We’ve had 3 days of non-stop rain, but this morning the temperature dropped and it turned to snow. Time to put up some Christmas decorations.
The snow stopped just before dinner time, so we’ll head off up to the village for a few drinks later.
At the beginning of the season, the Central Sport ski shop holds a fashion show, to showcase their offerings for the winter. It’s fun, with plenty of food and drink, so despite the pouring rain we didn’t want to miss it. The models are the shop staff. Some photos of the latest gear.
Afterwards we slithered down the wet, icy hill that leads back to our house. It was good to be home. This morning Val was teaching up at Männlichen, fortunately during a pause in the wet weather. I was content to stay here at home.
There are many events which define the opening of the winter season, but arguably none are so significant as the opening party at the Tanne bar.
Everyone was there. Here we are with Angela and Michael.
A splendid night out. The weather is dreadful, with a mixture of rain and snow, so it’s nice to be tucked up in a cosy bar.
At the beginning of the season we have a ‘shakedown’. This is a day set aside for ensuring that everything we need for skiing still works. Today it’s gloomy up the hill, so it’ll be very quiet; an ideal day to try out equipment and clothing. We met Will up at Kleine Scheidegg and had a potter down an easy run called Arven.
Having established that everything still works, we had a long coffee stop at the Eigernordwand restaurant. I think there were more staff than customers. The Crystal bar is opening today, so we’ll pop in for a beer later.
It’s a lovely morning, but bitterly cold. Fantastic views up the valley.
Val got the snowshoes out of the cellar, and we headed up to the village. There’s masses of snow.
The ski run back to the village isn’t officially open yet, but the kids ski it anyway.
We caught the train up to the restaurant at Allmend, just above the village, where we enjoyed a drink. Views back to Wengen.
A nice day out, if a little cold.
It snowed all night, and continued all day. Colin’s footmarks in the snow on the steps.
Colin had to go to work of course, whereas we oldies could choose to stay home in the warm. That’s exactly what we did.
Yesterday was truly grim, with heavy rain. This morning when we woke up it had thankfully turned to snow.
We popped into Central Sport to pay for our locker for another year, and had lunch at Cafe Waldschluecht. The big news however is that Rocks is opening tonight, so we’ll all be there later.
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