstöckli, 3035 m # Klein Titlis, 3028 m # [[Klein Furkahorn]], 3026 m # Wendenhorn, 3023 m # Spitzli, 3011 m # Bächenstock, 3008 m # Reissend Nollen, 3003 m # [[Mittagstock]], 2,989 m # [[Giglistock]], 2900 m # [[Engelberger Rotstock]], 2818 m # [[Radlefshorn]], 2603 m # [[Hochstollen]], 2481 m # [[Wandelen]], 2105 m * {{div col end}}

==Glaciers==

Main [[glacier]]s :

*[[Rhone Glacier]] *[[Trift Glacier]] *[[Stein Glacier]] *[[Tiefen Glacier]] *[[Chelen Glacier]] *[[Damma Glacier]]

==References== {{Reflist}} *[[Swisstopo]] maps

== External links == * [http://www.summitpost.org/area/range/155149/uri-alps-group.html Uri Alps on SummitPost]

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