Mount First Gondola Ride from Grindelwald
Description
This ticket will get you straight to the Mt First from Grindelwald with the First cableway from the valley station in the upper village centre. Your journey will take about 25 minutes while you have outstanding views. Small group extended to a maximum of 15 travelers.
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Itinerary
The trip is unguided, you may just board the gondola. You find the location/GPS of the departure station on Google and on the Jungfrau Railways website. You gently float up to First in the security of the gondola. On the sunny side of the Grindelwald Valley the aerial cableway leads from the glacier village of Grindelwald to First at 2168 m above sea level. The wide variety and exciting attractions found in this region include the First Cliff Walk by Tissot and the hike to the Lake Bachalpsee, which is known as the pearl of mountain lakes. First Flyer, First Glider, scooter-bike rides, First Mountain Cart are also fun activities to purchase and enjoy when on top! You simply cannot plan adventure. You find one. On First that is a certainty.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- “Restaurant First” with 350 seats, sun terrace with up to 300 seats available on top
- In Winter you can enjoy the First Glider and the First Flyer. The Mountain Carts and the Scooter bikes are not operated during winter time.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
Reviews(214)
Although there are a lot of tourists, if you are only in town for a couple days it is a great way to see the countryside, do a safe hike, see a beautiful lake and do a bit of touristy fun. The restaurants are great along the different stops and the grotto bike was a fun option to ride down.
Good experience bit expensive but worth it
Starting at Grindelward the weather was overcast and by the time we were half way up it started to snow. At the top was snowing fairly heavily which made the lookout useless as you couldn’t see anything. The ski season was closed but every5ing was cover with snow and ice which ment you couldn’t walk the trails so there was little to see or do. That being said we’re still glad we spent the money ( it’s pretty pricey). My wife loved it as she likes snow and the little we could see was lovely. There is a restaurant there which is very expensive with both self service food and drink, a bar and a seperate restaurant area with a dining room. Even in off season it was very busy and hard to find a seat. The gondola ride stops at two stations on the way up and down. One the way down you can get off and hire a bike from one to the other and then a go cart (no engine) to the next station. If you go to 5e official JUNGFRAU website you can see the different ways to come down the mountain and pre book them. Even though the top of the mountain was busy the gondolas move people quickly. You can buy tickets outside the gondola station at the base at a vending machine if you haven’t booked online. The official online website was giving a discount on the tickets so it was the cheapest was to purchase.
Hugely expensive-but a nice long ride up with little waiting time at either end. The view are genuinely breathtaking with the snow covered Eiger and other tall mountains -with the dark green forests and the verdant alp. Plenty of space to ramble around at the top and well developed paths between stations. There are well organised offers to ride scouters /trolleys down between the stations and more extreme rides for the brave. Cafes are OK. Sounds like it could be a bit tacky buts its not. Outstanding except the price
This was by far the best thing we did. We got there right around when it opened and there were very little lines. We stayed until about 1:30. It got busy but everything that needed a line we did first thing so it was perfect. Highly recommend!
Expensive but nice view! Cliff walk was worth the money.
Beautiful scenery. It was a little less breathtaking than I imagined but really nice. I imagine that Mount Pilatus would have been a better choice but didn’t get the chance to go.
We loved our day at Grindelwald First. We parked in the Terminal car park and got the free shuttle bus (The bus is number 121 and is directly outside of the car park pedestrian exit to the right - do not go into the terminal building - it is not well signposted) The bus dropped us a short walk from the entrance, we scanned our tickets and got straight on to a cable car - no queuing at all! We went all the way to the top and completed the cliff walk first. We waited probably 10 minutes to get a photo at the edge. We then got back on the cable car and stopped at Bort for the children's playground (a real hit in the snow!) The food at the restaurant looked good although we took our own picnic. We then jumped back on the cable car and headed back down to the village for a wander. All in all, I would highly recommend. The views with snow are stunning, it is like another world! Perhaps going at the end of ski season is a way to avoid the crowds? We visited on 02 April. We arrived at Grindelwald at 9am and left at around 3pm. We didn't do any of the extra paid activities - you can enjoy the views without! It may seem expensive but in my opinion, it was worth every penny. We booked around 3 days in advance after checking the weather - clear skies are vital!
We were very lucky and had a clear, sunny day so the views were incredible. I would 100% recommend this trip but definitely check the forecast first.
Too many people. There are always 6 people in a narrow gondola. Here you have a good chance of contracting viruses. The railroad is at the end of its lifespan. It has been under discussion for several years to replace them. The journey is frequently interrupted. Why doesn't anyone know. Passengers will not be informed. The view is wonderful. Walk from Grindelwald to the First. For reasonably well-trained people, this is no problem.
