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Wengen the best known village of the Jungfrau region which includes the three ride areas of Kleine Scheidegg, Grindelwald-First and Murren, it has a big reputaion to live up to but like a Swiss cheese it’s full of holes. Yes there’s lots of terrain to be riden, 213km, and you can often find a fresh line days after a dump, but the lift system is disjointed and the black runs are more like a hard French blue and the mulitude of paths you need to navigate to get anywhere will soon piss you right off. The pistes are full of old school skiers and you can offten ride for an hour without seeing another boarder and when you do they’ll often be in hard boots and in an all in one ski suit, although Grindelwald- First has a bit of a board scean going on.

Things aren’t as expensive as you might think but its not cheap by any standard and a week will set you back plenty of doller, it’s around the same prices as London. All the main resort Hotels are expencive and night life is dull, so if you want a party bring a lot of friends or take up yodaling. One way to save cash is staying down the valley in Interlaken which has some backpakers hostels and a few cool bars, Jamming Coner is well chilled with water pipes on offer and for a madder night try Hooters where the female staff all wear hotpants and tight tops and the football and sports always on, Buddies is like a uk pub. The main draw back with Innterlaken is you’ll be getting up at six in the morning if you want to get first lift.

 

The Mountain resort area is truly beautiful, with the Eiger and its north face stealing the shown and the mountain trains are quarkey but the novelty of traveling to the slopes on a train soon wears off, especially if the snows not down to resort and you have to down load. The three main areas aren’t really linked together unless you call catching a train or a bus linked, so you chose a hill for the day and stick to it.

Hotel Bernerhof - Half Board
This chalet style hotel enjoys a superb central location close to the railway station and beginners lift and is well known for its excellent cuisine and relaxed atmo

Property	Date	From	Basis	Price
Residence Bernerhof	16/Feb/13	Glasgow	SC	£1,428
Hotel Bernerhof	12/Jan/13	Southampton	HB	£1,187
Hotel Silberhorn	23/Mar/13	Stansted	HB	£1,800
Residence Bernerhof	12/Jan/13	Birmingham	SC	£1,348
Hotel Silberhorn	02/Mar/13	Exeter	HB	£2,057
Beausite Park Hotel	19/Jan/13	Exeter	HB	£1,219
Residence Bernerhof	09/Mar/13	Glasgow	SC	£1,198
Residence Bernerhof	09/Feb/13	Southampton	SC	£1,589
Residence Bernerhof	05/Jan/13	Southampton	SC	£1,212
Residence Bernerhof	02/Feb/13	Edinburgh	SC	£1,644
Hotel Alpenrose	09/Feb/13	Birmingham	HB	£2,529
Residence Bernerhof	23/Feb/13	Newcastle	SC	£1,208
Hotel Bernerhof	16/Mar/13	Southampton	HB	£ 638
Residence Bernerhof	09/Mar/13	Newcastle	SC	£1,188
Residence Bernerhof	19/Jan/13	Glasgow	SC	£1,312

Resort Type:  Alpine
Winter: Nov to April
Summer: Yes

Lifts

Total Lifts: 45
Cable cars: 1
Gondolas: 11
Chair lifts: 14
Drag lifts: 14
Other lifts: 4 Funiculars
Max people per hour: 42,000
Board Leashes required: Yes

Mountain

Total pistes/trails: 53
Total ride area: 213km
Longest run: 7km

Top lift: 2971m
Vertical drop: 1697m
First lift: 1274m

Piste suitability

Green runs: 28%
Red runs: 57%
Black runs: 15%

Lift Passes

Lift Passes: 
Half day 42 CHF Full day 56 CHF
5 day 233 CHF. 2 day for entire Jungfrau region 120, 6 days 288
Lift times:8.30am to 4.30pm

Snowfall

Average annual snowfall: 5.3m
Artificial snowmaking coverage: 15%

Facilities

Snowboard Schools: private lesson 65 CHF per hour
Night Riding: :  No

Other activities

Heliboarding: :  Not available
Snowmobiles: Not available

Further information

www.wengen-muerren.ch/
Email:info@wengen.ch

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