Best snow conditions in years!

Picture: View over Sillerenbühl Ski Station, Adelboden, Switzerland

Still looking for a short winter break in the next few weeks? Adelboden, Grindelwald, Gstaad or in fact any ski resort in Switzerland would make the perfect location these days. The Swiss alps have been blessed with two major snow falls since November. As far as I remember the snow conditions have never been better over Xmas and New Years (...and yes, that is the reason, why I was not too active writing posts, I spent all my seasonal holidays on the slopes of Adelboden.

Picture: Adelboden Ski Area Map

By the way, Adelboden will be the venue of the Men's FIS World Cup Giant Slalom on January 11, 2009. And guess what. I will be up there tomorrow again - weather forecast: blue sky, sunshine and great powder - happy days!

Winter wonderland

Usually the train commute to my school in Olten, central Switzerland, is everything but spectacular. Today's train ride however, was just brilliant. The snowfall of the past three days has turned the countryside into a magical scenery. Snow packed pine trees embraced by wafts of mist are flying past my window. Moments like that just make my day. How can natural beauty like this be responsible for winter depressions? Some of us - it seems to me - have lost the ability to focus on the truely moving and interesting things in our overstimulated world.

Mystic fog over Engstligenalp, Adelboden

A few weeks ago, I shot this picture on a hike on the plateau of Engstligenalp near Adelboden. The fog was carried up by strong upward winds, the first frost and snow covered the plateau and I felt like being up in the Scottish Highlands.

Arctic impressions of Oeschinensee, Kandersteg

Hi guys,
Haven't posted anything in weeks. Sometimes I just simply don't find any nice topics to share with you. About 3 or 4 weeks ago, the first inches of snow covered the Bernese Oberland. This was the opportunity to hike up to Oeschinensee, a small mountain lake near Kandersteg. The scenery was smashing, the dark water surface was like a mirror, the reflexion of the mountains clear and sharp as I had never seen it before - have a look for yourself...