Lifts closed to Mürren and beyond in mid September?

Murren, Wengen, Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen, etc. are open 365 days a year as people live there. The Schilthorn & Jungfraujoch are also open 365, with the exception of the Schilthorn mid Oct 2024-March 2025 as they are putting in a whole new funifor cableway. After that it will once again be 365 days a year. The Allmendhubel & Schynigge Platte are open from mid June to mid October. Mannlichen is end of May to mid October. That's not a list of every single option, but as you can see, you'll be fine in September. The weather does start to get a bit chillier around mid September, but it's still nice for hiking.

Hi Laurie, you should have no problem looking at mid- to late-September in Berner Oberland. We've been there twice, the last visit (2022) during the third week of Sep. Everything works without a hitch - trains and gondolas running at their typical Swiss efficiency - and that time of the year offers the fewest rain days than any other month on the calendar. Sounds like you're a hiker, don't miss the trail between Männlichen and Kleine Scheidegg.

The gondolas in the Murren area are serviced in October and can be closed, and anytime there are high winds they are closed. J

September is the best time to come to the Bernese Oberland.
And don't worry about the cable car to Mürren. I have never known the one from Lauterbrunnen to Grütschalp to close because of the wind. Its single cable gondolas, like Grindelwald - Männlichen that have to worry about wind.

Great! Thank you so much for all of these insights. I’m excited! I wonder why this was an issue in Chamonix in September but not in Switzerland? Maybe it’s simply the difference with residents.

I am really reassured to hear that the majority of the lifts will be running 365.

I’m also interested in perspectives on staying in Lauterbrunnen instead of Mürren or Wengen? I love the idea of staying in a car free village for several nights, but I also think it would be neat to be in the valley and be able to explore the lakes, too. Maybe five nights in Mürren and two nights in the valley?

Thanks again!

It was so quick to get down from Murren to Lauterbrunnen, I don't think it would warrant two bases.
I was in Murren in late October 2022 and we had no problems. The Allmendhubel closing (not an issue for you in September) made for a longer walks but we managed.

It takes 15-20 minutes to get to Lauterbrunnen from Wengen or Murren. That doesn’t prohibit you from visiting the lakes. Spend your whole time in one spot and just add the 30-40 minute commute for the day trips to the lakes, no big deal.

And in regards to your observation about Chamonix area closing in September, I found this to be true in a lot of areas around Lake Geneva/Morgins/Champery on the Swiss side of Mont Blanc, as well as in Austria and other parts of Switzerland. My guess is the higher international tourism of the Jungfrau Region keeps things open later there into the fall, while a lot of other less internationally known areas switch over to weekends only in September and then are pretty much closed in October until ski season. It also helps that a lot of the beautiful areas in the Jungfrau Region are populated, so they have to run things 365 days a year up in the mountains there.