Mürren: piste guide - Telegraph Mürren's slopes aren't extensive. But there is something for everyone, including a vertical of some 1300m to the village. There are three connected areas. The biggest is Schiltgrat, served by a fast quad chair at the south end of the village. A short funicular goes from the middle of the village to the nursery slope at Allmendhubel - linked by red run and now by return chairlift to the slightly higher Maulerhubel. Runs go down from here to Winteregg and a newish fast quad. Then there are the higher slopes reached by cable car to Birg. Below Birg, the fast Riggli chair serves a shady slope, and lower down two more chairs serve sunnier slopes. A further cable car goes up to the Schilthorn and its revolving restaurant - check out the feature panel. In good snow you can ski from here (via a short chairlift) right down to Lauterbrunnen - almost 16km and 2175m vertical; below Winteregg, it's mostly narrow paths. Every January the Inferno race for amateurs is run over this route (without using the chairlift). Only one weakness It's only skiing at mid-mountain, below Obere Hubel, that you're forced to use slow chairs - and they are short. Generally not a problem Mürren doesn't get as crowded as Wengen and Grindelwald, except on sunny Sundays. But there can be queues for the cable cars to Birg and Schilthorn; the top stage has only one cabin, so capacity is limited. Affirmative There is a terrain park on the lower slopes of Schiltgrat, with jumps, a couple of pipes and chill-out bar area. An attractive cocktail The run from the top of the Schilthorn starts with a steep but not terrifying slope, in the past generally mogulled but now more often groomed. It flattens into a schuss to Engetal, below Birg. Then there's a wonderful, wide run with stunning views over the valley. Below the Engetal lifts you hit the Kanonenrohr (gun barrel). This is a shelf with solid rock on one side and a steep drop on the other - protected by nets; it is wider than it once was, and is now not seriously scary. After an open slope and scrappy zigzag path, you arrive at the "hog's back" and can descend towards the village on either side of Allmendhubel. There are steep, grooming-free mogul runs at Birg and from Schiltgrat towards the village. There is quite a lot of off-piste potential, notably runs into the Blumental - from Schiltgrat (the north-facing Blumenlucke) and from Birg (sunnier Tschingelchrachen). And there are more adventurous runs from the Schilthorn top station. Limited, but Wengen nearby Keen piste-bashers will want to make a few trips to the long cruising runs of Wengen-Grindelwald. The best easy cruising run in Mürren is the north-facing blue down to Winteregg. The reds on the other low slopes can get mogulled, and snow conditions can be poor. The runs up at Engetal, below Birg, normally have good snow. Competent, confident intermediates can consider tackling the Schilthorn. Not ideal, but adequate The main nursery slopes at Allmendhubel, up the funicular, are a little on the steep side, but secluded and quiet. You pay via points cards. From there, you have easy blue runs to graduate to in each of the sectors; since construction of the chairlift link from Maulerhubel to Allmendhubel, getting back from Maulerhubel to the village poses no difficulty. Tough going for intermediates The major lifts are snowboard-friendly cable cars and chairlifts. The terrain above Mürren is suitable mainly for good freeriders - it's steep, with a lot of off-piste. Intermediates will find the area tough and limited; nearby Wengen is gentler and larger. Forget it There's a 12km loop along the Lauterbrunnen valley. But snow is unreliable at valley height.