Weissenstein

Infobox Mountain
Name = Weissenstein
Photo = Solothurn-weissenstein.jpg
Caption = Old town of Solothurn with the Weissenstein in the background
Elevation = convert|1395|m|ft|0
Location = SUI
Range = Jura Mountains
Type =
Prominence=
Coordinates =coord|47|15|07|N|7|30|33|E|region:CH_type:mountain|display=inline,title
Topographic

First ascent =
Easiest route = The Weissenstein is a mountain of the Jura range near Solothurn, Switzerland.

There is a chairlift from Oberdorf to the spa hotel on top of the mountain (length: 2339 m). The tunnel of the railway line Solothurn-Moutier from Oberdorf to Gänsbrunnen on the other side was opened in 1908. The chairlift crosses the railway track in front of the tunnel portal at Oberdorf, which is the only setting of this kind in Switzerland.

The pass road leading from the village of Oberdorf across the "Weissenstein Pass" (1279 m) to Gänsbrunnen is one of the steepest in Switzerland (22%).

External links

* [http://www.seilbahnweissenstein.ch/Seilbahn Weissenstein] , the chairlift operator, in German.