Bryan Adams, Easter bunnies and a broken arm!

Sitting in the warm sunshine, under the magnificent Eiger, with a glass of wine, bubbling cheese raclettes and Bryan Adams strumming along in the background I contemplated the season here in Wengen.

From December through till the middle of February regular snowstorms dropped more snow on Wengen, as with many resorts across the Western Alps, than it has had for years. Now, at the beginning of April, after a glorious March, the pistes are still in great shape.

Yesterday I skied the famous Lauberhorn World Cup downhill run from the top at the little 'Start Bar' all the way down to Mary's Bar' at Innerwengen on near perfect snow. Yes it was soft in places but the cover was fantastic.

The resort is a little busier this week with a few more families arriving for the Easter week. They love their Easter bunnies here. Large papier mâché type bunny figures appear at every doorway and peeping out of chalet balconies, much like the father Christmas figures did in December. Even the doctors surgery had life size chickens laying plastic eggs in reception and child size bunnies ready to cheer up passing children.

Our experiment to rent a place for the season has worked. We've been out all the school holidays and managed to get a few rentals to help with costs in between. I've missed the variety of visiting different resorts with the children but they've loved meeting the same people, the familiarity of the same runs and lifts and running down to the same bakery every morning for fresh croissants.

                                                                                       Hen party at the Bryan Adams concert.

My eldest son's broken arm has added to the challenge of skiing with three children, hence a visit to the Easter bunnies at the doctor's surgery this week, but if there's anywhere to be with an injury, it's here in Wengen. The season-end concert at Kleine Scheidegg with Kim Wilde and Bryan Adams was great fun. Kids happily playing in the snow and adults singing along and chilling in the warm spring sunshine.
Roll on next winter (and a mended arm!).