Switzerland / Bernese Oberland - Wetterhorn
Schweiz / Berner Oberland - Wetterhorn
Eiger Trail
The Wetterhorn (3,690 m) is a peak in the Swiss Alps towering above the village of Grindelwald. Formerly known as Hasle Jungfrau, it is one of three summits on a mountain named the "Wetterhörner", the highest of which is the Mittelhorn (3,702 m) and the lowest and most distant the Rosenhorn (3,689 m). The latter peaks are mostly hidden from view from Grindelwald.
The Grosse Scheidegg Pass crosses the col to the north, between the Wetterhorn and the Schwarzhorn.
Ascents
The Wetterhorn summit was first reached on August 31, 1844, by the Grindelwald guides Hans Jaun and Melchior Bannholzer, three days after they had co-guided a large party organized by the geologist Édouard Desor to the first ascent of the Rosenhorn. The Mittelhorn was first summitted on 9 July 1845 by the same guides, this time accompanied by a third, Kaspar Abplanalp, and by British climber Stanhope Templeman Speer. The son of a Scottish physician, Speer lived in Interlaken, Switzerland.
A September 1854 summit ascent by a party that included Alfred Wills, who apparently believed he'd made the first ascent, was much celebrated in Great Britain. Wills' description of this trip in his book "Wanderings Among the High Alps" (published in 1856) helped make mountaineering fashionable in Britain and ushered in the so-called golden age of alpinism, the systematic exploration of the Alps by British mountaineers. Despite several by then well-documented earlier ascents and the fact that he was guided to the top, Willis was lauded in his 1912 obituary as "Certainly the first who can be said with any confidence to have stood upon the real highest peak of the Wetterhorn proper" (i.e. the 3,692 m summit) In a subsequent corrigendum, the editors admitted two earlier ascents, but considered his still "the first completely successful" one.
In 1866, Lucy Walker was the first documented female to summit the peak.
The 24-year-old English mountaineer William Penhall and his Meiringen guide Andreas Maurer were killed by an avalanche high on the Wetterhorn on 3 August 1882.
The famed guide and Grindelwald native Christian Almer climbed the mountain many times in his life, including on his first of many trips with Meta Brevoort and her nephew W. A. B. Coolidge in 1868. His last ascent was in 1896 at the age of 74 together with his 75-year-old wife Margaritha ("Gritli") to celebrate their golden anniversary on the summit.
Winston Churchill climbed the Wetterhorn in 1894.
Aerial tramway
The Wetterhorn summit was the intended terminal for the world's first passenger-carrying aerial tramway, but only the first quarter was built. It was in operation until the beginning of World War I.
(Wikipedia)
No trail comes closer to the famous Eiger North Face – with the Eiger Trail you are guaranteed two hours of top notch thrills.
Description
The Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau (the Ogre, Monk and Maiden) – the world famous trio of mountain peaks – is the impressive backdrop to the Jungfrau region and has attracted tourists and mountaineers to the Bernese Oberland since pioneering days. The Jungfrau Railway is no less impressive, while the northern flank of the Eiger, with its vertical drop of more than 1600 metres, has always attracted the world's best climbers.
Those with the courage and the desire to get just that little bit closer to the breathtaking Eiger North Face and tackle a superlative high alpine adventure can take the Jungfrau Railway to the station at Eigergletscher and set out on the Eiger Trail. Shortly after starting on this route, you'll find yourself right in front of the famous rock face itself, and above you to the right you'll notice the metal ladders that climbers to the Eiger-Rotstock Via Ferrata use to gain access. From here on, the trail runs for an hour along the foot of the Eiger North Face, sparkling with a beautiful view over the Wetterhorn and the Grosse Scheidegg.
Difficult sections are secured with ropes. If you have brought your binoculars, you'll be able to see the climbers up against the rock face. The train station sells postcards that show all the routes up this mountain. Towards the end of the tour the trail zigzags boldly down to Alpiglen train station.
(myswitzerland.com)
Das Wetterhorn ist ein 3690 m ü. M. hoher Berggipfel der Berner Alpen (Westalpen) im Schweizer Kanton Bern und steht oberhalb von Grindelwald bzw. Rosenlaui im Berner Oberland.
Das Wetterhorn wurde am 31. August 1844 durch Melchior Bannholzer und Joh. Jaun zum ersten Mal bestiegen. Die erste Winterbegehung erfolgte durch Meta Brevoort 1874, einer Ausnahmealpinistin für Winterbegehungen.
