Grindelwald, Switzerland

The ski resort Grindelwald is located in the Swiss canton of Bern, and here you will find most of what you need to know about Grindelwald. The season in Grindelwald normally starts in mid December to start April.

In Grindelwald you will find 10 lifts with a lift capacity of 13440 passengers/hour. There are 49 kilometer of groomed pistes in total, divided into 30 kilometer blue pistes, 11 kilometer red pistes and for the more experienced skiers, 8 kilometer black pistes. The vertical drop is at most 1450 meter and the highest served area by the ski lift system is at 2500 meter. Here you can also find some really long pistes, the longest one is 15 kilometers.

For those of you who like to ski in the dark, there is also the option of night skiing in Grindelwald. For snowboarders or the more adventurous skiers, there is also access to a fun park, as well as a halfpipe facility.

If you have family members or others in your party who are not interested in down hill skiing, there are cross-country skiing tracks available at a total length of 30 kilometers. For those of you who want to try something new (probably), there is also a toboggan run here that is open to the public, as well as prepared trails for winter hiking.

Airports close to Grindelwald

For those of you who want to fly to Grindelwald the nearest airport is Belp, Bern. The distance from this airport to Grindelwald is 52 kilometers. Other alternative airports that are possible to fly to are Lugano Airport (96 kilometers distance), as well as Zürich International Airport, Zurich (100 kilometers from the ski resort).

Closest ski resorts to Grindelwald

Not far from Grindelwald is the ski resort Wengen, the distance is only 9 kilometers. Other nearby ski resorts are Mürren (13 kilometers) and Meiringen-Hasliberg (18 kilometers).