Scenic World
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Scenic World is a family-owned tourist attraction located in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, about 100 kilometres west of Sydney. Scenic World is home to four attractions,
The Skyway cable car, with Mount Solitary in the background.
Skyway from the western side.
Scenic Railway
Katoomba scenic railway prior to upgrade (photographed before 2006)
Schilthorn
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The Schilthorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, Europe. The 2970 m summit overlooks the valley of Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland, and is the highest mountain in the range lying
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…2017, holds the record for steepest incline. In the broader category of cable cars, the Scenic Railway was surpassed in steepness in 2024 by the new Schilthorn cable car in Switzerland, which has a gradient of 159.4%. Built in 1958, the Scenic Skyway is another cable-driven conveyance at Scenic World. It travels…
Schilthorn's summit, with the Piz Gloria restaurant; in the distance are the Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau.
View of Alps from Schilthorn
The panoramic view of the mountains Eiger and Monch from the viewing platform at Piz Gloria.