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Mürren getting ready for the season -
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The countdown has started!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Hope they break up those piles before they freeze solid or the kids will have real problems on the nursery slope
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Another lovely day
From @WengenSwiss
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More lifts & pistes open this weekend, including the Mannlichen - Scheidegg liaison, and Eigernordwand. No Tschuggenlift yet, so not possible to do the return trip back to Mannlichen.
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Fairly thick cloud in the area today looks to have dissuaded many people from coming out, but those that do are probably enjoying the little bit of fresh snow, about 10cm of fresh in Wengen this morning, not much open at Murren, but only Honegg, Tschuggen, Fallboden, Bumps and Innerwengen lifts shut an the Mannlichen Kleine Scheidegg ridge, the last 3 are no surprise, Not enough snow at Innerwengen for them to open, Bumps and Tschuggen are both drag lifts and they don't like opening those without a good bit of snow on the ground, expect upper slopes for Honegg Lift are still a bit thin, it gets wind blown so requires a good bit of snow to build up depth, About half the lifts open at First right up to top of First, again not many on slopes there.
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Christmas market in the village today.
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Lovely weather today, plenty of people enjoying lunch at the Mannlichen but not many on the Lauberhorn, I assume they're all eating at Kleine Scheidegg right now
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Chance of a few snow showers tomorrow (Friday) but then it looks like clear but cold weather for a good 5 days
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I just booked a week from the 4th Jan staying in the Falken and am now looking at ski passes, we are a good intermediate skier and very experienced boarder.
Is the general wisdom that it's worthwhile going for the more expensive ticket that also covers Murren or is it too much hassle to get over there?
I'm also thinking about getting 7 day passes so we can get a few hours in on Saturday afternoon since the flight arrives in Geneva at 9.35 in the morning.
Does anyone have experience with Thomson/Crystal and transfer timing etc.
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JimboS, You can book a 6 day Jungfrau region skipass online at 20% discount providing you book it at least a few weeks beforehand, so don't delay! Go to http://shop.jungfrau.ch/en/skipass?___from_store=de
You'll see that the entire Jungfrau region skipass (which covers Grindelwald, Wengen and Murren ski areas) is reduced from 323CHF to 258CHF (or if you get a 7 day pass it's reduced from 358CHF to 286CHF). This discounted Jungfrau region skipass deal is cheaper than just buying the undiscounted Grindelwald and Wengen area skipass which is 291CHF for 6 days or 319CHF for 7 days, so going for the discounted Jungfrau region skipass is a no-brainer. Like I say, the discount is only available up to a certain period before the skipass start date, so don't delay in ordering!
As regards transfer times from Geneva, do you know if it is a coach transfer or train transfe? Either way I would doubt very much that you'd be arriving in Wengen before 2pm on the Sat, and by the time you've checked into the hotel etc I would have thought any skiing you'd manage in the afternoon would be very limited.
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You know it makes sense.
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Thanks for the tip on the discount, I think we will go for the 6 day full area, we should be just in time as it says you need to book a minimum of 21 days in advance.
It is coach transfer from Geneva, we can always go for a half day pass if we get there early enough.
How long does it take to get over to Murren?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hi guys, I'm hoping someone can help with my questions this morning? I've booked some flights (because Inghams didn't have any availability!) through swiss air and intend to holiday in Murren. The flights out are Saturday 25th January and return Sunday 2nd feb. I understand that hotels and s/c don't like splitting the week and we are fully aware we may have to move hotels or travel back to Zurich on the 1st and are happy with this.
I've contacted a few hotels re availability but havn't had replies yet. Just wondering if I've missed a trick somewhere? Are there any sites I should be going through re bookings? Does anyone know of any appartments with at least 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms? I'm starting to panic a bit now ha ha
Looking forward to your thoughts.
Suzy sue
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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You could try the tourist office, but right now a lot of hoteliers in the area are on holiday themselves, I would imagine they will be back by the end of the coming week and sending out replies by then, some of the bigger hotels have a person who comes in once every few days to check such things when they are shut but not all, if Murren give you no joy there's always Wengen
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suzysue2The Murren Inferno ski race is on the 25th January 2014 which means that the Murren hotels are full for that night. If you start your booking from the 26th January you might have more luck.
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suzysue2, If you are looking for one night's accommodation in the area (either at the start of your trip or at the end) then I've found that you can usually find several hotels in Interlaken that take one night bookings. Try www.laterooms.com
Your Jungfrau region skipass covers the train travel between Interlaken Ost to Lauterbrunnen or Grindelwald, so you can still go skiing fairly easily on the day from Interlaken.
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Chris Brookes, Lovely! 
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Thanks guys, it's all sorted now  can't wait! I feel like Muerren is my second home! Counting down the days.
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Chris Brookes, Great dogs! 
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Just to say thank you for the advice! We are just back from Grindelwald and absolutely loved it. We skiied back into the village on 21 - first ever experience of skiing past farms and hearing cowbells 
Definitely up for going back for longer, with the trains, wurst as skiing fuel and quaintness it was a lovely change from our usual mega modern French resorts.
Enjoy the season!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Doh, not 21 but 22 - the v long blue from kleine scheidegg!
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just popping in to let everyone know, I'm still lurking this thread. Couldn't make a booking work for this year, mainly because we're still having to maximize value for money...
just a small thanks to the regular posters here and the lovely pics, it makes my heart swell 
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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5 weeks on Saturday for us.
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Poster: A snowHead
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4 weeks on Saturday for us 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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gamer2471, 2 weeks on Saturday for us
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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3 weeks on Saturday for us.
We booked the Falken, which has mainly great reviews but a couple of bad ones for travellers who ended up with a small bedroom, so Kim emailed them last night and asked that we did not end up in one of the small ones.
Result!
"Thank you for your e-mail. I herewith confirm that we have attributed to you a superior twin room with large bathroom with bath tub, balcony and stunning view of the Jungfrau."
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Alastair Pink, perfectly true about the leaks, a friend of mine and his (I think) brother put the new roof on the summer after Sina took over and there were indeed many many buckets. They also replaced/repaired the balconies, some of which were apparently held on only by string/washing line or a few nails 
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| Alastair Pink wrote: |
| -many people staying in other hotels go there in the evening to hear him play. |
Absolutely. The Falken is a great place. I expect we'll be having our Christmas dinner there this year.
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6 week on Saturday for us flying into Zurich for the first time then transfer by train to Murren. Any tips for catching the train in Zurich? Is the station in the airport? Is there a Migros supermarket (or other) on the station? Thinking of first class, I wonder if they're are trains with an upstairs as there are from Geneva?
Anyone know of any live music in any of the hotels /guest houses of Murren for the end of January?
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suzysue2, from memory Zurich airport station is under the airport I think level-2 Migros, coop and foodland all on level 0 http://www.zurich-airport.com/ lots of info
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