The route
Next edition14-18 July 2027
15,592 m of climbing over 257.9 km, looping the Jungfrau-Aletsch UNESCO site from Grindelwald.
Drawn with a pen, line by line
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Indicative figures computed by Plotrek on its illustrative route, with altitudes from a terrain model. They may differ from the organiser's.
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Eiger E250 loops out from Grindelwald around the Jungfrau and Aletsch massif, a UNESCO World Heritage site — a high-mountain course, through glaciers and passes. It sets off at 8 am, finishing back at the same point.
The trail passes Stechelberg, then climbs through alpine pasture up to Hohtürli, at 2,745 m — the highest point of the race.
From Kandersteg, the trail climbs back up to the Lötschepass, then drops down toward Jeizinen and Finnen.
It crosses the Fieschergletscher, passes Goms, crosses the Grimsel pass, then reaches Guttannen before closing the loop at Grindelwald. The cutoff falls 95 hours after the start.
Paths and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Altitudes measured on the route.
03 · Your poster
The relief of the course, a 257.9 km loop from Grindelwald, takes shape as contour lines: our pen plotter draws it with a pen, line by line. Your finisher name and time go in the title block, in A4, A3 or A2.
Shipped from our workshop in Le Bouscat
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Updated Route and text: Plotrek workshop (Fabrice Jolivet)
Plotrek's illustrative route, redrawn on OpenStreetMap paths, measures 257.9 km and 15,592 m of elevation gain. It is a loop, with Grindelwald as start and finish, Finnen at km 113.6 and Col du Grimsel at km 208.1. The elevation loss measured on this route is 15,588 m.
Hohtürli, at 2,745 m, at km 44.4 of Plotrek's route. The high point lies between two landmarks of the course: Grindelwald (1,034 m, km 0) and Lötschepass (2,687 m, km 73.1). The start and finish are both at 1,034 m. Altitudes measured on the route, with a terrain model.
1,516 m of elevation gain in one go, from km 57.2 to km 73.1 of Plotrek's route. Landmark on the way: Lötschepass (2,687 m, km 73.1). No other climb on the 257.9 km loop is as long. Average gradient of this section: 9.5%. It accounts for 10% of the route's elevation gain.
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