At New Years we bought, with much ambition, snow shoes. The weather was going to be good and we wanted to get out in the mountains. Since I am not very fond of skiing (Yes, it might be annoying for some that I live very close to good ski resorts and do not take advantage of that…) I thought snow shoeing must be the perfect alternative. This way the hiking season does not really have to end and I get to enjoy the mountains in the winter as well. What a bliss! Anyway, last Sunday, two and a half months later, we finally got out to try those snow shoes. So much for that ambition..
We caught the train, bus and cable car and within an hour or so we arrived in Melchsee-Frutt. This is a small ski resort at an elevation of 1920 meters. Not very well known it seems except among the locals. I like it though, easy to reach from Lucerne, it has good hiking, climbing, mountain biking and more in the summer and skiing in the winter.
This day was very warm. The weather started out cloudy but cleared after lunch. When the sun was shining and we were hiking uphill it was hot enough to walk in t-shirt. Andy actually sun burned his arms! The loop we did was around 8-9 km and 500 meters elevation. A nice tour that took us about 2.5 hours.
It was such a nice day and I was walking with a big smile on my face. A bonus was that it was still sunny and warm for a barbecue on the terrace when we got back. 🙂
My suspicion that this would be the winter sport for me was correct. I loved it and this was not the last tour.