Mürren
Slope Breakdown
Mürren at a glance
Mürren is a ski resort in Switzerland, part of the Jungfrau Region ski area. It offers 53 km of slopes served by 14 lifts, with skiing between 1,650 m and 2,970 m (1,320 m vertical). That makes it the 27th largest of the 30 ski resorts in Switzerland listed on Intski. The season usually runs from December to April. Mürren offers a balanced mix: 36% easy, 43% intermediate and 21% expert slopes.
Top features of this resort
Snow forecast
About 17 cm of new snow at the top (2,970 m) in the next 3 days, 5 cm at the base.
New snow and temperature at the top station. Estimated by Intski from the MET Norway forecast, updated every few hours. Where it snows most this week
Email me when it snows
An alert when 15 cm or more is on the way at Mürren, and a heads-up before it opens.
Getting there & lift pass
Nearest airport
Zurich (ZRH) — about 112 km from the resort, straight-line distance, allow more by road.
Lift pass
Adult day pass around 79 CHF (2026/27 season). Jungfrau Ski Region day pass, dynamic pricing, usually cheaper booked online in advance. Valid across a wider pass network, not only this resort.
Compare lift pass prices at all resortsPrice source, checked 2026-09-14
Driving to Mürren
Rules for a car in Switzerland, checked 30 September 2026 against official sources.
Road charge
Vignette, CHF 40 for the year. Motorway vignette 2026 (e-vignette or sticker) CHF 40.00, Vignette for a trailer or caravan up to 3.5 t CHF 40.00
Winter tyres
No legal requirement
Studded tyres
Allowed 1 Nov to 30 Apr (banned on motorways, 80 km/h, rear 80 disc)
Mürren resort facts
Difficulty shares from skiresort.info, applied to the area total.
About Mürren
Mürren is a traditional Walser mountain village in the Bernese Highlands of Switzerland at an elevation of 1,638 m. It cannot be reached by public road, which shapes everything about a stay: there is no car traffic in the village, and everything and…
Resort Highlights
A car-free Walser village facing the Eiger
Mürren is a traditional Walser mountain village in the Bernese Highlands of Switzerland at an elevation of 1,638 m. It cannot be reached by public road, which shapes everything about a stay: there is no car traffic in the village, and everything and everyone arrives by other means. The village looks straight at three of the most recognisable mountains in the Alps, the Eiger, the Mönch and the Jungfrau, and that outlook is why the scenic-views tag reads almost as an understatement. Mürren has a year-round population of 430 but 2,000 hotel beds, its own school and two churches, one Reformed and one Roman Catholic. It is busy in both summer and winter.
The skiing
The local slopes offer 53 km of pistes served by 14 lifts, a small area by the standards of the big linked systems but one with an unusual vertical. The base of the lifts is at 1,650 m, effectively the village itself, and the top station reaches 2,970 m, a difference of 1,320 m. A top station just short of 3,000 m gives the upper slopes real altitude on their side, and the runs down to the village start from a respectable height. The site does not tag Mürren as snow-sure, but the numbers are in its favour. The difficulty split is not recorded in our data.
Mürren belongs to the Jungfrau Region ski area, so the local 53 km is the home mountain rather than the whole story. For skiers who like to cover ground every day that context matters; for those who want a quiet, high village with a big view and enough skiing for several days, Mürren is complete in itself.
Village life
Four hundred and thirty residents and two thousand hotel beds tell you the shape of the place: a village whose economy is hospitality but whose form is still that of a Walser settlement rather than a purpose-built station. That is the source of the traditional-character tag. The absence of cars makes it quiet by default, and the presence of a school and two churches means it is a community, not only a resort. The site does not tag Mürren for après-ski, which fits.
Practical
Zurich is the nearest major airport in our data, roughly 112 km away as the crow flies, and the final approach has to make do without the road that Mürren does not have. The season runs from December to April. We do not hold an official website for the resort in our data.
Frequently asked questions about Mürren
No. Mürren cannot be reached by public road, so there is no car traffic in the village.
The village sits at 1,638 m in the Bernese Highlands. The lifts start at 1,650 m and climb to 2,970 m.
The village faces the Eiger, the Mönch and the Jungfrau, three of the most recognisable peaks in the Alps.
It has a year-round population of 430 but 2,000 hotel beds, plus its own school and two churches. It is a traditional Walser village rather than a purpose-built resort.
The Jungfrau Region. The local slopes provide 53 km of pistes on 14 lifts, with 1,320 m of vertical.
Mürren has 53 km of marked slopes: 19 km easy (blue), 23 km intermediate (red), 11 km expert (black), served by 14 ski lifts.
The skiing in Mürren ranges from 1,650 m at the base to 2,970 m at the top — a vertical drop of 1,320 m.
The ski season in Mürren typically runs from December to April. Exact opening dates vary by year and snow conditions.
Mürren works for beginners, though it is not a dedicated beginner resort: about 36% of the slopes (19 km) are easy blue runs.
Mürren has 11 km of expert (black) slopes — about 21% of the total.
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