Bachtel

Bachtel
Bachtel
	View from the summit
Highest point
Elevation	1,115 m (3,658 ft)
Prominence	358 m (1,175 ft)
Parent peak	Tweralpspitz
Coordinates	47°17′41″N 8°53′11″E / 47.29472°N 8.88639°E
Geography
	Bachtel Location in Switzerland
Location	Zurich, Switzerland
Parent range	Eastern Swiss Prealps
Climbing
Easiest route	Road

Bachtel is a mountain of the Zurich Oberland, located between Hinwil and Wald in the canton of Zurich. It lies approximately halfway between the Schnebelhorn (the highest point of the canton) and Lake Zurich.

Bachtel mountain and Kempraten as seen from Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) ship MS *Helvetia* on Zürichsee

On the summit is the Bachtel Tower, a 60 metres (200 ft) tall radio tower.

The Bachtel range (also Allmann or Allmen, Bachtel-Allmen-Kette) separates the Töss and Glatt basins. Extending to the north of Bachtel proper, towards Bauma, it includes Auenberg (1050 m), Allmen (1079 m) and Stüssel (1051 m).

References

^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is located at Gibswil at 757 metres.

External links

Bachtel on Hikr

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[1] Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is located at Gibswil at 757 metres.

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