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Urner Alps

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Dammastock (3631 m/11,913 ft)
Countries	Switzerland
States/Provinces	Bern (47%), Lucerne (22%), Obwalden (11%), Uri (10%), Nidwalden (6%), Solothurn (3%), Aargau (1%), Valais (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	4,729 sq km / 1,826 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	91 km / 57 mi North-South 107 km / 67 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	46° 56' N; 7° 58' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Urner Alps
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Urner Alps.

Northern Alps	Level 3 (Parent)
Berner Oberland	Level 4 (Sibling)
Urner Alps	Level 4
Glarus Alps	Level 4 (Sibling)
Saint Gallen Alps	Level 4 (Sibling)
Western Austria Alps	Level 4 (Sibling)
Bavarian Alps	Level 4 (Sibling)
Kitzbuhel	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Urner Alps

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Dammastock	3631	11,913
2.	Schneestock	3608	11,837
3.	Rhonestock	3589	11,775
4.	Galenstock	3586	11,765
5.	Eggstock	3583	11,755
6.	Tiefenstock	3515	11,532
7.	Sustenhorn	3502	11,490
8.	Hinter Tierberg	3444	11,299
9.	Fleckistock	3416	11,207
10.	Gwächtenhorn	3404	11,168
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Urner Alps

Dammastock Highest Point in the Kanton Uri (1998-08-30). Photo by Iwan Auderset. Click here for larger-size photo.	Galenstock From left to right: rappelling route, peak of Galenstock. south-east ridge, Sidelenhütte (2020-08-15). Photo by Iwan Auderset. Click here for larger-size photo.
Gletschhorn South ridge, one of the most busy climbing route in the Kanton URI (1989-08-13). Photo by Iwan Auderset. Click here for larger-size photo.	Dammazwillinge Compare to the neighbor peak Gletschhorn, on this peak there is no "traffic" at all (1999-07-26). Photo by Iwan Auderset. Click here for larger-size photo.
Titlis Titlis seen from the very touristic Little Titlis (2018-06-20). Photo by Iwan Auderset. Click here for larger-size photo.	Gross Bielenhorn Climbing on the south ridge. In the back you see Chli Bielenhorn (Schildchrotegrätli) (1998-08-10). Photo by Iwan Auderset. Click here for larger-size photo.
Gross Spannort View from Glatt Stock to the south face of Spannort (1998-07-19). Photo by Iwan Auderset. Click here for larger-size photo.	Wendenhorn View from the Obertaljoch (1999-07-11). Photo by Iwan Auderset. Click here for larger-size photo.
Chli Bielenhorn Climbing on the beautiful "Schildkrötligrat". Good to see the turtle! On the left Furkapass (2021-09-12). Photo by Iwan Auderset. Click here for larger-size photo.	Uri Rotstock Uri Rotstock seen from Schlieren (2022-07-09). Photo by Iwan Auderset. Click here for larger-size photo.

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