# Weissenstein

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Mountain in Switzerland

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Weissenstein Röti View from Feldbrunnen (south side) Highest point Elevation 1,395 m (4,577 ft) Prominence 213 m (699 ft)[1] Parent peak Hasenmatt Isolation 5.9 km (3.7 mi)[2] Coordinates 47°15′07″N 7°30′33″E / 47.25194°N 7.50917°E / 47.25194; 7.50917 Geography Weissenstein Location in Switzerland Location Solothurn, Switzerland Parent range Jura Mountains

Weissenstein chair lift

The **Weissenstein** (1,395 m [4,577 ft]) is a [mountain](/source/Mountain) of the [Jura](/source/Jura_Mountains), located north of [Solothurn](/source/Solothurn) in the Swiss [canton of Solothurn](/source/Canton_of_Solothurn). The culminating point of the chain is distinguished by the name *Röti*. It is the easternmost summit above 1,300 metres in the Jura Mountains.

Until the end of 2009, there was a 2,339-metre (7,674 ft) [chairlift](/source/Chairlift) from [Oberdorf](/source/Oberdorf%2C_Solothurn) to the spa [hotel](/source/Hotel) on the 1,284-metre-high (4,213 ft) summit near the [Weissenstein Pass](/source/Weissenstein_Pass). It was replaced by a [gondola lift](/source/Gondola_lift) at the end of 2014. The [tunnel](/source/Tunnel) of the [railway](/source/Railway) line Solothurn–[Moutier](/source/Moutier) from Oberdorf to [Gänsbrunnen](/source/G%C3%A4nsbrunnen) on the other side was opened in 1908. The gondola lift crosses the railway track in front of the tunnel portal at Oberdorf, which is the only setting of this kind in Switzerland.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

The [pass road](/source/Pass_road) leading from the village of Oberdorf across the [Weissenstein Pass](/source/Weissenstein_Pass) (1,279 m [4,196 ft]) to Gänsbrunnen is one of the steepest in Switzerland (22%).

180° Panorama-view at Weissenstein

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Retrieved from the [Swisstopo](/source/Swisstopo) topographic maps. The key col is located south of the Dilitschchopf at 1,182 metres.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Retrieved from [Google Earth](/source/Google_Earth). The nearest point of higher elevation is east of the [Hasenmatt](/source/Hasenmatt).

## External links

- [Seilbahn Weissenstein](http://seilbahn-weissenstein.ch/), the gondola lift operator, in German.

- [Weissenstein on Hikr](http://www.hikr.org/dir/Röti_4445/)

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