Yet again we were second in the quiz last night, beaten by this lot.
Outside there was heavy snow and a howling wind.
Val was up early this morning as she had staff training. The train stopped just above Allmend, and the driver announced that he couldn’t get to Scheidegg because the wind was too strong. The training therefore took place entirely on Bumps. All the ski lifts at Scheidegg were closed anyway. More snow tonight apparently.
The weather forecast for this week is pretty gloomy, so despite the weekend crowds we headed up the hill to enjoy the last sunshine we might see for a while.
It snowed quite a bit last night so everything is chopped up and bumpy. It’s fun to ski but it wears you out fast.
After skiing a few thousand bumps we headed back for lunch. It’s getting noticeably warmer now. Quiz later.
Or ‘bye bye’ as we would say. It’s the end of Dutch week, and they’re all off back to Holland.
A föhn is blowing hard, so it’s very mild. The lifts at the top are closed, but we’re not bothered as we’re off to Interlaken.
It was windy down there too, so we didn’t hang around.
We had a big storm last night, with high winds and heavy snow. This morning however, the sun is out. Trains were packed earlier and it wasn’t possible to get to Scheidegg from Wengen.
Outside our house.
The streets have been ploughed, but there’s an awful lot of snow to get rid of.
Wengen has three churches, but this is the one that you always see in photos.
The Figeller bar will do a roaring trade later this afternoon.
We had our usual Wednesday evening up at the Caprice last night. Outside it was absolutely chucking it down.
This morning the snow had a pause, but it returned at lunchtime, accompanied by strong winds which closed the railway between Wengernalp and Scheidegg. All the ski lifts closed too. The kids are happy to ski in the street.
We went to Interlaken and it was even snowing down there. It’s nice to be back at home in the warm.
It started snowing overnight, and everyone is very happy. I cleared the path to our house at lunchtime, now it needs doing again.
It’s windy at the top with lots of lifts closed. The kids are happy to have a nursery slope without any muddy patches.
We got wrapped up and had a wander around the village.
Uptown Lights at the Caprice later.
Tourist offices in the Alps publish figures for the amounts of snow in their resorts. Usually you get 2 figures, one for the lower slopes at village level, and another for the upper slopes near the top of the ski area. To provide the measurements, a marked pole is set into the ground. Here’s ours:
As you can see, we could certainly do with some snow. Thankfully we have a big snowmaking system. This means that we can still ski back to the village, despite there being no natural snow. The artificial runs do look a bit odd though. This is the view from Grindelwald looking up towards Scheidegg.
Val’s not working today, so we had a nice lunch while we were there. As you can see from the picture it’s a gloomy day, but snow is forecast for later this evening. Fingers crossed.
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