Grimselpass

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32.2 km

Length

+1,732 m

Ascent

−599 m

Descent

2,168 m

Highest point

Hairpins

30.0%

Max gradient

0h 43min

Drive time (approx.)

Weather on the road

At the highest point · 2,168 m

-9 °C partlycloudy

wind 2 m/s · clouds 43%

At the start

3 °C partlycloudy

wind 2 m/s · clouds 50%

	Min	Max	Precipitation	Wind
Thursday 22 Oct	-9 °C	-6 °C	0.0 mm	2 m/s	partlycloudy
Friday 23 Oct	-7 °C	0 °C	5.7 mm · snow possible	3 m/s	snow
Saturday 24 Oct	-8 °C	-4 °C	7.9 mm · snow possible	4 m/s	snow

Weather data by MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 10/22/26, 6:48 PM

Terrain and when to go

Landscape: High mountain road
Surface: asphalt 100%

Roads nearby

Sustenpass

45.5 km
Length: +1,783 m
Ascent

Furkastrasse

33.0 km
Length: +1,001 m
Ascent

Grimselstrasse

32.2 km
Length: +595 m
Ascent

32.2 km · 19 hairpins · 2,168 m

Elevation profile

What does Grimselpass look like?

Panorama Grimselpass · Carsten Pietzsch · CC BY 3.0

Flugbild Grimselpass Grimselsee · Krisenmanager Bayern · CC BY-SA 4.0

2007-10-02 Grimselpass 01 · Hansueli Krapf · CC BY-SA 3.0

2007-10-02 Grimselpass 04 · Hansueli Krapf · CC BY-SA 3.0

Milestone Innertkirchen - Grimselpass km 24 (01) · Clwacker · CC BY-SA 4.0

Grimselpass et Haslital · Pelerin · CC BY-SA 4.0

Milestone Innertkirchen - Grimselpass km 25 (01) · Clwacker · CC BY-SA 4.0

Seeuferegg Damm und Grimselstrasse 2023 · Arkelin · CC BY 4.0

Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under the licences shown; each opens its source page.

Start

Innertkirchen

46.70563, 8.22857

Finish

Obergoms

46.56221, 8.36145

Along the road

Parking

97 unnamed places along the road, from 0.0 km to 32.2 km.

Restaurants and cafés

Alpina 0.0 km · 628 m

Hotel Restaurant Alpenrose 0.0 km · 628 m

Hotel-restaurant Urweider 0.0 km · 628 m

Urweid 3.7 km · 759 m

Bären 8.8 km · 1,057 m

Alprestaurant Handeck 14.2 km · 1,400 m

Handegg 14.4 km · 1,406 m

Grimsel Hospiz 22.7 km · 1,916 m

Alpenrösli 25.8 km · 2,158 m

Hotel Grimselpasshöhe 25.9 km · 2,154 m

Truck Lounge Goms 32.2 km · 1,761 m

1 unnamed place along the road, from 0.0 km to 32.2 km.

Fuel

SOCAR 0.0 km · 628 m

1 unnamed place along the road, from 0.0 km to 0.3 km.

Toilets

11 unnamed places along the road, from 0.0 km to 32.2 km.

EV chargers

1 unnamed place along the road, from 0.6 km to 0.6 km.

Viewpoints

7 unnamed places along the road, from 16.0 km to 28.0 km.

Rest areas

1 unnamed place along the road, from 32.2 km to 32.2 km.