Unter dem Begriff Wetterhörner fasst man die 3 Gipfel Wetterhorn, Mittelhorn (3702 m, von der Höhe her der Hauptgipfel) und Rosenhorn (3689 m) zusammen. Von 1908 bis 1915 war am Fuss des Wetterhorns der Wetterhorn-Aufzug als erste personenbefördernde Luftseilbahn der Schweiz in Betrieb.
(Wikipedia)
Näher an die berühmte Eiger Nordwand führt kein Weg: Der Eiger Trail garantiert zwei Stunden Nervenkitzel auf höchstem Niveau.
Beschreibung
Das weltberühmte Dreigestirn Eiger, Mönch und Jungfrau bildet die imposanteste Kulisse der Jungfrauregion und lockte schon früh Touristen und Bergsteiger ins Berner Oberland. Nicht weniger eindrücklich präsentiert sich die Jungfraubahn. Und über 1600 Meter fällt die Nordflanke des Eigers senkrecht ab, was seit jeher die besten Kletterer der Welt anlockte.
Wer sich mutig an die atemberaubende Eiger Nordwand herantasten und ein Hochgebirgserlebnis der Superlative in Angriff nehmen möchte, fährt mit der Jungfraubahn bis zur Station Eigergletscher und macht sich auf den Eiger Trail. Nach kurzem Einstieg steht man unmittelbar vor der berühmten Wand, und man erkennt rechts oben die Metallleitern, die den Kletterern den Zugang zur Via Ferrata Eiger-Rotstock erleichtern. Von hier aus verläuft der Weg eine Stunde lang am Fuss der Eigernordwand entlang und glänzt dabei mit einer herrlichen Sicht aufs Wetterhorn und die Grosse Scheidegg.
Ausgesetzte Stellen sind mit Seilen gesichert. Und wer einen Feldstecher dabei hat, kann die Kletterer in der Wand beobachten; eine Postkarte, die bei der Bahnstation gekauft werden kann, zeigt sämtliche Routen durch die Wand. Am Ende der Tour geht's in verwegenem Zickzack runter zur Bahnstation Alpiglen.
(myswitzerland.com)
Switzerland / Bernese Oberland - Wetterhorn
Schweiz / Berner Oberland - Wetterhorn
Eiger Trail
The Wetterhorn (3,690 m) is a peak in the Swiss Alps towering above the village of Grindelwald. Formerly known as Hasle Jungfrau, it is one of three summits on a mountain named the "Wetterhörner", the highest of which is the Mittelhorn (3,702 m) and the lowest and most distant the Rosenhorn (3,689 m). The latter peaks are mostly hidden from view from Grindelwald.
The Grosse Scheidegg Pass crosses the col to the north, between the Wetterhorn and the Schwarzhorn.
Ascents
The Wetterhorn summit was first reached on August 31, 1844, by the Grindelwald guides Hans Jaun and Melchior Bannholzer, three days after they had co-guided a large party organized by the geologist Édouard Desor to the first ascent of the Rosenhorn. The Mittelhorn was first summitted on 9 July 1845 by the same guides, this time accompanied by a third, Kaspar Abplanalp, and by British climber Stanhope Templeman Speer. The son of a Scottish physician, Speer lived in Interlaken, Switzerland.
A September 1854 summit ascent by a party that included Alfred Wills, who apparently believed he'd made the first ascent, was much celebrated in Great Britain. Wills' description of this trip in his book "Wanderings Among the High Alps" (published in 1856) helped make mountaineering fashionable in Britain and ushered in the so-called golden age of alpinism, the systematic exploration of the Alps by British mountaineers. Despite several by then well-documented earlier ascents and the fact that he was guided to the top, Willis was lauded in his 1912 obituary as "Certainly the first who can be said with any confidence to have stood upon the real highest peak of the Wetterhorn proper" (i.e. the 3,692 m summit) In a subsequent corrigendum, the editors admitted two earlier ascents, but considered his still "the first completely successful" one.
In 1866, Lucy Walker was the first documented female to summit the peak.
The 24-year-old English mountaineer William Penhall and his Meiringen guide Andreas Maurer were killed by an avalanche high on the Wetterhorn on 3 August 1882.
