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16-662: The pass road has a maximum grade of 12 percent, running along the northern slope of the Giswilerstock (2011 m). It is known as Panoramastrasse , providing a splendid view of Pilatus and the Stanserhorn when travelling towards Giswil, and of the Brienzer Rothorn massif when travelling towards Flühli. This Obwalden location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pilatus (mountain) Pilatus , also often referred to as Mount Pilatus ,

32-509: A large chalet in the Austrian Tyrol , conveniently providing a helpful climate for Joey's recuperation. Within a few years a sanatorium is built not far from the school, where tuberculosis patients convalesce . The founder, Dr Jem Russell, along with Dr Jack Maynard, provides assistance to members of the school and the two Doctors eventually marry Madge and Joey respectively. Robin Humphries

48-644: Is a mountain massif overlooking Lucerne in Central Switzerland . It is composed of several peaks, of which the highest (2,128.5 m [6,983 ft]) is named Tomlishorn . The whole mountain range stretches at least from the Lopper just opposite from Stansstad to the east as far as at least to the Mittaggüpfi (1,917 m [6,289 ft]) and the Risetestock (1,759 m [5,771 ft]) to

64-621: Is a series of 58 school story novels by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer , initially published between 1925 and 1970. The fictional school was initially located in the Austrian Tyrol , before it was moved to Guernsey in 1939 following the rise to power of the Nazi Party , and again to Herefordshire following the Nazi invasion of the Channel Islands. It later moved to a fictional island off the coast of Wales , and finally to Switzerland . The Chalet School

80-448: Is also a main character, until she leaves the Chalet school to go to Oxford and later becomes a nun. The books then follow a variety of characters, including Daisy Venables, Bride Bettany and Gay Lambert, until Mary-Lou Trelawney comes to the school, and becomes the main character for several books. After she leaves school, in the later books, Joey's triplets become main characters. Throughout

96-577: Is founded in 1925 by Madge Bettany when her brother has to return to his job in the Forestry Commission in India. She comes to the conclusion that starting a school would be a convenient way to generate some much-needed income, while also looking after her sickly younger sister Joey. Finding that suitable locations in England would be too expensive for her plans, she decides to look abroad, and finally settles on

112-750: The Chalet School books acquired a following of readers who tried to collect each new novel as it came out. Its more exotic setting set it slightly apart from other British series in the same genre. It is the longest of any such novel series. Chalet School books were originally published in hardback between 1925 and 1970 by W. & R. Chambers . The novels were reissued in paperback format between 1967 and 1995. Usually with updated language. Some were more or less uncut, but many others were abridged to various extents, including chapters deleted from some titles. A few were split into two paperback volumes, and several were retitled. Many authors have written books set in

128-501: The Chalet School universe. Some of them follow on from the last book of the series, and others attempt to fill in some of the "gaps" in the earlier years of the school. All books are published by Girls Gone By Publishers (formerly Friends of the Chalet School) unless otherwise stated. These titles describe the events which led to the founding of the Chalet School. This list contains all fill ins that have been published that fit within

144-538: The east, both on the border of NW and OW, should only be approached with appropriate Alpine hiking equipment. Jurisdiction over the massif is divided between the cantons of Obwalden (OW) , Nidwalden (NW) , and Lucerne (LU) . 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

160-437: The series, various girls arrive at the school with personal problems, bad attitudes or behavioural issues . As a result of the ministrations of better-behaved classmates and the school mistresses , they tend to discover the error of their ways and become model pupils. This formula of a troublesome new girl who reforms and conforms is most common in the later books. As with contemporary series of school stories by other authors,

176-405: The summer, the "Golden Round Trip" — a popular route for tourists — involves taking a boat from Lucerne across Lake Lucerne to Alpnachstad, going up on the cogwheel railway, coming down on the aerial cableways and panorama gondolas, and taking a trolleybus back to Lucerne. A few different local legends about the origin of the name exist. One claims that Pilatus was named so because Pontius Pilate

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192-462: The time-scale of the Chalet School universe written by Elinor Brent-Dyer (i.e. not preceding or following it). The second title listed is the book that immediately precedes the respective fill in unless otherwise stated. The first book follows some of the Chalet School characters, though it is not set in the School itself. It is not recommended for younger readers. These books follow on after Prefects of

208-602: The west on the border between LU and OW. The highest peak, Tomlishorn (2,128.5 m [6,983 ft]), and the other peaks, such as Widderfeld (2,076 m [6,811 ft]) even further west than the Tomlishorn on the border between LU and OW, Matthorn (2,040 m [6,690 ft]) to the south, the Klimsenhorn (1,906 m [6,253 ft]) to the north (NW), and Rosegg (1,974 m [6,476 ft]) and Windegg (1,673 m [5,489 ft]) to

224-468: The whole year with the aerial panorama gondolas and aerial cableways from Kriens . Tomlishorn is located about 1.3 km (0.81 mi) to the southeast of the top cable car and cog railway station. Two other peaks, closer to the stations are called Esel ( Donkey , 2,118 m [6,949 ft]), which lies just east over the railway station, the one on the west side is called Oberhaupt ( Head-Leader , 2,105 m [6,906 ft]). During

240-644: Was buried there. However, a similar legend is told of Monte Vettore in Italy. Another is that the mountain looks like the belly of a large man, Pilate, lying on his back and was thus named for him. The name may also be derived from "pileatus", meaning "cloud-topped." Numbered amongst those who have reached its summit are Conrad Gessner , Theodore Roosevelt , Arthur Schopenhauer (1804), Queen Victoria and Julia Ward Howe (1867). The cog railway opened in 1889. That same year, Leonardo Torres Quevedo presented his innovative cable car project for public transport, but it

256-638: Was dismissed by the country's authorities. The mountain has fortified radar (part of the Swiss FLORAKO system) and weather stations on the Oberhaupt summit, not open to the public view and used all year round. In The Chalet School Does It Again . (1955) Elinor Brent-Dyer retells the Pilate burial place legend. Mount Pilatus plays a pivotal role in the conclusion of Brad Thor 's fiction novel Lions of Lucerne . Chalet School The Chalet School

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