This easy trail starts at a big playground with mountain views and beautiful alpine flower garden. Then the trail leads down through fields and forest back to Mürren. It’s a good choice for families that want to hike while admiring the big famous peaks of the Eiger, Jungfrau and Mönch.
This trail has changed names over the years, but the path is the same. It was one of our first alpine experiences back in 2006 and it’s still a favorite.
Note: In 2024/5, they are building a new cable car from Mürren to Schilthorn. The construction may interfere with this trail. Make sure to adhere to any detour signs along the way.
| Location: | Mürren, Jungfrau Region |
| Address: | Stechelberg cable car |
| Car: | Parking: Lengwald 300B, 3824 Stechelberg CH (GPS: 46°33’18.8″N 7°54’08.1″E) 25 mins from Interlaken, 1hr from Bern, 1hr50 from Zurich |
| Train: | Bus stop: Stechelberg, Schilthornbahn 42 mins from Interlaken, 1hr50 from Bern, 2hr45 from Zurich |
| Trail: | 2km one way, about 1hr with kids |
| Elevation: | 10 m up, 260 m down, highest point 1900m |
| Condition: | narrow dirt path (stroller alternative below) |
| Skill: | easy |
| Open: | July through October |
| Cost 2022: | Mountain transport: Adult CHF 36.50. Free with Jungfrau Travel Pass. Discounts for other travel cards. |
| More info: | schilthorn.ch |
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Location
This trail is located in the alpine village of Mürren in the Jungfrau region. It is accessed by a cable car from the Lauterbrunnen valley.
Trail map
To reach the trail, you need to ride a cable car to Mürren. Then a short walk through the village to the Allmendhubel funicular. At the top of the funicular, you’ll find the huge “Flower Park” playground, where your kids will definitely want to spend a lot of time playing before heading out on the trail. Above the playground, there is a short “Flower Trail” loop, with 150 different varieties of alpine flowers and educational signs.
Then you can hike back down to Mürren. There are various trails leading down the mountain. The Mürren website suggests walking down a service road, which is the most direct way to reach the Mürren village. Although the path is wide and possible with strollers, it can be quite steep at times so you would need very good brakes on the stroller to manage it safely. See this trail map.
Instead of the service road, we usually branch off to a narrow dirt path, which wanders through fields and forest down to Mürren. This trail map is shown below.
This trail takes about an hour, descending 260m elevation over 2.2 km. It’s mostly downhill, so it won’t be difficult for children that are confident hikers. The path can be steep at times with switchbacks. This dirt path is not possible with strollers.
How to get there
By car: Drive to Lauterbrunnen and continue up the valley to the Stechelberg and the Schilthorn gondola. Park in the metered lot next to the cable car.
By transit: Take a train to Lauterbrunnen, then a bus to Stechleberg, Schilthorn. The bus drops off directly at the gondola station.
Tickets
The trip is relatively affordable, particularly compared to other activities in the region. The price varies depending on how to reach Mürren.
If you are starting with the cable car from Stechelberg, you would need a return ticket on the Stechelberg-Mürren cable car. Then you need a one-way ticket on the Mürren-Allmendhubel funicular, purchased at the funicular station.
Stechelberg to Mürren: In 2021, a return trip on the cable car from Stechelberg to Mürren is CHF 22.50/adult. This ride is free with these passes: Regional Pass Berner Oberland, SBB GA pass, SBB Day Passes, and Swiss Travel Pass. Reduced fare for children and SBB Half-fare. Children with SBB Junior card and under 6 yrs old ride free.
Mürren to Allmendhubel: As far as I can tell, in 2021, a one-way ticket on the Mürren Allmendhubel funicular train costs CHF 7. This ride is free with the Regional Pass Berner Oberland. Reduced fare for children, SBB Half-fare, GA, SBB Day Passes and Swiss Travel Pass. Children with SBB Junior card and under 6 yrs old ride free.
Schilthorn detour: Before or after the hike, you could optionally ride up to Schilthorn to admire the view and do the activities up there. Then on your way back down, stop in Mürren for the hike. Your Schilthorn return ticket includes on and off privileges Mürren. A return ticket from Stechelberg-Mürren-Schilthorn costs CHF 108/adult. Reduced fare on the Mürren-Schilthorn section for children, Regional Pass Berner Oberland, SBB Day Passes, Swiss Travel Pass and SBB Half-fare cards. Children with SBB Junior card and under 6 yrs old ride free.
Photo story of trail
To access the trail, ride the gondola to Mürren and exit the gondola. Walk a couple minutes through town, following signs to Allmendhubel funicular station.
Buy a one-way ticket here for the funicular since you will be hiking back to Mürren instead of riding back down. More price details here. The Allmendhubel funicular runs about every 15 minutes and will take you up to the Flower Park and the trailhead.
At the top of the funicular, you’ll find a restaurant and big playground, aka Flower Park (see my post for more details).
To access the Flower Trail loop, walk on the dirt path above the playground. You’ll pass by some flower boxes.
When you are ready to walk down to Mürren, first follow the Mountain-View trail, which heads away from the valley and towards the peaks shown in the picture below. Take the left fork when the trail splits.
The trail winds to your left and down, joining the road at Restaurant Sonnenberg. In 2006, the food was typical mountain fare, nothing special. But they did have ice cream sundaes and a great view.
Follow the road for a couple minutes until the trail splits off to the right through a field. The signs have changed since our last visit.
Lots of flowers in mid-July.
The trail dips in and out of the forest.
You’ll walk through meadows and the forest, occasionally by a stream.
At about the 1.8km/1 mile mark, you’ll reach a picnic area with a fire pit and some play equipment. It might look different now, but probably about the same.
The trail eventually ends up in Mürren, where you can follow signs back to the gondola and return to the valley.
18 Responses
We are planning to visit the flower park playground through the Children’s Adventure Trail. However, what confused me is that there is no official info on the Mürren website. So I asked the Schilthornbahn ag by email and they replied with “Der Children’s Adventure Trail gibt es so nicht mehr”. So unfortunately, there is no more Children’s Adventure Trail.
Thanks for commenting on this. Yes, the Children’s Adventure Trail turned into the Blumental path a few years ago. And now the Mürren site is no longer promoting this trail. The path still exists but I’m not sure what the trail signs saw at the moment. I’ll update this post as soon as I can.
We took the stroller alternative road. Started off ok but we couldn’t continue. Not sure if we went the wrong way but the road past Sonnenberg was too steep to manage for us. We had to switch to the Panoramaweg which was a narrow dirt path but much flatter and we were able to make it through.
Thanks for the feedback. Another family also told me that this stroller alternative was too much steep. I’ve removed it from my post. Better to take the funicular back down to Mürren village. Sorry for steering you wrong on this one.
Hello! We love your site so much and use it almost weekly for planning our family outings!
We were in Lauterbrunnen over the last week and wanted to comment that I would NOT recommend the stroller alternative route this is provided here to get to or from the Flower Playground.
The train up to the playground is currently closed for maintenance so we decided to walk the road with our 2 year old in a stroller and our 5 year old walking.
My daughter and I had to turn around about 1/4 of the way up bc the road is gravel and VERY steep. We had a good stroller and hiking shoes but my husband and I were sliding around everywhere trying to push it up.
When I decided to turn around, I had to hold on to wood posts and take tiny steps to not slide down and it was quite scary with the stroller!
My 5 year old was set on getting to the playground so they continued up but my husband said it was really hard coming down and a very tough hike for our little guy on foot bc of the incline 🙁
Long story short, I would not recommend a stroller option for this hike. I would stick with the Flower Trail (and use a carrier) or wait until the train is up and running again.
Other than that, the playground was awesome (even though they didn’t have the water features going yet) and the area itself is so beautiful.
Thanks so much for all the ideas and for keeping us moving during our time in Switzerland. We would be lost without you!
Thank you so much for your feedback. I agree that it is quite steep and in retrospect, I should have not recommended it. I will remove the stroller option. Sorry for steering you wrong on this one.
Hi there! thank you for this wonderful site with lots of useful info! I would love to try this trail but we will be coming in end Apr 2022 instead. Would that be any issue in terms of temperature and sights wise? We are from a temperate country so haven’t had much experience with hiking in colder weather.
Unfortunately, this trail will not be open at the end of April. It will be under snow. Please look at this post for more ideas about what you can do in the Jungfrau Region in April: https://swissfamilyfun.com/spring-berner-oberland-switzerland/
We did the Children’s Adventure Trail about a week ago and didn’t see the play equipment you have pictured here, but did find some other great play equipment hidden in the woods. A big zip line, lots of logs set up like a balance beam course, a big slide, a teeter totter and another thing or two that I’m forgetting. They were well hidden in the woods, though, and we almost missed them. So keep a close eye out if you’re looking for adventure on this trail! 🙂 Also, the fire pits at the end were well stocked with wood (though it was a little wet when we were there) and other things for fire building.
The restaurant at Allmendhubel was very tasty and the playground there was amazing. I will also note that the gondola lines from Stechelberg were crazy long on a sunny weekday in August. So much so that we almost turned back. I’m glad we didn’t, but I wouldn’t want to go back again during high tourist season.
Thanks for your helpful report! We did this trail quite a long time ago, so I’m guessing the play equipment needed to be updated. If you have any pics of the updated equipment, I’d love to include them on here. You could email me at hello@swissfamilyfun.com. I’m glad you had good time despite the long lines at the cable car. Sunny weekends in this tourist region can be crazy crowded. I agree, better on a weekday or outside the school holiday season.
I was so excited to find your blog post about the trail when we were planning our trip to Murren. We were so sad to find that the funicular to take us to the top was being repaired when we showed up for the visit. In the end we weren’t able to visit, but we shared your post on our blog in hopes that others will get to enjoy this beautiful trail. Keep up the good work!
Sorry that the funicular was closed for repair. I’m not sure when you went but most mountain transport is closed from mid-Oct to mid-Dec for repairs and maintenance before ski season. I would usually recommend checking the website before your visit for operating times, but the Jungfrau region websites make it hard to find that type of information. I hope you can come back someday and do the trail.
This is what I have been looking for so long 🙂 Thank you for your site and all the tips! We are moving to Zurich in August with our 16 month old son and so looking forward to all the new adventures that are waiting for us 🙂
I so appreciate your blog! I also found your blog while looking for detailed and specific instructions about hiking with small children (we have a 4yo) in Switzerland. We plan on staying 10 days or so between Zurich – Lucerne – somewhere in the Interlaken area – Bern and Geneva. Do you have any tip about outdoor activities for small children (4 yo) in either of these cities? Even if there is a cool neighborhood playground that might not appeal to most tourists…with a small child, these playgrounds are so important to us for allowing the child to burn off energy, which will allow us to enjoy the rest of the city even more.
Again, this resource is awesome!
From a fellow Bay Area family (Los Gatos!)
This looks amazing! I have been perusing your site to help us plan our train trip for next summer (we are doing a week or so in Austria and a week in Switzerland, mostly focusing on day trips from Interlaken).
It is hard to find great, specific travel information on the internet nowdays (so many of these blogs just post “10 Best Things to do in X Place” but contain no real substance. BRAVO!