{"id":44450,"date":"2020-12-16T13:50:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T13:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grimselwelt.ch\/gersteneggbahn-replacement\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T14:41:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T14:41:31","slug":"gersteneggbahn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.grimselwelt.ch\/en\/railways\/gersteneggbahn\/","title":{"rendered":"Gersteneggbahn"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"44450\" class=\"elementor elementor-44450 elementor-2737\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ad80e99 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ad80e99\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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class=\"elementor-button-text\">Status<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a57e54f elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a57e54f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grimselstrom.ch\/media\/info\/Lawinenbulletin.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-download\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Avalanche and road bulletin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e98dc4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e98dc4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The winter feeder to the Grimsel region<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6215dc83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6215dc83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Gersteneggbahn will resume operations during the 2026\/27 winter season.<br\/>Due to the closure of the pass road from Guttannen, ski tourers have no other option but to take one of the taxi companies listed below from Meiringen, Innertkirchen, or Guttannen to reach the valley station at Handeck.<\/p><p>Make sure you check our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grimselwelt.ch\/en\/season-dates\/\">rail bulletin before your arrival to find out whether the Mountain rail<\/a>ways are running. Due to the rapidly changing weather conditions in the mountains, services may be suspended at short notice. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a648068 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a648068\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Snow tour bus from Guttannen<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37e6dea elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37e6dea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The snow touring bus takes tourers comfortably to the touring area. From Thursday to Monday, it runs at set times between Guttannen, Handeck and the Gesteneggbahn mountain station. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe39c85 elementor-align-left elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"fe39c85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/schneetourenbus.ch\/index.php?id=106\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">More information<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdbf32e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bdbf32e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cab company<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-999dc78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"999dc78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Alpenbustaxi In\u00e4bnit:<br\/><\/strong>Phone number: +41 79 630 49 43<br\/>Email: huibrue@bluewin.ch<br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alpenbustaxi.ch\/\">Website<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Frutt Taxi:<br\/><\/strong>Phone number: +41 79 716 95 25<br\/>Email: meiringen@frutt-taxi.ch<br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frutt-taxi.ch\/meiringen\/\">Website<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Grimsel Taxi:<br\/><\/strong>Phone number: +41 33 973 12 09 \/ +41 79 414 68 17<br\/>Email: info@grimseltaxi.ch<br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grimseltaxi.ch\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eed37f elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"0eed37f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\r\n  .fahrplan-widget {\r\n    margin: 20px auto;\r\n    padding: 40px;\r\n    border: 1px solid #ddd;\r\n    border-radius: 5px;\r\n    background-color: #f9f9f9;\r\n    display: inline-block;\r\n  }\r\n\r\n  .fahrplan-body label {\r\n    font-size: 16px;\r\n    font-weight: bold;\r\n    display: block;\r\n    margin-bottom: 5px;\r\n  }\r\n\r\n  .fahrplan-body input[type=\"text\"] {\r\n    width: 80%;\r\n    padding: 10px;\r\n    border: 1px solid #ccc;\r\n    border-radius: 3px;\r\n    margin-bottom: 10px;\r\n  }\r\n\r\n  .submit-button {\r\n    width: 80%;\r\n    background-color: #ff0000;\r\n    color: white;\r\n    border: none;\r\n    padding: 10px;\r\n    border-radius: 3px;\r\n    cursor: pointer;\r\n  }\r\n\r\n  .submit-button:hover {\r\n    background-color: #cc0000;\r\n  }\r\n\r\n  .sm-form-control {\r\n    text-align: center;\r\n  }\r\n\r\n  @media (max-width: 768px) {\r\n    .fahrplan-body input[type=\"text\"],\r\n    .submit-button {\r\n      width: 100%; 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Cab companies instructed by us may use the road during works traffic. Information on this can be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grimselstrom.ch\/media\/info\/Lawinenbulletin.pdf\">KWO road and avalanche bulletin<\/a>.  <\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/jW54UmqNA9rk9xoq7\">A limited number of public parking spaces are available for tourers in Guttannen at the village exit<\/a>.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cab companies take tourers from Meiringen, Innertkirchen or Guttannen to the Gersteneggbahn valley station.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Travel by PostBus to Guttannen:<br\/>Information on the timetable for line 31.171 can be found at <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; transition-property: all;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.postauto.ch\/\">www.postauto.ch.<\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Please be sure to read our <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; transition-property: all;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grimselwelt.ch\/en\/season-dates\/\">rail bulletin<\/a> before your arrival.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buy tickets Status Avalanche and road bulletin The winter feeder to the Grimsel region The Gersteneggbahn will resume operations during the 2026\/27 winter season.Due to the closure of the pass road from Guttannen, ski tourers have no other option but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44377,"parent":44521,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-44450","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grimselwelt.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grimselwelt.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grimselwelt.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grimselwelt.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grimselwelt.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44450"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.grimselwelt.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50991,"href":"https:\/\/www.grimselwelt.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44450\/revisions\/50991"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grimselwelt.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grimselwelt.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grimselwelt.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}