Murren 4 day Itinerary Feedback/Questions

I have only hiked some of these routes. Here are my thoughts:

Is the Blumental Trail from Allmendhubel to Mürren worth doing?

No, you are looking at much more difficult hikes than this. I don’t think it would add anything, unless perhaps if you did so it as a loop with the Northface trail.

to keep it a loop I believe this would require doing the Northface
Trail in the clockwise direction starting at Schilthornbahn.

Yes, exactly.

I have read that counterclockwise is better, but I am unclear on if
this is due to better views throughout the hike or simply that the
hike is easier with less elevation gain.

I (in my 60’s) always do it clockwise. The only reason I can see why people want to do it the other way is less elevation gain. Views are beautiful either way.

Does the Mountain View Trail offer differing enough views/terrain as
compared to the North Face to try to do both?

In my opinion, yes. I really like the Mountain View Trail. This website has great photos of this trail - fantastic Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau views. 

https://swissfamilyfun.com/murren-mountain-view-trail/

I considered hiking Mürren to Grutschalp to Allmendhubel (via the
Mountain View Trail), then continuing with the North Face Trail going
counterclockwise from Allmendhubel. Would this be too repetitive?

No, for me they are quite different from each other…but you probably have more hikes than time :-) Once you are there and get a sense of the area, you might decide to shuffle things around a bit.

Bryndli doesn't have to be a backtrack. There is a trail that leads down to Rotstockhutte from near Bryndli, so that you don't have to walk the same route back. The Wasenegg ridge is one of my favorite parts of that hike so I'd do Wasenegg Ridge to Bryndlii and then down to Rotstockhutte from that path instead of backtracking. An alternative you can do instead of Sprutz is to hike down to Chilchbalm from Rotstockhutte and then up to Gimmelwald. It will be a longer day, but Chilchbalm is lovely with multiple waterfalls that are better than Sprutz.

Blumental Trail from Allmendhubel to Mürren isn't worthwhile with the rest of your list.

I personally think the views are better going counterclockwise on the Northface. I've hiked it counterclockwise countless times and biked it clockwise last summer to confirm that my opinion stands, as more of the views end up at your back doing it clockwise.

You can definitely add Mountain View to Northface for a longer day. I wouldn't hike Murren to Grutschalp though, just take the train there. Alternatively, since the Northface is technically a lot of lower elevation versions of Birg/Grauseeli/Rotstockhutte, you could do Allmendhubel > Grutschalp > Suwald > Sulsseewli > Lobhornhutte > Lobhorner Ridge > Grutschalp or start and end at Grutschalp to make it shorter. This would give you unique views and from Grutschalp you can go down to Lauterbrunnen if you want to explore the valley.

Wasenegg doesn't have any sketchy areas unless you plan on hanging over the edge of the medal guard rails that keep any sketchy edges safe. Some reviewers just may be extremely afraid of heights. The ridge is quite wide in most parts. The more sketchy part is from Grauseeli down to the cut off to go over to the ridge as it's just loose scree. I recommend hiking poles.

Tanzbodeli/Obersteinberg will be a major stair climber in the woods for a good portion of it.

My husband & I spend our summers living & hiking in Murren, so I think your choice to concentrate on one area is a great idea, there is plenty to keep you occupied! Some of the iterations above are on our list of favorites. If you want to join in on a hike, feel free to send me a message :)

Wow thank you so much SwissNomad and wanderweg. This is so helpful and I really appreciate your responses! I am more excited than ever!