National trail

Via Alpina, 19.4 km section

Ref: 1

19.4
km distance
↑1482
m ascent
↓1716
m descent
5.1
hrs estimated
45
quality score

Snow

Today's satellite snow reading loads with the page. The reading this page was built with, from Apr 11, 2026, is too old to use.

The walk, as far as the open data goes

Getting there

  • Start: Grindelwald Bahnhof G bus stop, 20 m away
  • Start: Grindelwald Bahnhof B bus stop, 40 m away
  • Start: Grindelwald Bahnhof A bus stop, 44 m away
  • Finish: Lauterbrunnen railway station, 34 m away
  • Finish: Lauterbrunnen bus stop, 35 m away
  • Finish: bus stop bus stop, 48 m away

Somewhere to stop

  • Maya Caprice Boutique Hotel hotel
  • Falken hotel

Mapped within 200 m of the line. Whether they are open is not something we have read.

Height and time

  • High point 2,067 m
  • Low point 788 m
  • Climb 1,515 m from a 30 m terrain model, smoothed
  • Swiss signpost time 9 h 04 the official method, on our line

An official route

This walk is part of Via Alpina, SchweizMobil national route 1.

The official route page

Computed on 2026-09-20 from OpenStreetMap, the terrain model and the federal route layer β€” not read from the operator's own page, and not checked on the ground. Hikes we have reviewed say who published each fact and when.

Getting There

πŸ…ΏοΈ Parking Eiger+ β€” 936 m from trailhead
πŸ…ΏοΈ Navigate to parking in Google Maps

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Trail Details

Operator Wanderland Schweiz
Network National
Distance source Routed on OpenStreetMap
Routed distance 25.2 km
Routed ascent 1515 m
OSM relation #14249133

About this data

Trail geometry from OpenStreetMap. Snow read from Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, with missing observations kept unknown, on the date shown above. That date is when the snow was read, not a report of conditions today.

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