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Bachtelspalt

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Location: Zurich, Switzerland

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Katja N

January 24, 2021

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It's sensationally beautiful. Be sure to go through the Bachtelspalt and do the 5-minute circular walk.

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Christian

April 15, 2023

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unique... put on good shoes the narrowest point is about 50cm... :)

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Yvonne

May 10, 2022

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The Bachtelspalt is an approximately 50 meter long chasm that can be explored in a "hike" of approximately 5 minutes. The fissure consists of Nagelfluh, a mixture of boulders and rounded pebbles cemented by carbonate of lime. At the narrowest point, the gap is only 40 centimeters wide and the walls are up to eight meters high. The gap was created after a violent thunderstorm on August 25, 1939. It is still moving slowly but steadily today. So it could be that at some point it will close again.

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Elevation 1,050 m

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Tuesday 10 February

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93 %

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Max wind speed: 33.0 km/h

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