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Glacier Canyon

Walkways and tunnels through a deep gorge carved by the Lower Grindelwald Glacier, with a net to walk over the torrent.

Photo: Leonhard Lenz · CC0
Open
May to October
Price
Paid
Time Needed
1 hour
Address
Gletscherschlucht, 3818 GrindelwaldDirections
Getting There
A bus or a 30-minute walk from the village.

Why Go

The gorge's walls of marble and limestone tower high above the path. A walkway of about a kilometer leads through it, ending at a spider-web net slung over the rushing meltwater.

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