Journal

The History of Glacier Canyon Grindelwald: From Seabed to the First Wooden Walkway

Around 1600 the Lower Grindelwald Glacier overran houses, from 1863 its ice was exported as far as Paris, and in 1875 the Schläppi brothers built the first wooden walkway into the canyon. The history of Glacier Canyon Grindelwald: from threat to the village's oldest tourist attraction.