2 nights in December
- Day 1
Arrive and walk the valley floor
Come in by train to Lauterbrunnen, drop the bags and walk out to the Staubbach Falls behind the village. In deep winter the spray freezes and the cliff turns to ice. The valley floor path is flat, lit in the village and free, which makes it the right first afternoon when the light is already going.
How to get here by train → - Day 2
Best piste: Early-season Kleine Scheidegg
First-tracks cruising on freshly opened pistes with the whole massif to yourself, early December is the season's quiet sweet spot.
Everything else on in December → Official source → - Day 3
Up to Mürren and the Schilthorn
The cable car lifts you out of the village to Grütschalp, then the ridge train runs to car-free Mürren. Above it sits the steepest terrain in the region and the Schilthorn at 2,970 m. Even without skis the ride up and the view from Piz Gloria are the point.
Mürren or Wengen, which side to pick →
3 nights in December
- Day 1
Arrive and walk the valley floor
Come in by train to Lauterbrunnen, drop the bags and walk out to the Staubbach Falls behind the village. In deep winter the spray freezes and the cliff turns to ice. The valley floor path is flat, lit in the village and free, which makes it the right first afternoon when the light is already going.
How to get here by train → - Day 2
Best piste: Early-season Kleine Scheidegg
First-tracks cruising on freshly opened pistes with the whole massif to yourself, early December is the season's quiet sweet spot.
Everything else on in December → Official source → - Day 3
Up to Mürren and the Schilthorn
The cable car lifts you out of the village to Grütschalp, then the ridge train runs to car-free Mürren. Above it sits the steepest terrain in the region and the Schilthorn at 2,970 m. Even without skis the ride up and the view from Piz Gloria are the point.
Mürren or Wengen, which side to pick → - Day 4
Advent in a car-free village
Wengen and Mürren at Christmas, Advent lights and not a car in sight.
December in full →
4 nights in December
- Day 1
Arrive and walk the valley floor
Come in by train to Lauterbrunnen, drop the bags and walk out to the Staubbach Falls behind the village. In deep winter the spray freezes and the cliff turns to ice. The valley floor path is flat, lit in the village and free, which makes it the right first afternoon when the light is already going.
How to get here by train → - Day 2
Best piste: Early-season Kleine Scheidegg
First-tracks cruising on freshly opened pistes with the whole massif to yourself, early December is the season's quiet sweet spot.
Everything else on in December → Official source → - Day 3
Up to Mürren and the Schilthorn
The cable car lifts you out of the village to Grütschalp, then the ridge train runs to car-free Mürren. Above it sits the steepest terrain in the region and the Schilthorn at 2,970 m. Even without skis the ride up and the view from Piz Gloria are the point.
Mürren or Wengen, which side to pick → - Day 4
The Wengen side, and as high as you want to go
A cog railway climbs from Lauterbrunnen to car-free Wengen and on to Kleine Scheidegg under the Eiger north face, the heart of the Jungfrau ski region. Non-skiers can ride up for the view and the winter walking paths.
Is the Jungfraujoch worth it? → - Day 5
Advent in a car-free village
Wengen and Mürren at Christmas, Advent lights and not a car in sight.
December in full →
5 nights in December
- Day 1
Arrive and walk the valley floor
Come in by train to Lauterbrunnen, drop the bags and walk out to the Staubbach Falls behind the village. In deep winter the spray freezes and the cliff turns to ice. The valley floor path is flat, lit in the village and free, which makes it the right first afternoon when the light is already going.
How to get here by train → - Day 2
Best piste: Early-season Kleine Scheidegg
First-tracks cruising on freshly opened pistes with the whole massif to yourself, early December is the season's quiet sweet spot.
Everything else on in December → Official source → - Day 3
Up to Mürren and the Schilthorn
The cable car lifts you out of the village to Grütschalp, then the ridge train runs to car-free Mürren. Above it sits the steepest terrain in the region and the Schilthorn at 2,970 m. Even without skis the ride up and the view from Piz Gloria are the point.
Mürren or Wengen, which side to pick → - Day 4
The Wengen side, and as high as you want to go
A cog railway climbs from Lauterbrunnen to car-free Wengen and on to Kleine Scheidegg under the Eiger north face, the heart of the Jungfrau ski region. Non-skiers can ride up for the view and the winter walking paths.
Is the Jungfraujoch worth it? → - Day 5
Over to Grindelwald
Half an hour by train puts you in the next valley. Grindelwald First and Männlichen sit on this side, and the Männlichen link brings you back over to Wengen, so you can loop rather than retrace.
Lauterbrunnen or Grindelwald? → - Day 6
Advent in a car-free village
Wengen and Mürren at Christmas, Advent lights and not a car in sight.
December in full →
Dec 2026 / 31 Dec–2 Jan · Advent Glühwein festivals at the foot of the Eiger, then Interlaken's three-day 'Longest New Year's Eve' with concerts and the masked Harder-Potschete on 2 Jan. Official source →
When snow blows in hard, the Sherlock Holmes Museum down the line in Meiringen, near the Reichenbach Falls of the stories, is a quirky, cosy indoor hour. Official source →
Most of these days involve a lift or two. The pass calculator compares the Jungfrau Travel Pass, the Berner Oberland Pass, the Swiss Travel Pass and plain tickets for the exact days you are planning, and tells you honestly when no pass is worth it. Open the pass calculator →
