MURREN

Alpine village, Bern canton, south central Switzerland, situated high above the Lauterbrunnen Valley in the Bernese Oberland (highland), opposite the Jungfrau (13,642 ft ). It is the highest village in the canton (elevation 5,450 ft) that is inhabited all the year round. A noted health and international winter-sports resort, it is also a ballooning centre with an annual international ballooning week. The Kandahar Ski Club was founded there in 1924. Since 1891 the main access has been by a mountain railway from Lauterbrunnen. The Schilthorn cableway began operation in 1967.