Really good impromptu buffet in Rocks last night, Colin provided the music.
Rich decided to act out a scene from Singing in the rain.
This morning we have fog and drizzle all the way to the top of the mountains, so the best option seems to be staying indoors.
The weather forecast wasn’t great for today, but we decided to go up on the off-chance we might get a few runs before the snow arrives. It was well worth it, we had a lovely run down Wixi early on.
Stopped for coffee and a snack at the little chalet at the top of the Arven lift. Delicious!
The light began to deteriorate, so we pottered down to Brandegg on surprisingly good snow. The snow started just as our train pulled out of the station at Scheidegg. A short day, but we made the most of it.
The sun has returned at last, so up we go. At Scheidegg the stage for the Snowpenair concert is still being dismantled, so we have to dodge the piste machines.
We bumped into Matt and Rich at Eigergletcher. Rich is skiing the old fashioned way, with telemark skis and a single long pole.
At the bottom of Black Rock, with the Mönch looming over us.
Chairlift selfie on the way up the Eigernordwand lift.
Great day out.
Behind the little hydro station at Stechelberg is a curated garden with a couple of ponds. As we’re on the valley floor here these ponds will be the first to have tadpoles and later on, frogs. The cold weather we’ve been having lately means no tadpoles yet, and all we saw was lots of frogspawn.
There are other signs of spring down here though. These cows are getting some fresh air.
Lost tourists having a sat-nav trauma being rescued by the police. This happens a lot – they drive onto a walking path only to find it becomes impassable.
Easter is coming. Lovely display at one of the farms along the path.
A good walk of 7 or 8 kilometres, depending whether you believe Val’s watch or mine.
Closing party at the Caprice last night, and it turned out to be one of the best of the season. A few photos.
This morning it’s grey with low cloud. The kids are having a parallel slalom competition on the nursery slope.
A quiet day for us after last night’s excitement.
Stunning ‘pink Jungfrau’ last night.
It’s the Snowpenair concert up at Scheidegg today. 10,000 people will be there.
Tickets are expensive and we’ve seen it all before, so it’s a good day for a trip down to Interlaken. We need food and Colin needs screws for the studio he’s building downstairs. We pause for ice cream on the Hohematt.
Tonight the Caprice has its closing party.
The plough finally arrived to clear the path up to our house late yesterday afternoon. Hooray!
By the time we got back from Rocks the snow had come to an end. The street lights illuminate our winter wonderland.
This morning absolutely everyone headed up the hill to Scheidegg. It was glorious, with unbroken sunshine and over a metre of new snow.
A pause on the racetrack on the way back to Wengen. This is just above the big ‘Hundschopf’ jump.
We ski round Canadian Corner and down through the Kernan ‘S’ until we reach the tunnel under the railway at Wasserstation.
Splendid snowman on the Eigerhübel.
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