Fly like a bird with First Glider, a unique zip line where you ride face first like superman. You start by being pulled backwards from the lower station at a high speed of 72km/h. Then you glide downhill 800 m at speeds up to 83 km/h.

Requirements: 10 years old, 130cm (4'3''), max. weight 125 kg (275lb)

Note: During summer season and weekends, there can be long waits of 2-3 hours for this ride. Also, tickets can sell out so best to buy them online at least the day before.

How to get there

To reach the First Glider ride, you ride a gondola from the Grindelwald village. The First gondola is located at Dorfstrasse 187, 3818 Grindelwald.

From the Grindelwald train station (not Grindelwald Terminal), its a 10 min walk through the village. Or you can ride bus 123 to the Grindelwald, Firstbahn stop.

Ride the gondola up to the mountain, getting off at the "Schrekfeld" stop. The line for the Glider is just below the station.

Tickets

You pay a fee to ride the gondola and an extra fee to do the First Glider. You should buy your First Glider tickets online at least one day in advance. They do sell out.

You cannot reserve a particular time slot. It's first come, first served.

For the gondola, you can also buy those tickets online, as well as onsite at machines and ticket office. The gondola is free with the Jungfrau Travel Pass and Bernese Oberland Pass. Discounted with Swiss Travel Pass, Swiss Half Card and GA.

They also offer an Adventure Package, which includes the gondola ticket and 1 or 2 of the amusements (First Flyer, First Glider, Go-Carts, or Trotti scooters). If you want to do more than 2 amusements, you can purchase them separately.

Warning: with the long wait times, you may not have time to do more than 1 amusement. During high season, we suggest planning to do only one amusement.

Opening times

The First Glider is open from mid December through late October.

During this season, it's open daily from 9.00 - 16.45, first come first served. On busy days, we recommend arriving by 9:00 or earlier to get in line. I would not plan to do this in the afternoon.

Other activities here

Before doing the First Glider, definitely visit the First Cliff Walk near the gondola station (no extra fee).

You could add-on the other amusements like the Mountain Go-Carts and Trottibike Scooter. But because of the long wait times, it's usually not practical to do more than two.

We also suggest the hike to the the Bachalpsee lake, which starts and ends at the First gondola station.