Valais · Aletsch Arena · mountains
Great Aletsch Glacier
A sweeping river of ice and one of the most powerful panoramas in the Swiss Alps.
Best timeJune–October
Time neededFull day
Getting thereTrain to Mörel or Betten, then cable car
Why go
The Great Aletsch Glacier flows through the UNESCO Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch landscape. Viewpoints at Moosfluh, Bettmerhorn and Eggishorn reveal the glacier curving between high peaks. Cable cars make the panorama accessible without technical mountaineering, while marked trails connect car-free mountain villages.
Come for scale: ice, rock and four-thousand-metre peaks fill the horizon.
What to see
- ↗ Bettmerhorn viewpoint
- ↗ UNESCO landscape
- ↗ Car-free Bettmeralp
See the landscape
Destination facts reviewed using official Switzerland Tourism information. Switzerland Tourism ↗