Facilities in Grindelwald

Grindelwald has a long history as a climbing village and Grindelwald Sports, the Mountaineering Centre, is one of the best in the world. They organise all kinds of activities for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages and abilities including glacier hikes and glacier walking tours of 1 -7 days, climbing courses, Summit courses and training courses on rock and ice. New ideas such as canyoning, bungee, gorge crossing, rafting and 'Spider highway', canyon-jumping and adventures in a glacial gorge. Paragliding is offered by a number of instructors and still outdoors you will find 80km (50 miles) of cleared winter walking trails, guided snowshoe hikes through untouched winter landscapes towards the Eiger are offered by the Mountaineering Centre. There are also 10km of cleared winter hiking routes. There are a number of toboggan runs, the longest 15km (9 miles) long from the Faulhorn (2681m) down to Grindelwald. The major base for indoor sports is the Sports Centre where an indoor ice rink offers figure skating and hockey as well as four curling rinks. There is also an integral indoor swimming pool with sauna, solarium and steam bath as well as table tennis, billiards and a games room. Grindelwald has a cinema and a local history museum showing the history of climbing, mountain sports and alpine cheese making in the area. The Hotel Hirschen has two bowling alleys. No visit to the area is complete without a cog-railway trip up to the Jungfraujoch, the highest rail station in Europe at 3454 metres (11,330 feet).