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Glacier · Canton of Berne

Eiger Glacier

3,407 m11,178 ft
Area
0.03 km²
Lowest point
3,175 m
Tonight
-14°CSnow · Wind 8 km/h W

Eiger Glacier in Canton of Berne, Switzerland covers 0.03 km² and spans 3,175–3,407 m above sea level.

All facts
Highest point
3,407 m
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3D map

Eiger Glacier 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 3 × 3 km

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Topographic map

Eiger Glacier topographic map

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Eiger Glacier elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Glacier

Eiger Glacier: size and slope

Drawn to scale from the OpenStreetMap outline and the Copernicus 30 m terrain model.

38°Top 3,407 m232 m≈300 mTerminus 3,175 m
Vertical range
232 m
Mean slope
38°
Faces
northwestmostly shaded
Weather

Eiger Glacier weather

Tonight · Snow · -14°C (7°F) · 1.7 mm · Wind 8 km/h W

Eiger Glacier forecast for about 3,407 m.

  • Tonight-14°1.7 mm8 km/h W
  • Today-14°-10°12.7 mm8 km/h SW
  • Sun-13°-2°9.5 mm11 km/h W
  • Mon-11°-2°–6 km/h SW
  • Tue-7°3°–2 km/h NW
  • Wed-8°-3°0.2 mm3 km/h NW
  • Thu-8°-2°–2 km/h N
  • Fri-9°-2°–3 km/h W
  • Sat-10°-4°2.3 mm4 km/h W
  • Sun-11°-7°6.8 mm5 km/h NW

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

Camping & parking near Eiger Glacier

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Eiger Glacier, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest hut

    Guggihütte

    0.9 km SW · +2 more within 2.8 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    Coach Bus Parking

    5.4 km W · +2 more within 6.1 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Breithorn

    5.6 km W · +2 more within 5.9 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
GuggihütteHut0.9 km SW
MönchsjochhütteHut2.4 km SE
Berghaus GrindelwaldblickHut2.8 km NW
Coach Bus ParkingParking5.4 km W
BreithornCampsite5.6 km W
Parking5.9 km NNE
SchützenbachCampsite5.9 km WNW
JungfrauCampsite5.9 km WNW
Parking6.1 km WNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 3 × 3 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°
10.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
25.1%
Steep, 30–45°
32.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
31.3%
Steeper than 30°
64.0% of the 9 km² view
Relief in view
1,933 m low point 2,164 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 72.6%Bare rock / sparse 24.2%Grassland 2.3%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 1.5 km; 18 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Yellow-billed Chough10
  • Mountain Fritillary3
  • European Globeflower2
  • Alpine Crowfoot2
  • Black Redstart1
  • Smooth Snake1
Where it sits

Where Eiger Glacier sits

Range
Alps751
Region
Canton of Berne59Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
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Sources

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)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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 · Wikipedia