Pilatus , also often referred to as Mount Pilatus , 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 .
13-608: 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 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
26-402: A bypass lopper so that material either binds between the blades or even levers them apart, which can be dangerous both to the tool and the operator. Both types of lopper generally have a sprung adjusting screw at the fulcrum , which can be used to tighten the blades as they loosen in use. With bypass loppers, it is also useful for releasing material jamming the blades. Anvil loppers usually have
39-412: 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 was buried there. However, a similar legend
52-507: A single sharpened blade, with a straight or sometimes curved edge, that closes against a similarly contoured flat anvil like surface on the other side of the jaws, usually made of a softer metal than the blade. Anvil loppers have the disadvantage of tending to crush rather than cut, sometimes leaving an untidy wound, more vulnerable to infection. Their main advantages are of relative strength and of being less likely to jam with fibrous material. Very hard or resilient branches can sometimes deflect
65-414: A tree. Loppers are mainly used for the pruning of tree branches with diameters less than 5 centimetres (2 in). Some of the newer lopper designs have a gear or compound lever system which increases the force applied to the blades, or a ratchet drive. The word lopper can be used in the singular or the plural, with precisely the same meaning. The plural form, most common in speech but less so in print,
78-473: A type of scissors used for pruning twigs and small branches, like pruning shears with very long handles. They are the largest type of manual garden cutting tool. They are usually operated with two hands, and with handles typically between 30 centimetres (12 in) and 91 centimetres (36 in) long to give good leverage. Some have telescopic handles which can be extended to a length of two metres, in order to increase leverage and to reach high branches on
91-521: Is a plurale tantum , and seems to be on the model of a pair of scissors . The name of the tool is derived from the verb "to lop ", meaning to cut off (especially branches or twigs), which in turn is related to a noun of precisely the same form: a "lop" is a period or session of branch cutting. The noun and verb first appeared in Middle English as loppe , but have no known antecedents or cognates in other languages. The main distinction among loppers
104-419: Is between bypass and anvil types. Bypass loppers operate like scissors, except that they generally only have one blade that moves past a jaw or hook that has an approximately square edge that is not typically sharpened and is usually concave or hook shaped in order keep branches from slipping out of the jaws. The jaws of bypass loppers may be straight, curved, or one curved with one straight. Anvil loppers have
117-404: 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 the summer, the "Golden Round Trip" —
130-597: 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
143-520: 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 the east, both on the border of NW and OW, should only be approached with appropriate Alpine hiking equipment. Jurisdiction over
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#1732859462217156-508: 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 the whole year with the aerial panorama gondolas and aerial cableways from Kriens . Tomlishorn
169-623: 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 . Lopper Loppers are
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