It is the middle of March and, after an unseasonably warm couple of weeks, many people are already predicting the end of the winter sports season. Not true! Many friends have told me about the excellent cross-country and ski touring, and my own experience on the pistes certainly suggests this season is far from over. [...]
Articles on ‘Bernese Oberland’
A proposed SFr 350m investment in upgrading the facilities in the Jungfrau region has hit opposition from environmentalists and local landowners according to Swissinfo. The proposals address concerns that the Jungfrau is losing ground against other international destinations, with the long travel times, lack of integration between the facilities in Murren and Wengen and fact [...]
Gstaad is one of these ski resorts where you can ask yourself “But where do you ski?”. In fact Gstaad Mountain Rides is a collection of different ski areas grouped into “sektors” broadly centred on Gstaad but with the main slopes actually some way outside Gstaad itself, a pretty little town in what is a [...]
This family-friendly resort has a surprisingly good range of slopes for all abilities and styles, albeit in modest quantities. Famous for being where Sherlock Holmes met his demise, it makes a good day out from Interlaken or Luzern or a pleasant destination for a short break. Full details on the resort can be found at [...]
Adelboden is a lovely village which shares with Lenk an impressive ski area with a very good park for boarders. In addition there are also a number of smaller areas covered by the pass and, from the spa town of Lenk, the opportunity to access the extensive slopes at Zweisimmen. Ski Area Adelboden-Lenk Resorts Adelboden, [...]
Truly one of the world’s greatest and oldest winter sports destinations. The legendary mountain railways make this area one of the most accessible to get to, and the range of skiing, snowboarding and winter walking options is huge. It is not possible to get from Mürren to the main area between Grindelwald and Wengen without [...]
Gstaad is – suprisingly given its reputation – rather a pretty and unassuming village some distance away from most of the slopes associated with it. With a car or by public transport. however, you have access to around a dozen different communities and seven different and very varied ski area in both French and Schweizerdeutsch [...]
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