Murren is on top of a cliff, so in that price you must be paying for the Gondola ride as well as the train.  It would be better to just book the train to Lauterbrunnen, and then pay for the Gondola after you decide your hiking root.  The walk up to Murren is a good hike ;)

oh, and if you get a half tax card, will make things a lot cheaper!

It was 150 CHF roundtrip to Lauterbrunnen! That's what is so surprising. Thanks, though. Any other thoughts?

Oh, and to clarify, my friends and I are just in Geneva for two months, so a half-fare card wouldn't make up for the cost of the card.

You would be surprised... If you do buy the 160 ticket theres the half fare card half paid off. Another trip like that and its paid

...or you can ask any of your colleague who have lived in Geneva for a while to get you a day pass ticket (40chf) at their local mairie.

Maybe this is the information you got and this is true.

There's parking at the cable car stop at the end of the Lauterbrunnen valley, I think it was 12 chf for the weekend.  Cable car to Gimmelwald is 6 chf per person.  You can rent a car from a few places in Paquis or at the airport for ~ 200-250 chf for the weekend plus gas (~80chf to fill up).  This is probably your best bet for 5 people.

Surf around on the SBB.ch website. there is something called a "sparrbillet" - this means that you have to travel on a certain fixed time/date (there are some options) - however, I checked your route - and it than comes down to 89 Swissies. If you add a halbtax carte to that - you travel for chf 45.00

Good luck and have fun!

Here is the site where you can et the day pass in Geneva, you have to be a registered resident to acquire this.

http://www.ville-geneve.ch/demarches-administratives/mobilite/carte-journaliere-cff/

Thanks everyone! Great tips!

Hi Gerald,

Thanks for the great tip; I didn't know about this.  I live in Geneva and have two friends visiting.  If I purchase discounted cartes journalieres, will my non-resident freinds be able to use them?  Or will they have to show a residence permit or something?

Todd,

The carte journalier is valid to anyone as a day pass ticket, no required ID is needed. You can buy a maximum of 4 per day. Purchase it a few weeks before your travel date (catch: it should be a fixed date per purchase), as you can see from the website, they have a limit per day.

Enjoy!

Hi,

I had some friends visiting in May and we went to that area. My friends had a Swiss pass and I had a carte journalière. The train to Interlaken was included in our passes, and so were most of the itineraries we did by narrow track train or cable car. Basically, if the cable car or train was connecting with a village, the itinerary was included in the pass, if not, an additional ticket is required; usually with the swiss pass or cart journalière you get discounts. And yes, going up to the top of the jungfrau was around 140CHF (with the pass discount). However going up to Schilthorn was only 39 CHF, this is the itenerary we did. We got all this information from the tourist office in Interlaken, but probably you can also find it in:

http://www.myswitzerland.com/en

http://www.interlaken.ch/en

When we were there, we saw that some areas were closed due to the snow/ice melting; so, if you are interested in something very specific, check first about the conditions; and definitely get a carte journalière.

Pasqual