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This is a list of buildings and infrastructures above 3,000 metres (9,843 ft) in Switzerland . As this height approximately corresponds to the level of the climatic snow line in the Alps , infrastructures located above it are generally subject to harsh weather conditions and are more difficult to build. This list also includes structures located precisely on the Italian border (*) that could be partially in Switzerland.
List
Building (or location)
Type
Elevation
Canton(s)
Municipality(ies)
Notes
Margherita Hut *
Mountain hut
4,554 m (14,941 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Highest building in Europe, entirely in Italian territory [ 1]
Solvay Hut
Mountain hut
4,003 m (13,133 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Highest mountain hut of the Swiss Alpine Club
Bivacco Città di Gallarate *
Mountain hut
3,960 m (12,992 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Gobba di Rollin
Ski lift terminus
3,899 m (12,792 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Highest ski lift in Europe
Klein Matterhorn
Observation deck
3,883 m (12,740 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Highest observation deck in Europe
Mischabeljochbiwak
Mountain hut
3,847 m (12,621 ft)
Valais
Saas-Fee /Täsch
Carrel Hut *
Mountain hut
3,829 m (12,562 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Klein Matterhorn
Cable car station , restaurant
3,820 m (12,533 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Highest station and restaurant in Europe
Schalijochbiwak
Mountain hut
3,786 m (12,421 ft)
Valais
Anniviers /Randa
Plateau Rosa
Ski lift terminus
3,740 m (12,270 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Bivacco Giorgio e Renzo Novella *
Mountain hut
3,706 m (12,159 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Jungfraujoch radio relay station
Radio relay
3,705 m (12,156 ft)
Bern /Valais
Lauterbrunnen /Fieschertal
Bivouac Biaggio Musso
Mountain hut
3,658 m (12,001 ft)
Valais
Bourg-Saint-Pierre
Mönchsjoch Hut
Mountain hut
3,657 m (11,998 ft)
Valais
Fieschertal
Sphinx Observatory
Observatory , observation deck
3,572 m (11,719 ft)
Bern /Valais
Lauterbrunnen /Fieschertal
Mittelallalin
Ski lift terminus
3,560 m (11,680 ft)
Valais
Saas-Fee
Bivouac de la Dent Blanche
Mountain hut
3,540 m (11,614 ft)
Valais
Anniviers /Evolène
Dent Blanche Hut
Mountain hut
3,507 m (11,506 ft)
Valais
Evolène
Furggen *
Cable car station
3,492 m (11,457 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Abandoned building
Testa Grigia *
Cable car station , mountain hut
3,479 m (11,414 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Mittelallalin
Funicular station , restaurant
3,457 m (11,342 ft)
Valais
Saas-Almagell /Saas-Fee
Highest funicular in the world[ 2]
Jungfraujoch , Top of Europe
Railway station , restaurants , research center
3,454 m (11,332 ft)
Valais
Fieschertal
Highest railway station and post office in Europe
Stockhorn
Ski lift terminus
3,405 m (11,171 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Furggsattel
Chairlift station
3,360 m (11,024 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Mittellegi Hut
Mountain hut
3,355 m (11,007 ft)
Bern
Grindelwald
Mischabel Hut
Mountain hut
3,335 m (10,942 ft)
Valais
Saas-Fee
Theodul Hut *
Mountain hut
3,317 m (10,883 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Bertol Hut
Mountain hut
3,311 m (10,863 ft)
Valais
Evolène
Mont Fort
Cable car station , bar
3,308 m (10,853 ft)
Valais
Bagnes /Nendaz
Piz Corvatsch
Cable car station , restaurant
3,303 m (10,837 ft)
Graubünden
Samedan /Silvaplana
Highest building in Eastern Switzerland
Bergli Hut
Mountain hut
3,299 m (10,823 ft)
Bern
Grindelwald
Refuge des Pantalons Blancs
Mountain hut
3,278 m (10,755 ft)
Valais
Hérémence
Hohtälli
Cable car station
3,275 m (10,745 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Hörnli Hut
Mountain hut
3,260 m (10,696 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Oberaarjoch Hut
Mountain hut
3,256 m (10,682 ft)
Valais
Fieschertal
Tracuit Hut
Mountain hut
3,256 m (10,682 ft)
Valais
Anniviers /Oberems
Rote Nase
Cable car station
3,251 m (10,666 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Hollandia Hut
Mountain hut
3,240 m (10,630 ft)
Valais
Blatten
Arbenbiwak
Mountain hut
3,224 m (10,577 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Rothorn Hut
Mountain hut
3,198 m (10,492 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Scopi
Cable car station , radar
3,190 m (10,466 ft)
Graubünden /Ticino
Medel /Blenio
Bivacco Colombo*
Mountain hut
3,186 m (10,453 ft)
Graubünden
Sils im Engadin
Bivouac de l'Aiguillette à la Singla
Mountain hut
3,176 m (10,420 ft)
Valais
Bagnes
Georgy Hut
Mountain hut
3,175 m (10,417 ft)
Graubünden
La Punt Chamues-ch /Pontresina
Trient Hut
Mountain hut
3,170 m (10,400 ft)
Valais
Trient
Bivacco Tita Ronconi*
Mountain hut
3,168 m (10,394 ft)
Graubünden
Bregaglia
Eismeer
Railway station
3,160 m (10,367 ft)
Bern
Grindelwald
Vignettes Hut
Mountain hut
3,160 m (10,367 ft)
Valais
Evolène
Hohsaas
Gondola station , restaurant
3,140 m (10,302 ft)
Valais
Saas-Grund
Gornergrat Kulm Hotel
Hotel , observatory
3,120 m (10,236 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Hohstock
Ski lift terminus , tunnel
3,118 m (10,230 ft)
Valais
Naters
Unterrothorn
Cable car station , restaurant
3,104 m (10,184 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Hohsaas Hut
Mountain hut
3,101 m (10,174 ft)
Valais
Saas-Grund
Gornergrat
Railway station
3,090 m (10,138 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Highest open-air railway station in Europe
Hockenhorngrat
Gondola station
3,086 m (10,125 ft)
Valais
Wiler
Klein Titlis
Cable car station , restaurant , antenna
3,062 m (10,046 ft)
Obwalden
Engelberg
Highest building in Central Switzerland
Weingartensee
Dam
3,058 m (10,033 ft)
Valais
Täsch
Finsteraarhorn Hut
Mountain hut
3,048 m (10,000 ft)
Valais
Fieschertal
Fletschhorn Hut
Mountain hut
3,040 m (9,974 ft)
Valais
Eisten /Visperterminen
Britannia Hut
Mountain hut
3,030 m (9,941 ft)
Valais
Saas-Almagell
Valsorey Hut
Mountain hut
3,030 m (9,941 ft)
Valais
Bourg-Saint-Pierre
Gandegg Hut
Mountain hut
3,029 m (9,938 ft)
Valais
Zermatt
Piz Nair
Cable car station , restaurant
3,022 m (9,915 ft)
Graubünden
St. Moritz
Egginerjoch
Ski lift terminus
3,021 m (9,911 ft)
Valais
Saas-Almagell /Saas-Fee
Fletschhornbiwak
Mountain hut
3,014 m (9,888 ft)
Valais
Simplon
Mittelaletschbiwak
Mountain hut
3,013 m (9,885 ft)
Valais
Betten
Sass Queder
Chairlift station
3,004 m (9,856 ft)
Graubünden
Pontresina
Mont Gelé
Cable car station
3,002 m (9,849 ft)
Valais
Bagnes
See also
References