At the cradle of alpine winter sports

Like other Bernese Oberland mountain villages, Mürren was initially a pure summer destination at the beginnings of alpine mass tourism. At the beginning of the 20th century, however, initiatives were launched by some proactive hoteliers to offer guests interesting recreational activities in winter as well.
Among the then regular Mürren guests, members of the British upper class, this quickly developed into a true winter boom. To meet the demand, the funicular to Allmendhubel was built in 1912, along with a bobsleigh run as a sledding slope from Allmendhubel down to Mürren. Later, the most daring among the British guests of Mürren began experimenting with skis, discarding the previously known Nordic skiing (now known as cross-country skiing) and inventing completely new disciplines, which are still practiced today under the names downhill and slalom. However, the Great Depression of the 1930s and World War II led to a collapse in demand and caused Mürren to fall into a tourism slumber. New impulses were only given to the mountain village again with the construction of the Schilthorn cable car in the 1960s. From the funicular mountain station Allmendhubel, the winter hiking trail passes the restaurant terrace to the edge of the forest on the south side of the ski area. Hikers and sledders share the gently sloping trail here. In a wide arc and gentle descent, the path leads down into the Flower Valley and to the Sonnenberg restaurant. Here the winter hiking trail and sledding run diverge. Hikers reach the Geissstätte location via a more or less straight route and increasingly steep descent. There, one chooses the panorama trail branching off to the left, which leads in a wide arc without significant gradient along the slope above the village. The view of the Jungfrau offered here is impressive. After passing under the track of the Allmendhubel railway, the path continues along the forest edge and then descends towards the first houses and the Mürren railway station.