# Wengen for Beginners > Wengen scores 5.4/10 for beginners: Green and blue pistes (share of total km) 39.5 %, Magic carpets and rope tows 6 lifts and Nursery slope at village level 1. Canonical: https://www.justpiste.com/resorts/wengen/beginners · Updated: 2026-09-21T22:00:23.162Z · Data as of: 2026-09-21T22:00:23.162Z · Source: Just Piste ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Resort | Wengen, Switzerland | | Beginner score | 5.4/10 | | Village elevation | 1,274 m | ## Score explanation | Input | Value | | --- | --- | | Green and blue pistes (share of total km) | 39.5 % | | Magic carpets and rope tows | 6 lifts | | Nursery slope at village level | 1 | ## Beginner pistes | Name | Ref | Colour | Difficulty | Length | Vertical | Top elevation | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | 6 | Blue | easy | 4,067 m | 684 m | 2,233 m | | | 2 | Blue | easy | 3,005 m | 444 m | 2,239 m | | Hindenburg | 20 | Blue | easy | 2,140 m | 305 m | 2,115 m | | 11 | 11 | Blue | easy | 2,105 m | 235 m | 2,640 m | | 12 | 12 | Blue | easy | 2,046 m | 327 m | 2,172 m | | Dreistern | 2 | Blue | easy | 1,965 m | 339 m | 1,940 m | | 36 | | Blue | easy | 1,955 m | 179 m | 2,061 m | | 25 | 25 | Blue | easy | 1,893 m | 351 m | 2,267 m | | 22 | 22 | Blue | easy | 1,802 m | 255 m | 2,060 m | | 8 | 8 | Blue | easy | 1,116 m | 185 m | 2,446 m | | 31 | 31 | Blue | easy | 1,054 m | 86 m | 2,146 m | | Bob Run | 6 | Blue | easy | 912 m | 103 m | 1,767 m | | Maulerhubel | 4 | Blue | easy | 686 m | 129 m | 1,940 m | | Maulerhubel Carving | 4 | Blue | easy | 627 m | 128 m | 1,940 m | | Figeler | | Blue | novice | 230 m | 19 m | 1,307 m | | Finel | 23b | Blue | easy | 179 m | 49 m | 1,678 m | 60 unnamed connecting sections, 15.4 km. ## Facilities - 3 magic carpets. ## FAQ ### Why does Wengen score 5.4/10 for beginners? The three inputs that move the score most are Green and blue pistes (share of total km) 39.5 %, Magic carpets and rope tows 6 lifts and Nursery slope at village level 1. ### Is there childcare in Wengen? 0 childcare providers are listed in OpenStreetMap for Wengen. ### How many ski schools are there in Wengen? 0. ### How much of Wengen is easy skiing? 39.5% of the piste km we measure is green or blue. ### How high is the village in Wengen? 1,274 m, with lifts to 2,647 m. ### Are there magic carpets in Wengen? 3 magic carpets are mapped in Wengen. ### How far is Wengen from Bern airport? Bern is about 116 minutes by road from Wengen (47 km). ### How high is Wengen? 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Dark clouds moved in and out, partly obscuring the peak and the long glacier sliding down its side. [#sky ,#landscape ,#switzerland ,#nature ,#light ,#snow ,#dark ,#swiss ,#mountain ,#cloud ,#outdoors ,#horizontal ,#majestic ,#bernese oberland ,#jungfrau region ,#wengen] — Mark Peters — CC0 — http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en Cite as: Just Piste, "Wengen for Beginners", https://www.justpiste.com/resorts/wengen/beginners, accessed 2026-09-22