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Hiking tour 

Hiking at the Lake Grimsel

  • 14 km
  • 4 h 40 min.
  • Medium
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Short info

Starting point
Grimsel Hospiz, 1951 m a.s.l.
Endpoint
Grimsel Hospiz, 1951 m a.s.l.
Track
14 km
Duration
4 h 40 min.
Difficulty
Medium
Ascent
559 m
Descent
559 m
Lowest point
1908 m a.s.l.
Highest Point
1988 m a.s.l.

The tour

This attractive day hiking tour takes you from the Grimsel Hospice on the north side of the artificial lake Grimsel along the perimeter of the UNESCO World Heritage site up to the forefield of the Lower Aar glacier. The trail passes through a landscape shaped by the glacier, where you can discover the diverse traces of glaciation of the Ice Age.

Meals

Grimsel Hospiz

General Tips

Note the signage and any information boards on the spot. Further information about the Swiss footpath network and the signposting can be found here.

  • Point of interest

    Grimsel Hospice

    The first hospice on the Grimsel called Grimselspittel was built between 1382 and 1397 at the foot of the “Nollen”. It was an more ...

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    Access Point Lake Grimsel

    The access points placed at the border to the UNESCO World Heritage site Swiss Alps Jungfrau - Aletsch symbolize that you are now enterin more ...

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    The Dam Spitallamm

    The arch dam Spitallamm is 114 m high and 258 m long . It keeps back the enormous turquoise waters of Lake Grimsel: around 95 million m3 more ...

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    Moor Landscape Lake Grimsel

    The landscape on the north shore of Lake Grimsel encompasses a picturesque mosaic of bogs and rocks: a typical rock outcrop bog landscape more ...

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    Glacier Forefield Unteraar

    At the end of Lake Grimsel extends in the wide valley arc the glacier forefield of the Lower Unteraar glacier. The young river Aare, fed more ...