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Bachtelspalt

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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    Intermediate

    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

    Intermediate

    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

    Intermediate

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    January 24, 2021

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

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      April 15, 2023

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

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        May 10, 2022

        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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          Location: Zurich, Switzerland

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