So, we took a weekend trip to one of our favorite mountain villages, Mürren. While there, we had the good fortune to coincide with the first real snow of the season. That meant that we spend most of our time indoors. However, we did venture our for one extended hike. These first images are from that hike.
As you might be able to tell from the image … Alexander was tucked inside my jacket.
The Fam. Out for a walk in the snow.
Here’s the desolate trail/road we walked along. Although it’s about the width of a nice trail, it’s actually the road. They don’t worry too much about wear and tear on the road. Officially, cars are not allowed in Mürren … except the snow plow and occasional truck.
It many ways, the area is a throw-back to the 19th century.
Still gorgeous, even during the snowstorm.
As are all the waterfalls.
We solved the problem of Alexander’s cold hands with Anna’s gloves. A touch too big still, but we’re working on right sized snow gear. As you can see, he was pretty chill in the snow. The snowflakes were hitting him in the face, and he didn’t seem to mind. In fact, he fell asleep on the hike home (he’s pretty tired in this picture).
After a couple days and a foot of snow, we got back in the gondola and headed down the mountain.
This is the view that met us at the bottom. We were right at the line where the snow turned into rain. It made for an interesting contrast.
It almost seemed like a surprise spring snowstorm … but instead, it was the other end of the seasons.
A little further down the valley toward Lauterbrunnen, the fall colors were shining through.
Everything seemed lush and heavy.
The visible snow line.
More of the fall color.
The banks of the river were ablaze with color. It was simply beautiful.
That concludes our brief sojourn to Switzerland. Most importantly, now Alexander has been in snow … and liked it! (this time, at least).
Until the next trip…
–Jim
