Skiing, Telford style

The group visiting from Telford haven’t been here before, so today we showed them around the ski area at Kleine Scheidegg. Here they come.

As you can see, it was a bit gloomy early on. We stopped at Brandegg for coffee, and got a group photo before our train arrived.

We finished off with a lap of the Lauberhorn, before heading home for lunch.

Snowy Sunday

The school holidays are over, and Scheidegg was deserted when Val arrived for work this morning.

A group of people from Telford Ski Centre are here for a week. Val skied them back to the village this afternoon.

Wengen is very quiet. I guess the fact that it’s been snowing for most of the day doesn’t help. It’s due to brighten up tomorrow.

Grey Saturday

Last night we had a lovely dinner at the Eiger, followed by cocktails in the Tanne bar.

This morning it was cold and grey, and we were grateful not to have to go anywhere. It did brighten up this afternoon, so we popped up to the village. It got a bit noisy.

We retrieved Val’s skis from Central Sport where they had been serviced. Some very cold weather is forecast for this week, so I bought the warmest pair of skiing gloves I could find.

Curry, and cold

We started with a beer in Rocks last night, before heading up to the curry house. Delicious food as always.

Wengen, early this morning as Val was setting off for work. Minus 13 at the top according to the TV.

Busy at Scheidegg – it’s a nice day as long as you’re wrapped up.

It’s cold enough to run the snow cannons all day. You can see the clouds of snow they produce on the meadows leading back to Wengen.

Snow

It hasn’t snowed for about 3 weeks, so this morning it was nice to wake up to a good covering in the village. The snow continued until just after lunch. Very quiet pistes at Scheidegg.

Val skied her beginner down to Brandegg. That’s a pretty good achievement considering she only started skiing on Sunday. The path through the forest is particularly picturesque.

After days of mild temperatures and sunshine it’s nice to have winter back again. Tonight we’re all off to the Indian.

Weather changing

We had some rain last night, and this morning the wind began to blow. By lunchtime, many skiers had returned to the village. Val had lessons all day up at Scheidegg, so had to soldier on. It was pretty deserted, with threatening skies.

This is Val’s colleague Will’s thumb. He wants to see it featured here.

By the time she’d finished her afternoon lesson, there was no one left. The wind had closed many of the lifts.

The storm should blow itself out overnight, but the temperatures are forecast to plummet. Snow tomorrow.