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Eiger
- Mapped trail
- 2.5 km+49 m · about 0.5 h · T2Ends 1,910 m below the summit.
- Prominence
- 322 m1,057 ft
- Isolation
- 2.0 km
- Tonight
- -18°CSnow · Wind 8 km/h W
Eiger is a 3,967 m (13,015 ft) mountain in the Jungfrau-Fiescherhorn Group, Canton of Berne, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,967 m · 13,015 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mönch (4,110 m)
- Range
- Jungfrau-Fiescherhorn Group
- Region
- Canton of Berne, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 46.5771° N, 8.0051° E
Trails toward Eiger
Mapped trails from the road get to 1,910 m below the summit, typically a pass, lake or camp. The top itself is a mountaineering climb with no mapped route.
Easiest route: from Road end, 2.2 km W of Eiger
- Distance
- 2.5 kmone way
- Climb
- +49 m−315 m (161 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Ends 1,910 m below the summit.
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Eiger 3D map
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Eiger terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Eiger weather
Tonight · Snow · -18°C (0°F) · 1.7 mm · Wind 8 km/h W
Eiger forecast for the summit, about 3,967 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,311 m.
- Tonight-18°1.7 mm8 km/h WBase -8°
- Today-18°-14°12.7 mm8 km/h SWBase -8 / -4°
- Sun-16°-5°9.5 mm11 km/h WBase -7 / 4°
- Mon-14°-5°–6 km/h SWBase -4 / 4°
- Tue-10°0°–2 km/h NWBase 0 / 9°
- Wed-11°-6°0.2 mm3 km/h NWBase -2 / 3°
- Thu-11°-5°–2 km/h NBase -1 / 5°
- Fri-13°-6°–3 km/h WBase -3 / 4°
- Sat-14°-7°2.3 mm4 km/h WBase -4 / 3°
- Sun-14°-10°6.8 mm5 km/h NWBase -4 / 0°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Eiger
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Eiger, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Mittellegihütte
Nearest parking
4.7 km N
Nearest campsite
Camping Holdrio
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| MittellegihütteHut | 1.5 km ENE |
| BerglihütteHut | 1.6 km SE |
| MönchsjochhütteHut | 2.5 km S |
| Parking | 4.7 km N |
| Parking | 4.7 km NNE |
| Camping HoldrioCampsite | 4.7 km N |
| Parking | 4.8 km NNE |
| Camping Sand GrindelwaldCampsite | 5.0 km NNE |
| EigernordwandCampsite | 5.1 km N |
How steep is the route to Eiger?
The easiest mapped route, 2.5 km from 2,311 m to 2,049 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.
- 0–15°2.2 km
- 15–30°0.3 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Eiger summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Grosser Turm3,688 m 0.7 km ENE
- 2Chlyne Eiger3,467 m 0.9 km SW
- 3Rotstock2,663 m 1.6 km W
- 4Chräjenbiel2,158 m 1.8 km WNW
- 5Mönch4,110 m 2.2 km SSW
- 6Walcherhorn3,692 m 3.0 km SE
- 7Fallbodenhubel2,172 m 3.0 km W
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 278 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Yellow-billed Chough56
- Eight-petal Mountain-Avens32
- Yellow Saxifrage29
- Moss Campion27
- Whorled Lousewort22
- Bladder campion18
Where Eiger sits
- Region
- Canton of Berne59Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
Eiger Glacier↑2.0 km WSW
MönchPeak · 4,110 m↑2.2 km SSW
Kleine ScheideggPass · 2,061 m↑3.5 km WNW
JungfraujochPass · 3,471 m↑3.7 km SSW
LauberhornPeak · 2,472 m↑4.7 km WNW
More in the Jungfrau-Fiescherhorn Group 4
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How accurate is this?
12 m low This 3D map reads 3,955 m at the summit; the official height is 3,967 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,967 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,955 m | -12 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,945 m | -22 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-24)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia