Ski Clothes Rental in Interlaken: Where and How Much

Ski clothes rental in Interlaken is possible at three addresses, and the only published price in the region is in Grindelwald: CHF 16 a day for a jacket and CHF 15 for ski trousers at Buri Sport, read on 28 October 2026. On my own winter tours, a jacket or trousers costs CHF 5 an item and the gloves are free. Nobody needs to buy a ski outfit for two days in the snow.

Where can you rent ski clothes in Interlaken?

At OUTDOOR on the Höheweg, at Skywings, and at Buri Sport once you are in Grindelwald. Or you skip the rental and buy the pieces at Decathlon on the Bahnhofstrasse. OUTDOOR rents helmets, ski goggles, gloves, jackets and trousers for adults and children in its Interlaken shop at Höheweg 95, at its base at Industriestrasse 17 in Wilderswil and in Grindelwald, with 10 % off the gear when you book a ski lesson with them. Skywings, the paragliding company, lists jackets, trousers, gloves and goggles among its rentals. Intersport Rent at Bahnhofstrasse 2 in Unterseen rents skis and boards; its page does not mention clothing.

Pierre Vetsch, founder and head guide, asked where he sends a guest who arrives without a ski jacket or trousers: "Decathlon."

The Decathlon store sits at Bahnhofstrasse 31 in Interlaken, open 09:00 to 19:00 Monday to Friday and 09:00 to 17:00 on Saturday, closed on Sunday, hours read on 28 October 2026. For a guest who stays a week, buying a pair of waterproof trousers there costs about what a week of rental costs, and the trousers go home in the suitcase.

Only Buri Sport in Grindelwald publishes its clothing prices online, so for the three Interlaken shops you ask at the counter or by email before you arrive. If you ski at Grindelwald, Wengen or Männlichen, renting the clothes in Grindelwald saves you from carrying a second bag on the train, the same logic as for the skis in my guide to skiing near Interlaken.

How much does a rented ski jacket and trousers cost?

CHF 16 a day for a jacket and CHF 15 for trousers at Buri Sport in Grindelwald, CHF 30 and CHF 28 for two days, then CHF 8 and CHF 7 for each extra day. Seven days cost CHF 75 for the jacket and CHF 66 for the trousers. Those are the prices on Buri's winter rental page on 28 October 2026, and they are the benchmark for the valley.

On a Swiss Local Adventures winter tour, the sledding evening or the snowshoe morning, you rent a jacket or trousers from me for CHF 5 an item, and I lend the gloves. That is not a business, it is what stops a guest from sledding in jeans.

My own stock is more than ten sets of jackets and trousers, so a group of eight does not empty it, and I bring them to the meeting point at Interlaken West.

Insider tip: a rented ski jacket is cut for skiing, long in the back and tight at the wrists. For sledding, where you sit, it matters more than on skis: a short fashion jacket rides up and lets the snow in at the first bend.

What do visitors actually lack when they arrive?

Shoes, before anything else. I meet guests at Interlaken West for every winter tour, and the outfit check takes ten seconds.

Pierre says, on what guests most often lack: "Shoes." Trainers and low shoes, on a snowy run or a snowshoe trail.

Shoes are the one piece nobody rents by the evening and nobody lends: you need shoes that close above the ankle and keep water out, and they have to be yours. Gloves come second. Guests have arrived without any, and I lend mine from the car. Jackets and trousers come third, and those I rent.

The outfit mistake I see most on the snowshoe tour is jeans, which soak through in an hour and freeze on the walk back. Thin city gloves are wet by the first snowball and useless by the fondue. I wrote the full layer list in what to wear sledding in Switzerland and in what to wear snowshoeing near Interlaken; this page answers only the question of where the missing pieces come from.

Do you need ski clothes for sledding or snowshoeing?

You need a waterproof jacket, waterproof trousers, warm gloves and shoes that close above the ankle. A ski outfit does the job, so does any rain shell over a fleece. On the sledding run you sit in the snow for an hour at dusk; on the snowshoe loop above Isenfluh you walk, sweat, then stand still for the fondue. Both punish cotton.

Pierre says, on the outfit I wear on the Sulwald loop: "Ski jacket and ski trousers."

Pierre says, on the outfit mistake I see most on the snowshoe tour: "Jeans."

What you can bring from home without renting anything: a fleece or wool mid-layer, a hat, sunglasses, a scarf, wool socks. What you rent if you don't own it: the shell jacket, the trousers, and on a ski day the helmet and goggles. The snowshoe tour with cheese fondue lists the rental on the product page so nobody learns the cost at the car.

Your Questions About Ski Clothes Rental in Interlaken

Can you rent ski clothes at Interlaken station?

Not inside the station. The nearest addresses are Decathlon at Bahnhofstrasse 31, on the street that runs from Interlaken West into the centre, and OUTDOOR at Höheweg 95 on the main street. Interlaken Ost has no clothing rental on the platform side, so if you arrive late and leave for the slopes early, book the clothes online with the skis the day before, or rent at Buri Sport in Grindelwald on the morning you ski. OUTDOOR takes reservations online and adjusts the gear at pick-up; Decathlon opens at 09:00 on weekdays.

Can you rent ski clothes for children in Interlaken?

Yes. OUTDOOR states that its rental covers adults and kids, jackets and trousers included, in Interlaken and Grindelwald. Buri Sport in Grindelwald rents winter jackets and ski trousers in various sizes, without a separate children's price list online. In Mürren, the Schilthorn cableway says the Intersport Rent shops lend children's ski gear free of charge, which covers skis and boots rather than clothes. On my tours, children from 10 can take the snowshoe tour and the rental jackets come in adult sizes only, so a child brings a jacket from home.

Do you need to book ski clothes in advance?

For a weekday in January, no; for the Christmas weeks and the February school holidays, yes. OUTDOOR lets you reserve equipment online and pick it up at the shop, and the 10 % discount applies when the rental is booked with a lesson. Buri Sport in Grindelwald hands out the listed gear directly in the shop, so you can size the jacket on the spot. If your first ski day is a beginner package, the clothes are the one thing the package does not include; the package page says so, and OUTDOOR rents them to adults at its shops.

Is it cheaper to buy a cheap ski jacket than to rent one?

For two days, no. Two days of jacket and trousers at Buri Sport cost CHF 58 in total, less than a jacket that keeps you dry. For a week, the arithmetic changes: seven days of both pieces cost CHF 141 to rent, and that is why I send guests who stay longer to Decathlon at Bahnhofstrasse 31, where the trousers they buy go home with them. On a single evening tour with me, CHF 5 an item settles the question.

Come as you are, the jacket is waiting

The doubt I hear is simple: "I didn't bring ski clothes, can I still come?" Yes. On the sledding evening and the snowshoe morning the jacket and trousers wait in the car for CHF 5 an item, the gloves are free, and you bring the shoes and the fleece. If you want the evening on the snow without a shopping trip first, book the sunset sledding with cheese fondue and tell me your sizes in the booking note.

How we made this: based on Pierre's interviews of 9 and 28 October 2026, prices checked at the official sources on 28 October 2026, written with AI assistance.

Source: Buri Sport Grindelwald, winter rental, OUTDOOR, ski rental in Interlaken and Grindelwald, and the winter tours above Isenfluh and Mürren, 2025 and 2026.

*Written by Pierre Vetsch, founder and head guide at Swiss Local Adventures