Possible as a day tour almost all year round!
Sporty high altitude tour for fit beginners and connoisseurs who are looking for a varied tour up a 4000 m peak! Perfect as a day tour from Grindelwald or in combination with the tour on the Jungfrau. We recommend an overnight stay the night before in the new Eiger Lodge.
BERIE Plus points
- Short but demanding alpine tour
- Day tour from Grindelwald
- with easy rock and firn passages
- aesthetic, narrow summit ridge
- Dream mountain in the Bernese Oberland
The facts
for giddy connoisseurs and beginners in mountaineering
Condition: normal – good
easy rocks and steep firn passages
1-2 persons
CHF 495 / two participants / guide
Guided and organised high altitude tour on the Mönch (4107 m) via the south ridge or SW ridge (more difficult)
One day with certified mountain and ski guide UIAGM Profiguide from Grindelwald
all expenses mountain guide
Climbing harness, crampons, ice axe on loan free of charge
We recommend an overnight stay the night before at the new Eiger Lodge in Grindelwald-Grund.
Meeting point at the ticket office at the valley station of the Eiger Express gondola lift in Grindelwald-Grund (summer from 7:15 / autumn and winter from 8:00).
Ride on the new gondola lift with a view of the Eigerwand to the Eigergletscher station. We then take the cogwheel railway to the Jungfraujoch. After a short coffee break, we hike in about 30 min to the entrance to the south ridge of the Mönch. If the conditions are good, it is also possible to traverse the SW ridge. After roping up we start the ascent. Easy rock passages (grade II) alternate with exciting white firn ridges. On the summit ridge we concentrate on the narrow firn ridge and experience the vertical world from the very top. A deep feeling of satisfaction then surrounds us at the very top of the summit with a breathtakingly beautiful view of the Eiger, the Jungfrau and endless glacier surfaces with the many 4000-metre peaks of the Swiss Alps. Descent again via the south ridge and hike to the Eiger station. In summer there is the option of stopping for a bite to eat at the Mönchsjochhütte before the train takes us comfortably back to Grindelwald.
