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The local beer Eichhof is brewed with fresh spring water from Pilatus...
What my surprise when I saw on the Mount Pilatus summit a tap directly in the rock with the famous Eichhof beer!
A real beerlover trap ;-) Cheers!
Updated Aug 8, 2008
Website: http://www.eichhof.ch/1/1464/1486.asp
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In the Middle Ages, it was believed that dragons with healing powers lived in the rugged clefts and crevices of Mount Pilatus. The dragon's symbol is often associated with Mount Pilatus.
Nowadays you could always to try to find them...
Updated Aug 8, 2008
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The mountain was called in the past Frakmünt (broken mountain). An old legend explains that the body and soul of Pontius Pilate haunted a lake at the summit. So the mountain was considered as cursed for several centuries and has inherited the name of the governor of Judea. The climbing of Mount Pilate was stricly forbidden under penalty death. Locals believed if strangers disturbed the Pontius Pilate spirit, it would triggered his anger and occured terrible thunderstorms and floods on Lucerne and surroundings. At the end of XVIth century, this fear about Mount Pilatus disappeared gradually...
Written Aug 8, 2008
A must do during your Swiss stay! From the top at 2'312 meters absl, you will reward by a 360° takebreathing panaromic view on the Central Switzerland. The trip to the Pilatus is itself an great......
Pilatus is a great for a day out when travelling close to Zurich in summer or winter. It is a spot for winter sports and walking in the summer that you will enjoy. Back to davesut's hompage
We have memories of some nice climbs/hikes in our visits to Switzerland. One of the more difficult was the climb to the top of Mount Pilatus. An all-day event. Of course it would have been easier to...
STEEPEST COG RAILWAY TO THE SUMMIT OF MT. PILATUS
I couldn't resist getting to the top of at least one mountain during my time in Switzerland and Mt. Pilatus was definitely the closest. The view from the top was cloudy at first but then, as the white...
Pilatus... The highest point of mid Switzerland with an altitude of 7000 Ft. It has an excellent view of Lake Lucern.. However when I was there there were only four meters of snow and even getting......
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