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Dry dock, also called dryer bar, is a mountain ridge in the Valais Alps. The back is on 2900-3000 m. Dry dock is just a few kilometers from the world famous ski resort of Zermatt and only 3 km from the border with Italy away. The snout of the Theodulgletscher is only a few tens of meters above dry dock. Dry dock is located on the south side more than 1000m above is located further north ends Gorner. The slopes there are quite steep. On the east side of the plateau increases only slightly until it finally reaches a height of 3300 meters, 2 km horizontal length. After that, the Pyramid of the Klein Matterhorn rises abruptly to a height of 3885 m. The cliffs in this area are mostly verfirnt and very steep. On the southern side of the Theodulgletscher increases slightly until the terrain at 3400 m ( Plateau Rosa ), where is the border between Italy and Switzerland, drops again.

On the Western side, the plateau falls moderately steeply.

History

Curiosities, records and details

• The mountain restaurant of dry dock is one of the highest in Europe.

• Dry dock is the drittkälteste inhabited place in the Western Alps. Only the Jungfraujoch and the Kleine Matterhorn are even colder. The results are based on records, not on averages.

• From dry dock a cable car to the Klein Matterhorn, the highest cable car station in Europe.

• The longest ski tow in the world, the drag lift Gandegg, is located here.

• From the dry dock there is a view to more than 30 four-thousand.

• The summer ski Dry dock - Klein Matterhorn is the largest in Europe.

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• Mountain in the canton of Valais
• Mountain in Europe
• Cable car in Switzerland
• Geography ( Zermatt )