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Engelberg

Bobbahn Engelberg (Gerschnialp)

Gerschnialp, Engelberg, Obwalden · Switzerland

A public sledging run now follows the old bob route.

No mapped line survives for this track yet.

Real track · Published figures

First raced
1913
Length
3,500 m

The railway operator gives the historic bob run as 3,500 m. A 1924 advertisement gives about 3,200 m, while a 1929 luge and skeleton report describes a 2,500 m course; the different starts or layouts have not been established.

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The Slidensa model, drawn over the real ground. Follow the run into every curve.

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Game model · Two-man bobsleigh reference run. These lengths, speeds and loads come from Slidensa’s physics and can differ from the real track’s published figures.

Length
3,406m
Drop
180m
Curves
24
Top speed
147km/h
Peak load
3.9g
Reference run
1:58.43
Curve-by-curve guide · 24 curves

The three curves in lime pull hardest in the reference run.

  1. 1 42° left Kink 1.1 g · 46 km/h
  2. 2 53° left 1.3 g · 71 km/h
  3. 3 55° right 2.1 g · 106 km/h
  4. 4 55° right 2.2 g · 106 km/h
  5. 5 54° left 2.1 g · 104 km/h
  6. 6 54° left 2.0 g · 102 km/h
  7. 7 54° right 2.0 g · 101 km/h
  8. 8 54° right 2.0 g · 99 km/h
  9. 9 54° left 1.9 g · 97 km/h
  10. 10 54° left 1.9 g · 96 km/h
  11. 11 54° right 1.8 g · 95 km/h
  12. 12 54° right 1.8 g · 93 km/h
  13. 13 54° left 1.8 g · 92 km/h
  14. 14 54° left 1.9 g · 92 km/h
  15. 15 55° right 2.7 g · 118 km/h
  16. 16 0° right Kink 1.0 g · 130 km/h
  17. 17 0° left 3.6 g · 141 km/h
  18. 18 2° left 1.6 g · 139 km/h
  19. 19 55° left 3.8 g · 146 km/h
  20. 20 55° right 3.9 g · 143 km/h
  21. 21 55° right 3.5 g · 139 km/h
  22. 22 55° left 3.4 g · 135 km/h
  23. 23 55° left 3.2 g · 131 km/h
  24. 24 55° right 3.0 g · 127 km/h

The story

Opened in January 1913 on the Gerschnialp above Engelberg, this bob run came with a funicular railway to carry sleds back up. It hosted the two-man bob World Championship in 1934, and luge championships were still held on the former bob run in 1969. In winter the Gerschni sledging piste follows the old bob route through the forest.

  • The Gerschnialp funicular and the bob run opened together in 1913, and the funicular hauled the sleds back up.
  • It hosted the 1934 two-man bob World Championship.

Today

A public sledging run follows the old route each winter.

Racing history

Earliest and latest recorded race of each event at this level, from published results.

World Championships

Two-man bob 1934