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Europe / Switzerland / Hochwacht Irchel
Record SL-465533 · Wikidata Q15259

Hochwacht Irchel

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Elevation
670 m
2,198 ft
Prominence
260 m
Isolation
14.9 km
Coordinates
47.5578° N, 8.5795° E
Grid ref
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Hochwacht Irchel
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Description

Wikipedia

Irchel is also the name of a hill in the city of Zürich, and of a campus of Zürich University located there. The Irchel is an elevation in the Canton of Zürich, located at the Rhine between the Töss and Thur rivers, on the territory of Buch am Irchel, Berg am Irchel and Freienstein-Teufen, separating the Andelfingen and Bülach districts. It is an outlying ridge of the Jura, rising to 694 m, lying east of the Lägern. Historically, it was part of the Germanic Limes. The name is from a Helvetic word for "stag". peaks: Hochwacht 668.4 m Forenirchel 656.4 m Buechemer-Irchel Höhe 694 m

Best months

Rows beneath each bar: mean temperature, monthly precipitation. Highest-scoring month in red.

Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Hörnli 668 m S 181° 0.3 km
Grosser Hebelstein 659 m E 100° 1.1 km
Ebersberg 498 m N 359° 1.6 km
Hurbig 546 m NW 327° 2.3 km
Höhrain 526 m SW 232° 2.7 km
Irchel 694 m SE 133° 2.8 km

Routes of ascent

Route Network Distance Difficulty
Hörnli - Irchel Hochwacht lwn 0.5 km —