Eiger
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The Eiger is a 3,967-metre mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, just north of the main watershed and border with Valais. It i
The north face of the Eiger
The northeast side of the Eiger
ISS image of the Bernese Alps showing the Wetterhorn (right), Eiger (centre), Jungfrau (left), Lake Brienz (background) and Aletsch glacier (foreground).
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North face of the Eiger
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The Eiger is part of the Bernese Alps in Switzerland, and its north face rises over 1,800 meters. With alpine climbing routes that are up to four kilometers long, the face hosts some of the Alps' long
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…of the Jungfrau-Aletsch area, the most glaciated region in the Alps. The most notable feature of the Eiger is its nearly 1,800-metre-high (5,900 ft) north face of rock and ice, the biggest north face in the Alps. This substantial face towers over the resort of Kleine Scheidegg at its base, on the eponymous…
Lake Thun with Eiger (left), Mönch and Jungfrau
Stratification in the North Face. From this "Mushroom," Ueli Gegenschatz performed a BASE jump in 2000.
The Eiger-Nordwand viewed from the northwest.
Northeast and Eiger-Nordwand, separated by the North Pillar