 Poster: A snowHead
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Morning
A colleague and I are organising a weekend trip to Grindelwald in Switzerland, via Basle airport. Can anyone give any hints/tips as to the route we should be taking? We're arriving pretty late at night so it could be a bit awkward.
cheers
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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magriggs, you might want to hire a car, it takes about 3.5 hours from Basle to Grindelwald by public transport, last train up from Interlaken is at 23.20 which means you need to get the 20.30 bus from Basle airport.
If you can get to Basle before then the route is roughly as follows
Airport to station by bus (No. 50)
Basle - Bern - Interlaken Ost - Grindelwald by train
You may have to change at Bern or Spiez or you may get a through train from Basle to Interlaken Ost
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magriggs, that strikes me as a very tiresome transfer time for a weekend trip ... unless it's a long weekend. On the way back you've got to add on the check-in time etc. I'd find a resort that's closer to an airport, personally, unless it has to be Grindelwald.
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David Goldsmith, The Bernese Oberland is probably the closest decent sized resort to Basle but not by much, going by car should be a little faster perhaps knocking an hour or so off the journey time
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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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Sorry, I should have mentioned that the plan is to go by car. The route planners on the web seem to think about 2 hours should do it. I was just wondering if anyone had any particular hints or tips for the route.
Are there decent resorts closer to Basle or Zurich? Flights to Geneva for that weekend are proving a tad expensive.
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magriggs, From memory, first make sure you have a Swiss hire car with the motorway vignet (sticker) in the windscreen, important as Basle Airport is actually in France, next follow motorway from Basle to Berne, as you almost get to Berne, follow signs for Interlaken and stick with the Motorway, finally as you go towards Interlaken you will see signs saying Grindelwald/Lauterbrunnen follow signs to Grindelwald.
I'd guess about 2.5 hours drive at a reasonable speed, you shouldn't need snowchains but make sure they're included with the hire car just in case.
If you like I can check exact roads, turn offs etc and post them here
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magriggs, have you thought about Engelberg? It's on my list of short transfer places worth going to from Basel (and Zurich). Anyone else any views on this?
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Never been there, but the ski field looks OK for a weekend. I'd consider it too limited for a whole week, though.
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magriggs, I thought it was a weekend you were going for? Also the off-piste possibilities are good, if snow's ok.
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Engelberg is the closest tourist location. Will be busy at weekends though as it gets a lot of day trippers. (As will anywhere else near the cities).
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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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neilswingler,
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Engelberg is the closest tourist location.
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Where's the nearest non-tourist location  to Basel with half decent skiing? I've heard Flumserberg suggested for Zurich.
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You know it makes sense.
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neilswingler, good link, thanks 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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neilswingler, useful, one minor point is that if you hold your mouse over the map, the resort name appears, but I notice that resorts 9-14 don't tally between the table and the map.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Ray Zorro, never looked at the map. I know where they are 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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slikedges, yes we are going for a weekend. I think the reply I posted was meant for another thread Sorry for the confusion! I think we're booking up for Engelberg, so thanks for the tip!!!
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