The famed guide and Grindelwald native Christian Almer climbed the mountain many times in his life, including on his first of many trips with Meta Brevoort and her nephew W. A. B. Coolidge in 1868. His last ascent was in 1896 at the age of 74 together with his 75-year-old wife Margaritha ("Gritli") to celebrate their golden anniversary on the summit.
Winston Churchill climbed the Wetterhorn in 1894.
Aerial tramway
The Wetterhorn summit was the intended terminal for the world's first passenger-carrying aerial tramway, but only the first quarter was built. It was in operation until the beginning of World War I.
(Wikipedia)
No trail comes closer to the famous Eiger North Face – with the Eiger Trail you are guaranteed two hours of top notch thrills.
Description
The Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau (the Ogre, Monk and Maiden) – the world famous trio of mountain peaks – is the impressive backdrop to the Jungfrau region and has attracted tourists and mountaineers to the Bernese Oberland since pioneering days. The Jungfrau Railway is no less impressive, while the northern flank of the Eiger, with its vertical drop of more than 1600 metres, has always attracted the world's best climbers.
Those with the courage and the desire to get just that little bit closer to the breathtaking Eiger North Face and tackle a superlative high alpine adventure can take the Jungfrau Railway to the station at Eigergletscher and set out on the Eiger Trail. Shortly after starting on this route, you'll find yourself right in front of the famous rock face itself, and above you to the right you'll notice the metal ladders that climbers to the Eiger-Rotstock Via Ferrata use to gain access. From here on, the trail runs for an hour along the foot of the Eiger North Face, sparkling with a beautiful view over the Wetterhorn and the Grosse Scheidegg.
Difficult sections are secured with ropes. If you have brought your binoculars, you'll be able to see the climbers up against the rock face. The train station sells postcards that show all the routes up this mountain. Towards the end of the tour the trail zigzags boldly down to Alpiglen train station.
(myswitzerland.com)
Das Wetterhorn ist ein 3690 m ü. M. hoher Berggipfel der Berner Alpen (Westalpen) im Schweizer Kanton Bern und steht oberhalb von Grindelwald bzw. Rosenlaui im Berner Oberland.
Das Wetterhorn wurde am 31. August 1844 durch Melchior Bannholzer und Joh. Jaun zum ersten Mal bestiegen. Die erste Winterbegehung erfolgte durch Meta Brevoort 1874, einer Ausnahmealpinistin für Winterbegehungen.
Unter dem Begriff Wetterhörner fasst man die 3 Gipfel Wetterhorn, Mittelhorn (3702 m, von der Höhe her der Hauptgipfel) und Rosenhorn (3689 m) zusammen. Von 1908 bis 1915 war am Fuss des Wetterhorns der Wetterhorn-Aufzug als erste personenbefördernde Luftseilbahn der Schweiz in Betrieb.
(Wikipedia)
Näher an die berühmte Eiger Nordwand führt kein Weg: Der Eiger Trail garantiert zwei Stunden Nervenkitzel auf höchstem Niveau.
Beschreibung
Das weltberühmte Dreigestirn Eiger, Mönch und Jungfrau bildet die imposanteste Kulisse der Jungfrauregion und lockte schon früh Touristen und Bergsteiger ins Berner Oberland. Nicht weniger eindrücklich präsentiert sich die Jungfraubahn. Und über 1600 Meter fällt die Nordflanke des Eigers senkrecht ab, was seit jeher die besten Kletterer der Welt anlockte.
Wer sich mutig an die atemberaubende Eiger Nordwand herantasten und ein Hochgebirgserlebnis der Superlative in Angriff nehmen möchte, fährt mit der Jungfraubahn bis zur Station Eigergletscher und macht sich auf den Eiger Trail. Nach kurzem Einstieg steht man unmittelbar vor der berühmten Wand, und man erkennt rechts oben die Metallleitern, die den Kletterern den Zugang zur Via Ferrata Eiger-Rotstock erleichtern. Von hier aus verläuft der Weg eine Stunde lang am Fuss der Eigernordwand entlang und glänzt dabei mit einer herrlichen Sicht aufs Wetterhorn und die Grosse Scheidegg.
Ausgesetzte Stellen sind mit Seilen gesichert. Und wer einen Feldstecher dabei hat, kann die Kletterer in der Wand beobachten; eine Postkarte, die bei der Bahnstation gekauft werden kann, zeigt sämtliche Routen durch die Wand. Am Ende der Tour geht's in verwegenem Zickzack runter zur Bahnstation Alpiglen.
(myswitzerland.com)