Eiger Ultra Trail E51 2027: course profile, climbs and aid stations
By Guglielmo
Published · Organiser's figures checked
The E51 - Panorama Trail is 52.8 km with ↑ 2,861 m of climbing, a loop from Grindelwald: 72 flat-equivalent km. The biggest climb is about a fifth of it: ↑ 630 m in 3.1 km to Faulhorn, very steep. Faulhorn, 2,649 m, is the high point.
Race day: Saturday, 17 July 2027, start at 07:15 in Grindelwald; time limit 13:00. Part of Eiger Ultra Trail by UTMB, 14 – 18 July 2027, Grindelwald, Switzerland.
Course facts · 2027
Distance
52.8 kmOrganiser
Gain
↑ 2,861 mOrganiser
Loss
↓ 2,860 mOrganiser
D+ per km
54 mOrganiser's figures
Flat-equivalent
72.2 kmPendio, from the GPX
High point
2,649 mPendio, from the GPX
Header: 51 km and 3,100 m; this page uses the course table. GPX: the organiser's 2026 file.
Elevation · E51 - Panorama Trailpeak 2,649 m
0 km52.1 km
Hardest climb3.0 km @ +20.7 %
Hardest descent2.7 km @ −16.7 %
Distance
52.1 km
Gain
↑ 2,874 m
Loss
↓ 2,874 m
Peak
2,649 m
The GPX's own numbers, a little under the organiser's figures.
Where is the E51 - Panorama Trail decided?
On the climb from Feld to Faulhorn, the high point of the course, just past half-way.
The climbing is front-loaded. The first leg goes straight up: 1,009 m to Gr. Scheidegg, in two steep climbs, more than a fifth of the whole race’s work and the biggest share of any leg. It is also the longest stretch between aid stations. At the time-limit pace you reach Gr. Scheidegg at five past ten on Saturday morning, and First, where nearly a third of the work is done, at twenty-five past eleven.
From First the course goes on to Feld, with a steep drop into Feld at the end, and then to the climb that matters. Feld to Faulhorn is 676 m in 5 km, the hardest leg kilometre for kilometre, half as hard again as the average. The climb itself is the biggest of the course and very steep, 630 m at 21 %. At Faulhorn well over half the work is done; at the time-limit pace you leave Feld at five to one and top out at a quarter to three in the afternoon.
From Faulhorn the course drops for almost 20 km, more than 2,100 m down to Burglauenen, with only short climbs between. The first drop, to Egg, is steep; the biggest descent of the course, into Schwand, is steeper, and nearly four fifths of the work is done there. After Schwand comes the last of the bigger climbs, short and steep, and then two steep drops, the second of them into Burglauenen. At the time-limit pace you pass Egg at a quarter to four, Schwand at twenty-five past five and Burglauenen at a quarter to seven.
The last leg from Burglauenen is the flattest of the course: 7 km with 178 m of climbing back to Grindelwald. At the time-limit pace you finish at a quarter past eight in the evening.
Organiser's distances and heights; Pendio's shares and clock.
Where does the E51 - Panorama Trail's effort go, aid station by aid station?
Your target time, shared out by effort between Gr. Scheidegg, First, Feld and four more aid stations, with your clock at each one against the 13:00 time limit at the finish in Grindelwald, the fueling plan and a pace card.
Adds the E51 - Panorama Trail 2027 course to your Pendio account, with its aid stations as a race plan. Your phone or browser downloads the file from the organiser's own site, and Pendio checks it against the file this page measured.
Questions
How long is the E51 - Panorama Trail?
52.8 km, ↑ 2,861 m and ↓ 2,860 m, a loop from Grindelwald (the organiser's 2027 figures); their GPX measures 52.1 km and ↑ 2,874 m.
How much of the E51 - Panorama Trail is flat?
Almost none: 8 % of the E51 - Panorama Trail is flat, about 4 km; 48 % climbs and 44 % descends.
What is the E51 - Panorama Trail time limit?
13:00 from the 07:15 start, so the finish in Grindelwald closes at 20:15; the organiser's course table gives no cut-off before it.
What is the biggest climb on the E51 - Panorama Trail?
↑ 630 m in 3.1 km to Faulhorn, very steep: 21 % on average, 30 % over its steepest 100 m.