July 1938 The North Face of the Eiger contains numerous routes of varying difficulties. The easiest remains the classic route established in 1938. This ascends 1800 vertical meters with difficulties ...

The Eiger, situated in the Bernese Oberland in central Switzerland, is one of the most famous mountains in the Swiss Alps. The north face of the iconic 3,967-metre peak and its other challenging ...

The North Face of The Eiger is the most iconic vertical mile of crumbling ice and rock in the world. 64 people have died trying to climb it and now Steve Backshall is determined to give it a go.

IFMGA Mountain Guide Tim Blakemore explains how to climb the Eiger. At 3,970m, the Eiger fails to hit the magical 4,000m height so collected in the Alps, and is much better for that. Its North Face is ...

IFMGA Mountain Guide Tim Blakemore explains how to climb the Eiger. At 3,970m, the Eiger fails to hit the magical 4,000m height so collected in the Alps, and is much better for that. Its North Face is ...

Ueli Steck during his ascent of the North Face of the Eiger in 2:23 on 16/11/2015 Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, via ferrata, freeriding, ski mountaineering, ...

This route is far more accommodating than the perilous and infamous North Face. The Eiger is infamous for the many tragedies involving climbing expeditions. Since 1935, at least 64 climbers have ...

The layering of the rocks reveals that this is low-grip limestone in the middle of Chamonix's granite climbing ... the words «north face» immediately brings to mind the Eiger north face: 1,800 ...

“The North Face of the Eiger is actually best climbed in winter, because ice and hard snow fuse together the fragile rock. It should be not too cold, so we can climb properly, but not too ...