It’s another nice day. We met Ali and headed up to Männlichen.
Had a good ski, then made our way across to Gummi and down Tschuggen to Aspen, where we had lunch. Colin arrived at about the same time.
Skied down to Grund, then got the train up to Scheidegg and skied home, pausing only for a beer in the sunshine at the Figeller bar. Great day.
It’s been snowing for three days, but this morning we awoke to glorious sunshine. Off we go up to Männlichen. It’s a beautiful day.
Here’s Val, cruising down to Holenstein.
The pistes are soft and quite bumpy, so we got a good workout. Wengen looks fantastic in the afternoon sunshine.
Another victory in the quiz last night. It’s really popular this winter – just about everyone in the bar took part.
This morning it was snowing again, with no transport of any kind up the mountain. We popped down to Interlaken for a look around the sports shops, but came back empty handed. Duo Centrale at the Sunstar later.
Frau Holle lives somewhere above the Earth. When she makes her bed, loose feathers are stirred up and fall to Earth as snow. So goes the tale from the brothers Grimm. It started snowing while we were in the pub last night and it hasn’t stopped since. We needed shopping so we ventured out this morning.
At 10.30 the trains up to Scheidegg were suspended owing to fears of avalanches.
And at 2pm the entire mountain was closed. The fire brigade put out an appeal via Facebook for residents to clear the snow around hydrants.
The snow looks set to continue for at least another 24 hours.
Odd sort of a day today. Started very cloudy with fog. We grabbed our skis and popped over to Winteregg in search of better visibility, but to no avail. Then, after lunch, just when everyone had given up, the sun came out for a couple of hours.
We had a good snowfall last night, and it looks like there could be lots more to come over the next couple of days. Time to batten down the hatches.
It’s a much nicer day, so up we go to Männlichen. We ski round to Scheidegg where we had coffee. The Canadian ski team were at the next table. The Europa Cup is one rung below the World Cup which takes place next week. As such the racers are mainly youngsters in their late teens. The usual pre-race melee at the start hut.
And off they go. Here’s Lars Rösti from Switzerland.
Inspired by the racers, we bolt down the Lauberhorn towards the village. Igloo being built at Allmend. Needless to say it will become a bar.
Snowing again this morning, but we’re getting cabin fever being stuck indoors so we headed up on the train. It’s very murky.
Skiing in poor visibility is easier on tree-lined runs, so we head back towards Wengen. The snow is wonderful.
We get back to the village and wonder what the weather might be doing up at Männlichen. It only takes 5 minutes to get there, so it’s worth the gamble – if it’s no better we can come straight back down. When we got there it was deserted, but little by little the sun began to break through. The gamble has paid off and we have Männlichen all to ourselves.
Val got a great shot of the village from the cable car on the way back down. The arrow points at our house.
In the centre of the picture you can see temporary buildings being erected – they are hospitality facilities for the race next weekend.
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