We just simply can’t sit still, so on Saturday evening, we headed to Grindelwald, Switzerland in order to hit the slopes early Sunday morning.  Here are the highlights from our most recent skiing adventure:

1. Warm temperatures: Unlike the east coast, Switzerland has been unusually warm lately with temperatures hovering right around freezing.  For the first time this ski season, we enjoyed a day without ice in our hair and a mid-mountain outdoor lunch.
2. Walls of ice and wind: Though it was warm, the winds were gale force.  Sadly, this caused many of the slopes to be closed in the morning, but we still found a few good runs to enjoy.  By the afternoon, the winds had “died down enough” to open a few more pistes.  We excitedly made our way to the top of the mountain where we were met with walls of ice.  Seriously, the gusts were so strong at times that we had to stop skiing, plant our feet, and protect our faces from the icy wind.  At other times, it was so strong that it actually pushed us up the mountain.  It definitely wasn’t a day to break any type of speed records.
3. Most miles skied in one day: Grindelwald is a huge ski area, and in a single day, we managed to ski a mighty 25 miles.  By about 3 that afternoon, we were a bit exhausted (and a lot windblown) and decided to call it a day.  That said, there is a still a lot of mountain there left to explore, so we can easily see a trip back in our near future.