The start and end point of the circular route, opened in 2019, is the Eggishorn cable car top station. From here, you reach particularly impressive viewpoints on the approximately 500-meter-long circular route. A total of 9 glacier lounges invite you to enjoy the magnificent view of over forty four-thousanders and the Great Aletsch Glacier. Information panels along the route provide you with interesting and fascinating facts about the largest ice stream in the Alps and the UNESCO World Heritage Site Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch. You should allow about an hour for the easily walkable circular route – including the time spent at the lounges. Part of this impressive themed path is pram-friendly and accessible for people with disabilities.
- easy
- 0,45 km
- 20 minutes
- 21 m
- 21 m
- start: Eggishorn, cable car top station
- destination: Eggishorn, cable car top station
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- Familiy-Friendly
- Cultural Interesting
- Stop at an Inn
- Loop Road
Eggishorn, cable car top station
Eggishorn, cable car top station
Eggishorn cable car top station - Eggishorn cable car top station
Use of the hiking trails and information on this website is at your own risk. Conditions on site may result in route changes. Aletsch Arena AG accepts no responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the information on this website.
- Carry a map. Download the full description of the hiking trail with a large-scale map by clicking "Print" at the top right of the page.
- Use only marked hiking trails and observe all signs and instructions – for your own safety, to protect grazing animals, and out of respect for wildlife.
- Close gates after passing through.
- Be considerate of other trail users, plants, and animals.
We recommend:
- Good footwear
- Weather-dependent clothing: always carry a waterproof vest
- Headgear
- Sun protection
- Water bottle
- Picnic
- Camera
- Binoculars (optional)
- Hiking poles (optional)
- Printout of the hiking trail (click "Print" to download)
Fancy a summit victory? Simply take on the ascent to the summit of the Eggishorn (2,926 m) at the start of the hike!
Follow the cantonal road 19 to the Fiesch exit, then the Furka road to the valley station of the Fiesch-Eggishorn cable car (Aletsch Bahnen AG). Take the cable car up to the Eggishorn.
Large paid parking lot at the valley station of the Fiesch-Eggishorn cable car (Aletsch Bahnen AG).
By train from Brig or Oberwald to Fiesch, then continue on foot to the valley station of the Fiesch-Eggishorn cable car (Aletsch Bahnen AG). Take this cable car up to the Eggishorn.
At the mountain railways and information centers of the Aletsch Arena you will receive a free panoramic map.
SwissTopo maps: 1:25,000: 1269 Aletsch Glacier
Aletsch Arena AG
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CH-3983 Mörel-Filet
+41 27 928 58 58
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