Harder Kulm or Schynige Platte?
Today, they're close. Pick on price and access.
Harder Kulm
1,322 m
Go
Sunny 09:00–12:00.
Running today, per the timetable.
- Today Go 81
- Tmrw Skip 18
- Mon Go 96
- Tue Go 97
- Wed Skip 1
- Getting up
- Harderbahn funicular from Interlaken, valley station 5 minutes on foot from Interlaken Ost, about 10 minutes to the top
- Season
- Apr to Nov
- Swiss Travel Pass
- 50% off
- Nearest town
- Interlaken
Why go
- Ten minutes from Interlaken, ideal for an evening or a short stop
- Two Lakes Bridge platform over Lakes Thun and Brienz
- Cheap compared with the high summits
Worth knowing
- Low altitude, inside the fog layer on inversion days
- Closed in winter
Schynige Platte
1,967 m
Go
Sunny 09:00–12:00.
Running today, per the timetable.
- Today Go 86
- Tmrw Wait 66
- Mon Go 100
- Tue Go 95
- Wed Skip 1
- Getting up
- Historic cogwheel railway from Wilderswil
- Season
- Jun to Oct
- Swiss Travel Pass
- 50% off
- Nearest town
- Interlaken
Why go
- Historic cogwheel railway from 1893
- Alpine botanical garden at the top
- Views of the Eiger trio and Lakes Thun and Brienz
Worth knowing
- Summer season only
- Slow train, about an hour each way
Updated 17 Oct, 19:21. Forecast: MeteoSwiss ICON-CH models.