1. Glacier tour on the Great Aletsch Glacier
The Great Aletsch Glacier is 23 kilometers long. This makes it the largest of its kind in the entire Alpine region. If you’re physically fit and equipped with the right equipment, you can get very close to the icy giant on a guided tour. A glacier tour with a knowledgeable mountain guide is an unforgettable experience. From half-day hikes to several-day glacier excursions, anything is possible.
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2. Trift Glacier: Over the most spectacular footbridge in the Alps
Once miners took Triftbahn gondolas to remote Grimsel Heights. Today, tourists flock to board the old train to Trift Glacier. Once at the top, Triftbrücke awaits glacier fans after a hike: 100 meters long and almost 170 meters above the ground, one of the most spectacular footbridges in the Alps. The sight of the Trift Glacier’s sadly melting tongue is breathtaking.
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3. Pfaffnau: Big glacier helicopter flight
Glaciers are suffering from climate change and are melting. Helicopter flights for pure pleasure are not necessarily suitable in this respect. But the Colibri EC 120B, for which the swissraft.ch team offers glacier sightseeing flights on the Aletsch Glacier, is a relatively environmentally friendly “bird”. So get in and enjoy the scenic flight from Pfaffnau over Entlebuch, past Brienzer-Rothorn, the Eiger north face and the Jungfraujoch over the Aletsch Glacier. After stopping at the Petersgrat glacier, you will return to the starting point.
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4. Virgo: Good food with better view
The glacier feels like dangerous crevasses, icy winds, rough slopes. However, we also thought about those who prefer to take things slowly. For example, for casual glaciers, we recommend a trip to the Eigergletscher restaurant. The mountain restaurant with a beautiful panoramic terrace is located below the Eiger Glacier, at the foot of the Mönch and Jungfrau. In addition to homemade cream and sweet Eigerspitzli, there is a wonderful 4-course menu and glacier views as far as the eye can see.
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5. Title: The blue miracle in the glacier cave
In the glacial cave in Titlis, everyone is experiencing the blue miracle – literally. The endless ice cave is bathed in turquoise blue light. The air is so cold that every breath leaves behind white clouds. Exciting: Some of the icy walls are around 5000 years old. They have never been resolved in the last five thousand years. An icy time travel awaits those who visit the 150-meter-long cave.
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6. Aletsch district: Feel the glacial breath in the ice caves
You have a few hours and you want to get lost in a completely different, deep blue, wonderfully shining world? Then contact ice cave expert Edelbert Kummer and arrange a tour of the Aletsch Glacier caves. The caves on the edge of the huge glacier are fascinating. There is a summer and winter program. As soon as you step inside, you can feel the cool breath of “endless ice” on your skin.
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7. Lucerne: Experience the power of ice in the glacial garden
It’s been a long time, but Lucerne was once covered with a thick layer of ice. What remains today are traces of ancient Central Swiss glaciers eating and digging the rock. The so-called glacial pits sometimes look like overly large auricles, and sometimes they look like bizarre works of art carved inside. Along with the exciting holes, the glacial garden offers all sorts of exciting insights into the glacial world, especially for young viewers.
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