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Glacier Canyon Walk: Explore 300m Deep Gorge
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10 Ratings
Grindelwald
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.
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
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Glacier Canyon - Gletscherschlucht - Over 250 million years, Mother Nature sculpted this magnificent canyon!
Although the lower glacier has disappeared, the canyon has become a vibrant attraction, offering a distinctive sensory walk through its open rock galleries and tunnels. The water flows energetically from the mountains into the Lütschine…
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Glacier Canyon - Gletscherschlucht - Over 250 million years, Mother Nature sculpted this magnificent canyon!
Although the lower glacier has disappeared, the canyon has become a vibrant attraction, offering a distinctive sensory walk through its open rock galleries and tunnels. The water flows energetically from the mountains into the Lütschine River below, occasionally creating a swift breeze through the canyon and a quick change in temperature as sunlight dances along the steep walls.
What's Included
- Entrance to the Glacier Canyon and Crystal Museum
- 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…
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 available along the path to educate about the fascinating history of the Glacier Canyon.
This activity is ideal for all weather conditions and suitable for all ages. It’s easily accessible and can be conveniently included in most day trips in the region.
Location
Glacier Canyon - Gletscherschlucht
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Gavin770
Jun 1, 2026
A Photographers Dream - Great walk along the canyon beautiful among the rocks and the river, the canyon is stunning well worth visting a real photographers dream, hard to belive how Global Warming has affected the Glacier which has unfortunately disappeared, May for me was a great time to visit as there was no overcrowding, the walkway is narrow,
well worth the money,walk took about 21/2hrs as there are many photo opportunites along the way,
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Joanna2501
May 1, 2026
Totally worth it - Amazing experience! Stunning scenery! Lovely staff on arrival. Definitely worth booking.
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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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Warreng999
Jun 2, 2026
For the cost and travel to get to it I wouldn’t recommend it. - Nice walk through the canyon but not a lot to see. It’s called glacier canyon but the glaciers disappeared a long time ago so it’s just rocks. There’s a rope net over a section of the canyon which you can walk and jump on. It is overpriced for what you get.
To get to it from Grindelward take bus #122 which is free for tourists. From Grindelward train station or gondola station you will need to take bus 121 or 123 to get to Grindelwald town centre and then catch bus 122. These three buses are free ( but not bus 120 from the train station).
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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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