ChrisC
Well-known member
The new infrastructure that has opened in primarily the Grindelwald area of the Jungfrau Region is truly impressive:
New V-3 Gondola
New 10 Passenger Gondola
New Trains
New Train Terminal
https://v-bahn.jungfrau.ch/en/v-bahn/eiger-express
https://newsroom.doppelmayr.com/en/dopp ... r-glacier/
I have only skied Grindelwald-Wengen and was blown away by the scenery (possibly better than Chamonix, Zermatt, or Saas Fe?). However, the access point was such a chokehold - 30 min old school gondola ride. (Was not sure how to get to the train - nor did I know it was free with a lift ticket). Those days are gone.
I had visited years ago in the summer - went mountain biking on Grindelwald-First via gondola, and hiking with tram ride on Murren. During that visit, I was led to believe the skiing was horrible and there was never snow, but that is not the case. Assume no worse than Portes du Soliel, Eastern Austria or Dolomites.
Never done Jungfrau railway to the Eiger summit - it's just crazy expensive in my book ($150-200++) at least in summer.
What I also noticed at Zermatt regarding railways - they charge pedestrians a higher rate to take the train from Zermatt to Gornergrat - than an all-day ski ticket which includes unlimited train/lift rides. A pedestrian tourist in front of me at the ticket counter asked for a ski ticket versus a single train ticket - and the attendant simply said "You have no skis and are not skiing". Still continues...
https://www.matterhornparadise.ch/en/Bo ... ne-tickets
New V-3 Gondola
New 10 Passenger Gondola
New Trains
New Train Terminal
https://v-bahn.jungfrau.ch/en/v-bahn/eiger-express
https://newsroom.doppelmayr.com/en/dopp ... r-glacier/
I have only skied Grindelwald-Wengen and was blown away by the scenery (possibly better than Chamonix, Zermatt, or Saas Fe?). However, the access point was such a chokehold - 30 min old school gondola ride. (Was not sure how to get to the train - nor did I know it was free with a lift ticket). Those days are gone.
I had visited years ago in the summer - went mountain biking on Grindelwald-First via gondola, and hiking with tram ride on Murren. During that visit, I was led to believe the skiing was horrible and there was never snow, but that is not the case. Assume no worse than Portes du Soliel, Eastern Austria or Dolomites.
Never done Jungfrau railway to the Eiger summit - it's just crazy expensive in my book ($150-200++) at least in summer.
What I also noticed at Zermatt regarding railways - they charge pedestrians a higher rate to take the train from Zermatt to Gornergrat - than an all-day ski ticket which includes unlimited train/lift rides. A pedestrian tourist in front of me at the ticket counter asked for a ski ticket versus a single train ticket - and the attendant simply said "You have no skis and are not skiing". Still continues...
https://www.matterhornparadise.ch/en/Bo ... ne-tickets