Kleine Scheidegg

View from the north

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The Kleine Scheidegg, the pass ( 2,061 m above sea level. M. ) between the Eiger and Lauberhorn in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland and connects Grindelwald with Lauterbrunnen. On the Kleine Scheidegg are hotels and the train station of the two rack railways Wengernalpbahn (since 1893) and Jungfrau Railway (since 1896). The Wengernalpbahn runs from Lauterbrunnen and Wengen via Kleine Scheidegg to Grindelwald, the Jungfrau Railway takes you up through the Eiger and Mönch up to the Jungfraujoch.

From Kleine Scheidegg from the Eiger North Face is very good to see, so this village is known to receive guests who have an interest in pursuing climber with binoculars who dare to venture the north wall.

In winter, the Kleine Scheidegg - together with the masculine - the center of a vast ski area around Grindelwald and Wengen. On situated above the Scheidegg Lauberhorn is the start of the famous Lauberhorn race.

Since 1993, the Kleine Scheidegg is in September each year goal of the Jungfrau Marathon, which starts in Interlaken.