Glacier Canyon Walk: Explore 300m Deep Gorge

Explore Glacier Canyon Grindelwald’s stunning 300m gorge, walk 1km on a wooden path, and discover its unique history. Perfect for all ages and weather.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Glacier Canyon - Gletscherschlucht - It took 250 million years for Mother Nature to carve out this incredible canyon!
    Sadly the lower glacier no longer exists, but the canyon itself is now thriving as a popular destination for a unique sensory walk through its exposed rock galleries and tunnels. The rushing water cascades freely from the mountains…
What's Included
  • Entrance to the Glacier Canyon and Crystal Museum
Additional Information

Consider the immense time it takes for ice to sculpt a 300-meter deep gorge in solid rock. It’s truly beyond comprehension and an awe-inspiring sight to behold. This is a remarkable natural wonder.
Visitors can now venture 1 kilometer into the gorge on a wooden walkway, exploring the distinctive rock formations and tunnels. Information points are…

Location
Glacier Canyon - Gletscherschlucht
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Briane218
Oct 11, 2025
Hike deep into the heart of the Alps - Let's start by asking the questions: is this for real or just a manufactured tourist attraction? And, is it worth it? The answers to both are definitely yes! Take the #122 bus from Grindelwald or just hike up the hill to the Canyon, buy a ticket (21 Francs CH) and head into it. Etched from now long gone glaciers, the path up it leads deep into the canyon. Lining its walls are waterfalls, rock tumbles, and more. And the path keeps going deeper, deeper, deeper, resulting in us actually having had a fairly substantial, and yet well marked, hike deep into the heart of the Alps. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience I highly recommend. There is also a restaurant at the base where you can grab a sandwich (delicious!) and something to drink (hot chocolate on a drizzly day for us), as well as a public bathroom.
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50cab50
Sep 6, 2025
Spiders web makes this extra special - We wondered if it was a good idea to visit one hour before closing on a rather grey drizzly day. We decided to go for the sake of our 15 year old who was interested in doing the spider web. Fortunately we had a car as it would be a killer walk down to the gorge. It felt very different to the Aareschlucht Gorge (which was green and pretty). This was much greyer, more raw and geological, with interesting panels about how the ice has changed over the centuries and a display of minerals in the entrance area. Some information about where those minerals were found would have been useful. This feels more like a base for activities than Aareschlucht did. We were lucky to see someone doing the Canyon Swing - something like a 120ft drop at 80kmh. Terrifying. She was swinging like a pendulum in front of us (still smiling). Glad we went as, at that late time, the spider web was virtually empty. I don’t think it would have been much fun with lots of people on it.
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Mikecurd
Jul 30, 2025
Interesting but quite expensive. - A really interesting geological site and fun to walk on the ‘spider web’ over the river! It’s quite expensive considering it’s only a walk on a pathway in the canyon.
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Mrsv-from-p
Jul 19, 2025
Amazing geology! - Got there for opening time, which meant we experience the canyon without crowds! The power of the water is immense, the gorge is impressive and I enjoyed the web! Not cheap but then nothing is in Switzerland! Nice coffee when we finished :-)
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The_wanderer1992
May 20, 2025
Glacier Canyon Walk - My husband and I went here while in Grindlewald. You walk through the canyon and have a few activities available as well. It's quite pricey.
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Glyn
Sep 2, 2025
Expensive for what it is - Although impressive, very expensive at CHF 21 each. Aareschlucht at nearby Meiringen is half the price and better, in my view.
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Sarah_w
Aug 18, 2025
You can skip it - It's a beautiful place, but it isn't realy a must-visit. You can skip this place easily if you want. You have a lot of similar places in Switzerland.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).