2 nights in May
- Day 1
Arrive and walk the valley floor
Come in by train to Lauterbrunnen, drop the bags and walk the flat, paved path along the valley floor. The Staubbach Falls drop almost 300 metres straight off the cliff behind the village, and the path past them is buggy-friendly and free. It is the cheapest hour in the valley and still the one people remember.
How to get here by train → - Day 2
Best hike: Männlichen Panorama (Royal Walk)
An easy, broad balcony trail with non-stop views of the big three peaks, the perfect first hike of the season, marmots included. Opening is weather-dependent, in a late-snow year it may not open until June, so check before you go.
Everything else on in May → Official source → - Day 3
Up to Mürren and the Schilthorn
The cable car lifts you out of the village to Grütschalp, then a ridge train trundles along the cliff edge to car-free Mürren. Above it the Schilthorn tops out at 2,970 m with the revolving Piz Gloria restaurant. This is the quieter, higher, more dramatic side of the valley.
Mürren or Wengen, which side to pick →
3 nights in May
- Day 1
Arrive and walk the valley floor
Come in by train to Lauterbrunnen, drop the bags and walk the flat, paved path along the valley floor. The Staubbach Falls drop almost 300 metres straight off the cliff behind the village, and the path past them is buggy-friendly and free. It is the cheapest hour in the valley and still the one people remember.
How to get here by train → - Day 2
Best hike: Männlichen Panorama (Royal Walk)
An easy, broad balcony trail with non-stop views of the big three peaks, the perfect first hike of the season, marmots included. Opening is weather-dependent, in a late-snow year it may not open until June, so check before you go.
Everything else on in May → Official source → - Day 3
Up to Mürren and the Schilthorn
The cable car lifts you out of the village to Grütschalp, then a ridge train trundles along the cliff edge to car-free Mürren. Above it the Schilthorn tops out at 2,970 m with the revolving Piz Gloria restaurant. This is the quieter, higher, more dramatic side of the valley.
Mürren or Wengen, which side to pick → - Day 4
Inside the mountain at Trümmelbach
Ten glacier-fed waterfalls thunder through a gorge inside the cliff, reached by a lift and walkways cut into the rock. It is loud, cold and unlike anything else in the valley, and it works whatever the weather does. A short bus ride up the valley from the village.
More things to do in the valley →
4 nights in May
- Day 1
Arrive and walk the valley floor
Come in by train to Lauterbrunnen, drop the bags and walk the flat, paved path along the valley floor. The Staubbach Falls drop almost 300 metres straight off the cliff behind the village, and the path past them is buggy-friendly and free. It is the cheapest hour in the valley and still the one people remember.
How to get here by train → - Day 2
Best hike: Männlichen Panorama (Royal Walk)
An easy, broad balcony trail with non-stop views of the big three peaks, the perfect first hike of the season, marmots included. Opening is weather-dependent, in a late-snow year it may not open until June, so check before you go.
Everything else on in May → Official source → - Day 3
Up to Mürren and the Schilthorn
The cable car lifts you out of the village to Grütschalp, then a ridge train trundles along the cliff edge to car-free Mürren. Above it the Schilthorn tops out at 2,970 m with the revolving Piz Gloria restaurant. This is the quieter, higher, more dramatic side of the valley.
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. From there you can carry on to the Jungfraujoch, or stay at Kleine Scheidegg and walk, which costs a fraction and puts you closer to the mountain.
Is the Jungfraujoch worth it? → - Day 5
Inside the mountain at Trümmelbach
Ten glacier-fed waterfalls thunder through a gorge inside the cliff, reached by a lift and walkways cut into the rock. It is loud, cold and unlike anything else in the valley, and it works whatever the weather does. A short bus ride up the valley from the village.
More things to do in the valley →
5 nights in May
- Day 1
Arrive and walk the valley floor
Come in by train to Lauterbrunnen, drop the bags and walk the flat, paved path along the valley floor. The Staubbach Falls drop almost 300 metres straight off the cliff behind the village, and the path past them is buggy-friendly and free. It is the cheapest hour in the valley and still the one people remember.
How to get here by train → - Day 2
Best hike: Männlichen Panorama (Royal Walk)
An easy, broad balcony trail with non-stop views of the big three peaks, the perfect first hike of the season, marmots included. Opening is weather-dependent, in a late-snow year it may not open until June, so check before you go.
Everything else on in May → Official source → - Day 3
Up to Mürren and the Schilthorn
The cable car lifts you out of the village to Grütschalp, then a ridge train trundles along the cliff edge to car-free Mürren. Above it the Schilthorn tops out at 2,970 m with the revolving Piz Gloria restaurant. This is the quieter, higher, more dramatic side of the valley.
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. From there you can carry on to the Jungfraujoch, or stay at Kleine Scheidegg and walk, which costs a fraction and puts you closer to the mountain.
Is the Jungfraujoch worth it? → - Day 5
Over to Grindelwald
Half an hour by train puts you in the next valley, under the other face of the Eiger. Grindelwald First, the Bachalpsee walk and Männlichen are all on this side, and Männlichen connects back over to Wengen so you can loop home rather than retrace.
Lauterbrunnen or Grindelwald? → - Day 6
Inside the mountain at Trümmelbach
Ten glacier-fed waterfalls thunder through a gorge inside the cliff, reached by a lift and walkways cut into the rock. It is loud, cold and unlike anything else in the valley, and it works whatever the weather does. A short bus ride up the valley from the village.
More things to do in the valley →
Late May–Jun 2026 · The reverse of autumn's descent, herds head up to the high pastures, a quiet local rite that marks the start of the green season.
The inside-the-mountain glacial falls reopen for the season around now (roughly Apr/May–Oct), ten waterfalls thundering through the rock, reached by tunnel lift. 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 →
