Mount Pilatus

Mount Pilatus, Alpnach

About

Mount Pilatus  is a  mountain  overlooking  Lucerne  in  Central Switzerland . It is composed of several summits of which the highest is named  Tomlishorn . Another summit named  Esel  lies just over the railway station. Jurisdiction over the massif is divided between the cantons of  Obwalden ,  Nidwalden , and  Lucerne . The main peaks are right on the border between Obwalden and Nidwalden.  The top can be reached with the  Pilatus railway , the world's steepest  cogwheel railway , from  Alpnachstad , operating from May to November (depending on snow conditions), and the whole year with the aerial panorama  gondolas  and aerial  cableways  from  Kriens . Both summits of Tomlishorn and Esel can be reached with a trail. Mount Pilatus has the longest  summer toboggan  track in Switzerland and the biggest suspension rope park in Central Switzerland.