 Poster: A snowHead
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Hello  . I am going to be in the Jungfrau region for a couple of days following a week of skiing in Val Thorens the second week of March. My main goal (I think...) is sightseeing, since I will be on my own and don't have much time, but I can definitely envision myself not withstanding the temptation and spending a day on the slopes. If that does happen, where should I ski? I think the main criteria for me would be the beauty of the scenery and probably the length of the runs (I dislike short ones).
Thank you in advance for any and all advice!
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I would say to ski the Kleine Scheidegg area, since it has long cruisy runs and stunning scenery. Muerren perhaps has better quality runs but is a bit smaller, and harder to get to. Drive to Grindelwald and jump on the train from there is the best bet IMO.
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I would start at Männlichen, ski across to Kleine Scheidegg, go up the Lauberhorn, lunch at Wengernalp, or the station restaurant at KS and then ski down to Brandegg in the afternoon
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I almost agree with pjd, Get to Wengen, go up the Mannlichen cablecar ski down to Mannlichen chair, up to top repeat until sun reaches mannlichen chair bottom station (at which point the rest of the slopes will start to be nice), then ski to Larger chair, on to Gummi chair, then Arven chair, if its early go up either Honnegg or Eigenordwand chairs first (all three start from same spot) up to Kleine Scheidegg then down the blue run to Brandegg for an early lunch, back up to Kleine Sceidegg, down to Wixi (you could grab the train to Eigergletscher and ski Black Rock or Oh God down to Wixi instead, from the top of Wixi either take the racetrack down to Innerwengen or the red back to Wixi, but don't leave it too late, the Lauberhorn especially the red down to Wixi gets a lot of sun and can go very heavy in the afternoon, but whatever you do go down to Innerwengen and then up to Allmend and back to Wengen.
If you just do one run of Manlichen, Lager, Gummi, Arven, Brandegg, Kl Sheidegg, Wixi, Innerwengen - Wengen you will have done a little over 30km
Best views from Mannlichen and Lauberhorn
Best value for Money eating at either Brandegg or the Station Buffet at Kleine Scheidegg
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Oh and if you can stay in Wengen
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Thanks so much for your advice! It definitely sounds like Männlichen-Kleine Scheidegg ski area is the way to go. I will try and stay in Wengen. I did consider staying in Interlaken, as I thought that from a solo traveler perspective it may be more social there, but Wengen would definitely be more convenient for skiing.
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alenchic, if you want social you could try meeting the chaps from the DHO (Down Hill Only) ski club, theres a club room in what was once the hotel Eiger right by the Wengen railway station, where you will usually find members arriving sometime towards 6pm till about 7pm everyday they also ski in different locations each day and non members can join their group for one day to see what it's like, theres a group leader but no tuition or guiding per se Saturday is a day off but Sunday is a guide to the local area, where they don't go too fast but do generally cover a lot of the mountain.
http://www.downhillonly.com/site/dhowengen.shtml
If you want bars there are several in Wengen each with slightly different nightlife and ages
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| pjd wrote: |
| I would start at Männlichen, ski across to Kleine Scheidegg, go up the Lauberhorn, lunch at Wengernalp, or the station restaurant at KS and then ski down to Brandegg in the afternoon |
Ooo, that's a lovely ski day 
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Thank you for the suggestion, D G Orf! I am so excited about this trip and cannot wait to be in Wengen .
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