FollowA warm and sunny day today, so we decide to ski at Grindelwald which is the village on the other side of the mountain. Here’s the drill:
- Get the gondola up from Wengen to Mannlichen
- Ski down past Holenstein to a little hamlet called Aspen. It’s about 5 miles skiing
- Enjoy a coffee while you wait for the bus to take you to the Firstbahn
- Up the Firstbahn to 2100 metres
- Have a ski
- Return to Grindelwald and get the train back to Wengen via Zweilutcheinen and Lauterbrunnen.
So it’s quite a hike, but worth the effort. Grindelwald has quite a bit to see. As you can see from the photos there have been a lot of avalanches which limit the routes a bit, but we can still ski the timed giant slalom course up at Oberjoch. Llamas under the gondola on the way down – John says these are used to carry bags for trekkers in the summer, but I’m not sure I believe him. Anyhow, enjoy the photos.
