Editing Schilthorn

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| name = Schilthorn
| photo = Schilthorn with Bernese Alps, 2012 August.jpg
| photo_size = 285
| photo_caption = Schilthorn's summit, with the ''[[Piz Gloria]]'' restaurant;<br>in the distance are the [[Eiger]], [[Mönch]], and [[Jungfrau]].
| elevation_m = 2970
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| prominence_m = 358
| prominence_ref = <ref>Retrieved from the [[Swisstopo]] topographic maps. The key col is the Sefinenfurgge (2,612 m).</ref>
| isolation_km = 3.6
| isolation_ref = <ref>Retrieved from [[Google Earth]]. The nearest point of higher elevation is north of the [[Bütlasse]].</ref>
| parent_peak = [[Finsteraarhorn]] 
| listing = [[List of mountains of the Alps (2500–2999 m)|Alpine mountains 2500-2999 m]]
| map = Switzerland
| map_caption = Location in Switzerland
| location = [[Bernese Oberland]], [[Switzerland]]
| range = [[Bernese Alps]]
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| lat        = 46.5572
| long       = 7.8353
| caption    = Location in the [[Alps]] of [[Europe]]
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[[File:View from Schilthorn.JPG|thumb|200px|View of Alps from Schilthorn]]
The '''Schilthorn''' ({{convert|2970|m|0}}) is a summit in [[Europe]], in the [[Bernese Alps]] of [[Switzerland]]. It overlooks the [[Lauterbrunnental|valley of Lauterbrunnen]] in the [[Bernese Oberland]], and is the highest mountain in the range lying north of the [[Sefinenfurgge Pass]]. The Schilthorn lies above the village of [[Mürren]], from where a [[Aerial tramway|cable car]] leads to its summit,<ref name=swmap>{{cite map | publisher = Swiss Confederation | title = map.geo.admin.ch | url = http://map.geo.admin.ch/?selectedNode=node_ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d-gemeinde-flaeche.fill1&Y=630410.61&X=156392.52&zoom=7&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&lang=en&topic=ech&layers=ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d-gemeinde-flaeche.fill&layers_timestamp= | accessdate = 2014-11-03}}</ref> holding the record of the steepest cable car in the world.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=swissinfo.ch |first=S. W. I. |date=2024-12-14 |title=World’s steepest cable car opens in Switzerland |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-made/the-worlds-steepest-cable-car-in-the-bernese-oberland-is-in-operation/88591702 |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Administratively, the summit is within the [[Lauterbrunnen|municipality of Lauterbrunnen]], although the western slopes are within the [[Reichenbach im Kandertal|municipality of Reichenbach im Kandertal]]. Both municipalities are in the [[canton of Bern]].<ref name=swmap/>

The summit has a panoramic view which spans from the [[Titlis]], [[Jungfrau]], [[Mönch]], [[Eiger]], over the Bernese Alps and the [[Jura mountains]] up to the [[Vosges Mountains]] and the [[Black Forest]].  [[Mont Blanc]] is also just visible.

== Access ==
To get to the Schilthorn from the valley floor, a series of [[aerial tramway|cable cars]] must be taken. The cable cars begin in [[Stechelberg]] leaving to [[Gimmelwald]] and then onto Mürren. Since its renovation in 2024, it holds the record of the steepest cable car in the world, with a gradient of 159.4%.<ref name=":0" />

From Mürren another cable car is taken to [[Birg (Bernese Alps)|Birg]], which is the final change before the Schilthorn. This cable airway is the longest and was the most technically challenging airway to be built. The other way up is to take the cable car from Lauterbrunnen to Grütschalp and a train to Mürren, from where the cable car must be taken. Between Birg and the summit, the cable car passes over Grauseeli, a small lake.

It is also possible to hike to the peak, along the myriad of small, but well-marked paths to the top. The hike to the top takes roughly five hours from Gimmelwald for a fit walker.

==''Piz Gloria''==
The panoramic revolving restaurant at the summit, ''[[Piz Gloria]]'', was featured in the [[1969 in film|1969]] [[James Bond]] movie ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]''. A [[Piste#Europe POU|black ski run]] featured in the film starts at the summit and leads down to the Engetal below Birg. The restaurant revolves a full 360 degrees in 45 minutes, slightly faster than the minute hand of a clock. 

After considering a number of locations, the stalled construction of the sports bar atop the Schilthorn was chosen when the film's producer financed the completion of the famous revolving platform, for the right to use the facility for his next film, the first and only Bond film starring [[George Lazenby]].
[[File:Schilthorn, Piz Gloria.jpg|thumb|The panoramic view of the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau mountains from the viewing platform at Piz Gloria.]]
A number of scenes in the film were photographed by cameraman John Jordan hanging below a speeding helicopter. Jordan had previously lost a foot to a helicopter rotor while filming the previous Bond movie ''[[You Only Live Twice (film)|You Only Live Twice]]''. Within a year and fitted with a prosthetic limb, Jordan lost his footing and fell {{convert|600|m}} to his death when filming similar aerial imagery used in the film ''[[Catch-22 (film)|Catch-22]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/story-of-the-scene-you-only-live-twice-1967-1758895.html|title=Story of the Scene: You Only Live Twice (1967)|date=23 October 2011}}</ref>

==Inferno races==
During the  winter, the Schilthorn is the traditional start for the world's longest downhill ski race, the "Inferno," which started {{Time ago|1928}} in 1928. It is the largest amateur alpine ski race in the world.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/sports/skiing/at-inferno-downhill-growing-size-of-event-hasnt-spoiled-its-charm.html|title = At Inferno Downhill, Growing Size of Event Hasn't Spoiled its Charm|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 27 January 2013|last1 = McMillan|first1 = Kelley}}</ref>

During the summer, the [[Inferno Triathlon]] finishes at the summit after a run up from the [[Lauterbrunnen]] valley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.interlaken.ch/en/inferno-muerren-triathlon-ski-race.html|title = Inferno Triathlon &#124; 21 August 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of mountains of Switzerland accessible by public transport]]
*[[Bietenhorn]], north-east of Schilthorn

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Schilthorn}}
* [http://www.Schilthorn.ch/ Schilthorn - Piz Gloria]
* [http://www.swisspanorama.com/ Live Webcam at Schilthorn]
* [http://www.hikr.org/dir/Schilthorn_4687/ Schilthorn on Hikr]
* [http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/3303/ Explorable north view (2.04 gigapixels)]
* [http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/3329/ Explorable south view (2.09 gigapixels)]
* [http://www.inferno.ch Inferno Triathlon]
* [http://www.badische-seiten.de/impressionen/index.php?action=showgallery&pfad=Schilthorn Schilthorn: Pictures]

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[[Category:Bernese Alps]]
[[Category:Mountains of Switzerland]]
[[Category:Mountains of the Alps]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Switzerland]]
[[Category:Mountains of the canton of Bern]]
[[Category:Two-thousanders of Switzerland]]