Amazing summer-like weather this week! But no lazy Sunday for us today, as we headed out to the mountains close the famous Klausen Pass to see if there was enough snow for a final sledge (didn't take skiis, but wish we had). We went to a small village called Urnerboden, with a tiny cable car to ship us up to the start of the 8km sledging run down. Up the top it was stunning with views for miles, and we just hung out while the kids messed (and ate) the snow and spotted animal tracks in the snow. Snow was still quite deep at the top, but as the day went on, it was melting fast so the sledging down was pretty hard work at times. More walking, pulling, and crashing than effortless gliding down. Stopped lots on the way down just to enjoy. Probably the last snow trip of the season?
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| The very old cable car up! |
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| Just a few meters from the top (and only) station. |
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| Bea on a grassy patch. No Alpine flowers yet. . . |
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The start of the sledge run.
Only saw three others sledging, and a
handful of skiiers all day. |
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| The start of the snowman. |
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| And it gets bigger, and bigger . . . |
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| That's Bea, sliding down the bank. . . |
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| Not sure what Frith was trying to prove! |
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| Back down at the bottom again. |
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| Bea trying to make an iceberg float downstream. |
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