Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,
Off to my friends wedding in Murren in March next year and was just wondering if any snowheads have been out there and know if it is linked to Wengen/Gimmelwald etc.
If not can you get to the those resorts easily, by car, train etc.
Thanks in advance.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yes, but you have to get down to lauterbrunnen and then upto wengen on the train
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Thanks. Any idea how long the train takes or how long it would take if you were driving?
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A good hour at least I guess? You wouldn't be driving, since both are car free, and both up on plateux (sp?) above Lauterbrunnen, and the car would likely be in the Multistorey in Lauterbrunnen. Train+Cable car between Murren&Lauterbrunnen on one side of the valley. Train between Lauterbrunnen&Wengen on the other (presumably staying on the train up to Kleine Sheidegg).
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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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Yep, can confirm that the train continues to Kleine Sheidegg where the end of the line occurs. LOVELY place.
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It can take a bit longer than you think in my view.
Best to think of it as a complete day trip and give yourself time to do enough skiing when you get there.
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As Alex said, 45 mins to Kleine Scheidegg, 15 to Wengen, from Lauterbrunnen. The best way to get down to Lauterbrunnen station is to get the train to Grutschalp and then cable car down, which puts you right opposite the station. Or, my preference, get the train to Winteregg and ski down to the station (if snow cover permits!). This part should be do-able in under 30 mins. I wouldn't recommend going via Stechelberg, as the changes via the bus in the valley can get annoying.
A favourite little tour of mine is to start the day at 9am on top of the Schilthorn, ski all the way down to Lauterbrunnen (only one brief lift required), get the train up to Wengen and then cable-car to Mannlichen, then ski across to Kleine Scheidegg.
In case you haven't already seen it, the high-res PDF map shows it all pretty well. Find it here: http://www.jungfrauwinter.ch/pdf/JWR_Karte_ueb.pdf
Hope that helps!
Steve
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bullet, did you mean Gimmelwald or Grindelwald ? Gimmelwald is just along from Murren and you can walk from Murren, Grindelwald is a bit further away, you either need to go down to Lauterbrunnen and either take a train down to Zweilutschinen where you change and go to Grindelwald, or take a train up to Wengen then teh cablecar up the Mannlichen before either skiing down to Grund or taking the Gondola down and then getting teh train up from Grund to Grindelwald, or take the train up to Kleine Schidegg and either ski down from there to Grund and thence train up or change trains and take teh train down from Kleeine Schidegg
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bullet wrote: |
Thanks. Any idea how long the train takes or how long it would take if you were driving? |
The total return trip door to door will take 2 to 3 hours.
You must take the train.
Rubbish transport system. But good scenery.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Whitegold, Murren to Wengen return does not take 2 to 3 hrs
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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wengen to schilthorn is an hour if you are a god like me and can get around with timetables implanted in your brain. Do it at the wrong time and you'll waste your entire day or even the week then spend the rest of the year bitching about trains in wengen. Lauterbrunnen - zermatt bahnhof is 2 hours with this life skill of timetables finely tuned.
Lauterbrunnen - scheidegg is one hour.
my house - wengen train station is half hour round trip, and thats what I now have to do just to buy a bottle of coke, balls.
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Jonny luv plums, have you moved then ?
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You know it makes sense.
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D G Orf, no, I walk slowly.
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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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D G Orf, All snowboarders have been banished to the outskirts of the village
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Poster: A snowHead
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Maybe that's where Sam went
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Jonny luv plums, ah that would explain it then, only ever took me about 20 mins to go from your place to teh station on foot, obviously much less in winter going to the station but a bit longer I guess coming back
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I rode my bike, that seems to take longer than walking, pushing a 20 kilo single speed bike uphill is a right old laugh.
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Jonny luv plums, do you not use the almost flat path across the Brunner slope that comes out just below the railway bridge ? That would only leave you a short steep bit right below the house wouldn't it ?
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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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I always get the post bus Lauterbrunnen to Stechelberg and cable cars to Murren in the morning and train back in the afternoon from Winteregg where you get a great view of Wengen particularly when the sun is shining.
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and it's gay friendly. (it has a snowboard park).
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I hope the info you received here was useful
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