Belalp

Belalp is a village and ski resort in the Swiss canton of Valais, situated at approximately above sea level in the municipality of Naters. Because of its altitude, Belalp is a vantage point offering views of the Dom and Fletschhorn mountains and other peaks of the Pennine and Lepontine Alps. Close to the village are the summits of Nesthorn, Hohstock and Sparrhorn mountains.
Belalp is a car free village. It can be reached from Blatten bei Naters by cable car. With a length of , this rises and can carry a maximum of 740 passengers per hour.
Notable residents.
The British and Irish physicist John Tyndall maintained a holiday home in the village from 1877. After his death in 1893, a memorial (the "Tyndalldenkmal") was erected at an elevation of on the mountain slopes above the village, and in sight of the Aletsch Glacier, his studies of which had originally brought him to the area.