Mürren

"Downhill journeys from Birg run at 10 and 40 minutes past the hour, with the ride down to Mürren lasting 10 minutes. Now that you’ve brunched, admired the views, and warmed up your legs on the Birg Thrill Walk — it’s time to start hiking! Now, I can unabashedly say without a doubt that this is the most breathtaking hike I’ve ever been on (maybe second only to Zion’s Angels Landing), and the hike will drop you off right back in Gimmelwald! After exiting the cable car station in Mürren, you’ll be embarking on the Northface Trail. This hike embodies exactly what comes to mind when you think of “classic Switzerland,” and if you’re only going to do one hike on your trip — this should be the one. This trail has a little bit of everything: stunning mountain vistas, tiny villages with rustic cabins nestled in the hills, flowery alpine meadows, and cows with twinkling bells dangling from their necks. If the views on the ground weren’t compelling enough, make sure you look up once in a while on this trek: you’re likely to see dozens of paragliders floating in the clouds above! Although I’ve described this route as a hike, in reality it’s closer to an easy walking trail that should be very doable for the average person. Some houses on the trail even offer bathrooms, food, and water, should you need them along the route. You’ll take a left out of the cable car onto the paved path Via Alpina, walking until you see the first sign indicating you’re headed in the correct direction. The trail is extremely well-marked with sign posts stationed along the entire duration of the hike, so any time you’re confused or come to a fork in the road simply follow the blue arrow marked “Northface Trail.” Heading out in this direction means you’ll be following the loop clockwise, either allowing you to detour to the Sprutz Waterfall and then hike down to Gimmelwald, or complete the full 4.6 mile (roughly 2.5 hour) loop ending with a ride down the Allmendhubel funicular back to where you started in Mürren. The Swiss Travel Pass gets you 50% off the funicular, so a one-way ticket will cost an additional 7 CHF. It’s important to note the funicular runs from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, departing every 15 minutes, but it doesn’t operate year-round and is periodically closed for maintenance. Make sure to check the timetable and funicular status before you go. But let’s get back to the trail. As you head away from Mürren and into farmland, you’ll notice the wide paved trail becomes a narrow dirt path as you traverse deeper into nature, passing quaint cottages and rustic farmhouses as you go. You’ll walk for approximately 1.5 miles (roughly 45 minutes) on the Northface Trail before approaching a fork in the road and sign post that leads to the Sprutz Waterfall detour. As with the rest of the trail, the route is clearly marked the whole way, so it will be fairly obvious as you approach the forest when you will need to change course to take this detour."

"There are two ways to reach Mürren from Lauterbrunnen One is via Grütschalp and another is via Gimmelwald - both the routes are added in the link. You can also walk from Gimmelwald to Mürren to experience the villages Do note that the Mürren cable car and the Mürren railway station are 10 mins apart. So if you come via Grütschalp to Mürren, there can come a time where there is no train back to Grütschalp and so you have to take a cable car back to Lauterbrunnen. So you might have to walk to the cable car station from the train station "

"Situated high in the Bernese Alps, Mürren is accessible by train and cable car from Lauterbrunnen. It offers stunning views of the surrounding mountains and is a great starting point for hiking trails."