FollowWe’ve had a dreadful few days of weather. Rain, snow and wind. The only high point was Val’s end of term ski school party on Saturday night – a lovely meal at the Lebanese restaurant in Interlaken.
It’s 6 weeks today since my accident, and that means I have the all-clear to go skiing. It’s a lovely morning.
Spring skiing works like this. After lunch the sun warms the snow so it gets really slushy – it’s not great for skiing. Then, at night, everything freezes so the snow is rock hard by morning. The sun gets to work again, and between about 11am and lunchtime conditions are perfect. With only a couple of hours decent skiing, the only people on the hill are locals who can just pop up from the valley. The are certainly no problems with queues for the lifts.
Wengen is super quiet at the moment. Rocks closed at the weekend, as did all the restaurants apart from Sinas. The only bar open is the Crystal, but there are so few people here it hardly matters.