We will arrive after 3:00 pm in Zurich on a Thursday in July. I'd like to head straight to Lauterbrunnen. (Still need to find a place to stay). Then spend Friday and Saturday hiking and maybe biking (downhill). No time or desire to hit the Schilthorn or the "Top of Europe". We need to be at the Geneva airport Sunday morning by 10:30 a.m.
So my question is: Is it really only worth it to get a transfer ticket to cover to/from the airports ($147 USD each x 2 adults) to Lauterbrunnen and skip the Swiss 4 day travel pass which is 251 CH (currently $262 USD each x 2 adults) and just pay full price for local travel. That's a difference of $115 USD to spend on local travel in the area for all day Friday and all day Saturday before it would make sense to buy the travel pass. We probably will just hike on the Wengen side one day -- perhaps Kleine Scheidegg (sorry for any bad spelling) and Murren side the next day.
The transfer-half fare combo ticket is $213 USD each x 2 adults doesn't seem to make sense since we would still have to shell out an additional 50% of all local travel costs. It's only $49 USD difference between the 4 day Swiss travel pass and the combo ticket. Is there somewhere I can easily!! find the local fares of the Lauterbrunnen/Murren/Wengen buses, cable cars and trains or does someone know these prices? I tried to find them on the swiss travel website, but have to enter name and birthdate like I'm going to acutally BUY the tickets.
THANKS!!!!