Grindelwald – Wengen

About the area

Grindelwald–Wengen spreads 87.96 km of pistes under the Kleine Scheidegg–Männlichen ridge, and the balance sits firmly in the middle: 34.75 km blue against 39.04 km red, so intermediates can ride all day without repeating much. Beginners are well served too — 40% of pistes are green or blue (35 km), there is a magic carpet for first steps and 8 short easy runs next to a lift base. Families benefit from 4 gondola/cable-car lifts, with no chairlift loading for small children. Experts will find it thin: 14 km of black, expert and freeride terrain (16%), only 2 km of it marked freeride.

The area runs from 937 m to 2394 m, so lower slopes depend on conditions, while the longest descent measures 4446 m and the biggest vertical on a single run is 693 m. Of the 27 lifts, 8 are railways, which do much of the linking between Grindelwald and Wengen, alongside 9 chair lifts, 3 gondolas, 3 platters and 2 t-bars. There are also 3.08 km of floodlit piste for evening laps.