Thanks for the reply khull78.
If you haven't been to Gimmelwald before just understand that it is relatively inconvenient and isolated. Yes, you can walk - uphill - to Mürren (I walk it in sort of half an hour, down hill only, never uphill, and that amount of time is on a dry warm path) and I don't know how long you would take in the snow. There is nowhere else to walk to easily.
Or you can take the cable car to the Gimmelwald side of the small village of Mürren. If you want to get to the Grütschalp train that is all the way across the village. There are some restaurants and shops in Mürren and a small Coop supermarket.
Or you can take the cable car down the cliff to Stechelberg. There is nothing there but a car park and a bus stop. From the bottom of the cable car the Postbus will take you to Lauterbrunnen in the middle of the valley where you find shops and restaurants and the train up to Wengen and beyond, and the cable car up to the Grütschalp train to Mürren.
In other words, in order to do anything around Gimmelwald you have to go somewhere else. There are reasons the prices are more affordable.
I understand why Lola suggested Grindelwald, the next valley over. It is very much larger with much more choice in accommodation and food. At the foot of the Eiger, too.
I wish you good luck finding what you are looking for.
