Jungfrau Region

The Hotel Jungfrau and Edelweiss do excellent food aswell as Thams of course

View from Birg on the 3rd March 2012
http://youtu.be/TDzz4zr_SA8


Mürren village before the sun comes up 28th Feb 2012
http://youtu.be/FK2g89iqUeo

The Canadian ski designer Paul Mathews had taken the Jungfrau region under the microscope, pointing to a possible future scenario.


His suggestions to the Jungfrau region can be accommodated in the future, in a nutshell:

The relationship between parking, beds and feeder systems must be improved(Mürren-Schilthorn, Kleine Scheidegg and Grindelwald-First Male) lanes would be replaced or renewed. In addition to first create a new freeride area that is accessible from the Bachläger again (see chart).
http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/thun/SeilbahnVisionr-skizziert-Skigebiete-neu/story/24799688

New 8-person gondola from Grindelwald to Bodmi station (450 meters in the tunnel).
New group orbit of the reason for the sports center and a car-free village street.
New Central Railway (Project Ypsilon, 3600 person capacity per hour) from the ground after Tschuggen with connection to the Scheidegg and masculine.
New cable car from the water station in Wengen over to Winteregg to link the areas of Kleine Scheidegg and Schilthorn better.

"Today you need from Grindelwald to the Schilthorn approximately one and a half hours, this should be doable in a new half-hour to be," said Mathews. belaufen. The estimated cost for all plants in the current situation would amount to some 300 million . "But do not panic, everything else is perfect," he says at the end of his remarks with a laugh.

The Allmendhubel funnicular is now closed and having its cable replaced ready for the summer season. Schilthorn/Birg still open until this weekend...still snowing down to Mürren (as per the pic).

taken by the Schilthorn cableway LTD

Powder alarm will be ringing bigtime in the next couple of days...excellent end to the season (pics to follow)

Switzerland PR VT - getting ready for summer tourism...made me chuckle..

http://t.co/o6X9zKhP

Work started last week on doing a major CHF8'000'000 refurb on Mürren Sports Centre which will now open fully in December 2012.



Last day yesterday with all lifts now closed but on Sunday it was still skiable down to Mürren

Work has begun above Wengen for the new 6 seater Chairlift at Wixi/Lauberhorn


Wixi bridge to be replaced too (as per Hotel Caprice comments)



taken by Hotel Caprice Wengen
http://www.caprice-wengen.ch/