Eclipse of the sun

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Mike

Another lovely day, and we’ve been joined by Edmond and Angela who are here for a few days. Nice dinner in Sina’s restaurant last night (pic). Up early this morning for a ski at Mannlichen, Hayley properly bombing about everywhere now – even skied ‘Meltdown Hill’ with style and elegance. Quite a few pics today of a really good blast down to a place called Holenstein. Tried to get a pic of the eclipse but it didn’t really work. The eclipse did improve the snow however, as the pistes got a lot firmer while the moon partially obscured the sun.

Mannlichen to Scheidegg

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Mike

All aboard the 9am cable car up to Mannlichen at 2225 metres. Today we are joined by Adrian, Steve and Shaun who arrived last night. One or two sore heads following Ronald’s hospitality in the Tanne bar yesterday evening. We start with a coffee, then make our way round to Scheidegg where we have cake. Another warm, sunny day.

Kleine Scheidegg, high, fast and steep

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Mike

Perfect day today, warm and sunny. We’re off early to Scheidegg to get some mileage in and to ski some new terrain. Super lunch at Brandegg, 5 mile run back to the village. Doesn’t get much better than this, including a slice of the World Cup downhill run on the way home.

Murren

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Mike

Weather looked quite promising today, so it’s up early and off to Murren on the other side of the valley. Takes about 45 minutes via train & cable car. Murren’s mountains have a tendency to the vertical, but Hayley’s skiing well so no worries on that score.

We had a really good ski and beers in the sunshine at Winteregg at the end of the day. St Patrick’s day today, so this evening should be something of a gala.