Tours and Tickets to Experience Eiger

There are many different ways to experience the Eiger mountain. Looking at ratings and reviews previously given by customers, these are the best tours and trips available right now:

• Daytrip to Jungfraujoch Top of Europe and Interlaken from Zurich

• Private Swiss Alps helicopter tour over snow covered mountain peaks and glaciers

• (KTL364) - Small group tour Jungfrau and Interlaken from Lausanne

• (KTL361) - Interlaken day trip by bus from Lausanne

• Grindelwald Guided Day Hike

The Eiger Express gondola from Grindelwald to the Eiger Glacier Station costs from around ₣75.20 for an adult round-trip ticket. Many visitors book to travel higher and check off Jungfraujoch Top of Europe, for which the ticket price rises to around ₣100.60.

The Eiger is famous for its ferocious north face, a 5,900-foot (1,800-meter) wall of limestone and ice, which has claimed the lives of over 60 climbers since it was first successfully scaled in the 1930s. The north face is also known by its German nickname mordwand (the death wall).

Yes, if you’re an experienced and fit hiker, the Eiger Trail offers the best way to get close to the mountain’s fearsome north face without actually tackling it. You’ll pass the metal ladders that mountaineers use on their north face ascent, and enjoy views that sweep over the Grosse Scheidegg.

Grindelwald is the village by the Eiger, and views of the north face dominate the backdrop—stay here to gaze up at the mountain in all its glory. For higher-altitude panoramas, take the Wengernalp train from Grindelwald or Lauterbrunnen to Kleine Scheidegg, where views of the Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau await.

Clint Eastwood starred in the 1975 film The Eiger Sanction, and many of the climbing scenes were done by the man himself. Apparently, the only part he didn’t perform himself was the scene of the 2,500-foot (760-meter) drop, when a dummy was put in as his stunt double.