Another early morning view from our hotel room
At last, a blue sky day above fresh snow. Apparently they have been waiting for this since last December, so we may have just enjoyed the best day of the entire season.
Not unexpectedly, the bus to the Sunnbüel cablecar and the cablecar itself were heaving with people. But once we were up at Sunnbüel (1936 metres) and away from the shared tracks, we had a most enjoyable cross country skiing day on freshly groomed pistes with fewer people than we see on the tracks in Gatinau Park, where we've sadly been unable to visit since 2020.Sue and I successfully skied down a steep, pristine piste before making our way up to a track shared with walkers and snowshoes. Here we failed to comprehend the steepness of the track and managed to wipe out in front of the hordes. Soon afterwards Sue managed a face plant that sadly broke her sunglasses.
But after that it was fine, and we enjoyed the trails, contrived though they are. A small bench in the shade proved a good venue for elevenses, and a 'lap' of the trails later, for lunch.
On our return in the cablecar we passed through a band of cloud and arrived at the bus stop with 50 minutes to spare. So we decided to walk 1.5 km then ski 3.5 km on the village trails. After already having skied about 13 km on the high trails, this was hard work. The snow at village level is melting fast, making the skiing quite tricky.A view from near our hotel
Back at base by 4:30, there was time for a swim for Sue and a sauna for both of us before aperitifs were served prior to an excellent gourmet five course meal.
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