Eiger Trail to Eigergletscher station hike detour?
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I just hiked the Eiger Trail from Alpiglen to the Eigergletscher train station. What an awesome trail! But there is a trail detour near the end, and hikers must enter the station from the detour trail, not the original trail. How is this done? Unfortunately the detour is poorly marked at the Eigergletscher end of the detour, and when I hiked the trail yesterday (16 August), I could not figure out how to enter the station from the trail. There is a lot of construction going on at the station. You can enter a large fenced area through a small gate and walk up a construction road with a big warning sign in German if you dare. I tried that and turned around when I saw the sign and no easy way in. I then tried walking west around the station (through the grass) to reach the south side of the station, but I couldn’t see how to cross to the other side of the tracks, nor did it look like a trail. I walked further west along the trail that goes to Kleine Scheidegg to circle around the station that way, but numerous signs warned of death from falling. None of these routes were marked, except for warning signs. There was one sign near the little gate, which pointed to various trails, but it was not helpful – possibly it was meant for trail users looking for the Eiger Trail to Alpiglen, not people coming from the trail.
I could not continue walking up and down the hills around the station looking for a way in. I was pretty tired and I didn’t dare miss the last train, so I walked to Kleine Scheidegg.
Perhaps ongoing station construction is interfering with the signs. Where did I go wrong? Is there somewhere I can write to ask for more signs?
Also, at the other end of the detour, hikers coming from Alpiglen are confronted with a barricade and warning signs, but the detour does not actually start there but some distance earlier on the trail. A hiker can figure it out and walk through the grass to the detour trail without having to backtrack, but the signs could be better.
But it really is a wonderful trail, and I like it better going up than coming down!
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