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Tramelan - Le Cernil
Tramelan, the nearest town. Photo: Abaddon1337, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Tramelan

Ski resort · Switzerland

Is it worth the trip?

Every day scores the same

Tramelan is closed for the season on these dates.

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
-1°C
Wind
8 kn

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
-2°C
Wind
8 kn

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
-2°C
Wind
6 kn

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
0°C
Wind
3 kn

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
1°C
Wind
4 kn

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
1°C
Wind
2 kn

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
2°C
Wind
3 kn

Tap a day for snow, wind and the temperature. Full forecast

Forecast: next 8 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 40, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor

The resort in three facts

  • Top 1,209 mvillage 912 m
  • 8 km of runsevery grade
  • Open December–Aprilusually

Full forecast

every day, every number

Lifts closed for the season. They usually open about 25 November.

We don't know the avalanche risk here. Check SLF.

Forecast and score for each day at Tramelan
DayScoreFresh72 hDepthtop, mid, baseColdestat topWindat top
Sun 1Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-1°Cwind, 12 knots
Mon 2Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-1°Cwind, 8 knots
Tue 3Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-2°Cwind, 8 knots
Wed 4Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-2°Cwind, 6 knots
Thu 5Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m0°Cwind, 3 knots
Fri 6Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m1°Cwind, 4 knots
Sat 7Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m1°Cwind, 2 knots
Sun 8Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m2°Cwind, 3 knots

Wind is in knots, the arrow where it blows to. Snow depth starts from today's reading at Col du Chasseral, 1455 m. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

snow by month

Snow by month

Typical snow on the ground and coldest daytime temperature by month
MonthBase912 mMid1,061 mTop1,209 mColdestat the top
Decnonenonenone-2°C
Jan0.1 m0.1 m0.1 m-3°C
Feb0.1 m0.1 m0.1 m-2°C
Marnonenonenone0°C

Typical snow on the ground in the village, halfway up and at the top: the middle value over 2016 to 2025, from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the grid cell nearest each height. Not a forecast, and not the groomed pistes: resorts make snow lower down.

Map

the resort and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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More skiing near here

2 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Tramelan

Village 912 m.

A ski resort with its village at 912 m and its top at 1,209 m. It has 8 km of runs and 3 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap. The runs drop 284 m, from 1,209 m to 925 m. For beginners and families: 54% of the km of runs are green or blue. For experts: 2 km of black, expert and freeride runs. Within 5 km of the village: an ice rink. It is usually in season from December to April. The snow is usually deepest in January, about 0.1 m at the top (1,209 m). The town to stay in is Tramelan.

Tramelan is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura (Jura Bernois).

From the Wikipedia article Tramelan by Wikipedia contributors, shortened by us. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

The ski area

Runs from 925 m to 1,209 m: 284 m of vertical. 8 km of runs and 3 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap for Tramelan.

Runs
Easy (blue)4.4 km
Intermediate (red)1.6 km
Advanced (black)2.2 km
Lifts
Drag lifts3

Measured along each mapped run, so it can differ from the resort's own figure. Ski area: Data from OpenSkiData / OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Skimap.org, Who's On First, © Mapterhorn.

For families

54% of the km of runs are green or blue.

Within 5 km of the village:

  • an ice rink: Patinoire - Tramelan, 0.1 km

The Family filter counts these. Places from the Overture Maps Foundation, from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and AllThePlaces. Foursquare data © 2024 Foursquare Labs, Inc., Apache 2.0. Check opening times before you go.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$2,160–US$3,760 each

about US$2,160–US$3,760 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, transfer, stay, food, lift pass, ski hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to ZRH, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$489–US$1,020
Transfershared airport transfer, returnabout US$94–US$161
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$375–US$630
Food7 days eating outabout US$449–US$831
Lift pass5 days at about US$113 a day, country averageabout US$476–US$650
Ski hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$281–US$469
Totalabout US$2,160–US$3,760

For 2 people sharing a room. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: 3 towns

Closest

Tramelan

1 min by car · 5 places to stay

about US$141/nightcountry average

See 5 places to stay in Tramelan · Booking.com

About Tramelan its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$141 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 16h 20m

About 16h 20m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → ZRH, direct, then 2h 55m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.