It’s a very nice morning, so we head up to Männlichen. Val and I have a ski while Jim gets his photos.
Snow sculpture above the cable car station.
As the day wears on, the temperature begins to rise and clouds begin to gather on top of the mountains. This is a sure sign that we’ll get a storm from the south later on.
Uptown Lights are playing again tonight, this time in Rocks.
It’s a grey, murky morning, so we head off for a wander down to Wengwald.
We caught the train down to Lauterbrunnen and met Ali at Airtime where we had pies for lunch. Hopped on the bus to Trümmelbach and began walking back down the valley. The Trümmelbach stream is completely frozen.
The Lütschine river is still just about flowing.
And here’s what happens at the waterfall when the temperature stays below freezing for a couple of weeks. A huge mass of ice.
Uptown Lights at the Caprice tonight.
It’s a nice morning, so we popped over to Mürren. We put Jim on the train and skied across from Winteregg. Chilly at the top in the shade.
We had another good snowfall last night, so the runs are a bit bumpy with lots of fluffy new snow. It’s fun to ski, especially when there are so few people around.
We had a nice lunch (fish & chips) at the Bellevue, and Jim went for his train while we skied back to Winteregg. A beer in Rocks when we got back to Wengen topped off the day.
Rocks was busy again for the quiz last night, and we ended up in a tie for first place with another team. The tiebreaker question was ‘how many episodes of Last of the summer wine were made’. We were miles out with our guess, but fortunately the other team were even worse, so we kept up this season’s 100% record.
While we were enjoying ourselves it was snowing outside, and we trudged home through a foot of the stuff.
This morning the bad weather has passed so we head up to Scheidegg.
It’s really cold and there are very few people skiing. Empty pistes.
We catch another train down to Grindelwald to see the snow sculptures. The fresh snow hasn’t done them any favours but they’re still pretty impressive.
Val’s dad arrived last night, so we had a wander out to Innerwengen. It’s bright and mild today.
Baby goats playing at the farm.
The village looks lovely in the sunshine, but we can see the weather coming up the valley, and we’ll have snow tonight for sure.
It’s 10 degrees warmer than yesterday, and it feels like spring. Beanie has a day off so Val went up for a ski with her while I did a few chores.
It’s quite busy – queues at Gummi. The piste down Gummi Nord is open for the first time this season.
Val’s dad arrives later, so this week will mostly be sightseeing.
Minus 11 when we got up this morning, and by the time we left the house it was still minus 10. But it’s a beautiful sunny day, so we dress up warm and head up to Männlichen. Despite the intense cold, it’s quite busy.
We ski up and down for a while on lovely pistes, trying not to freeze on the chairlifts.
By about midday it’s a fair bet we can find an empty gondola down at Holenstein, which makes all the difference as we can thaw out on the way back up the hill. We paused for lunch and started again – it’s always much quieter in the afternoon.
A good day, but I’m looking forward to a hot shower.
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