Eiger

A mountain of 3,967 metres standing over Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen, the easternmost peak of a crest running across the Mönch to the Jungfrau. Its northern side rises more than 3,000 metres above the two valleys while the southern faces the great glaciers of the Jungfrau-Aletsch area, the most glaciated region in the Alps. The north face is the point: nearly 1,800 metres of rock and ice, the biggest in the Alps, towering over Kleine Scheidegg. Christian Almer, Peter Bohren and Charles Barrington made the first ascent by the west flank on 11 August 1858.