29 - 30 January Andermatt

IMG 0493 29 Jan 5:35AM my thermos falls the length of stairwell.. IMG 0476 requiring repairs. IMG 0420 29 Jan 9AM - David Cronin at Andermatt IMG 0422 from the midstatiioni Gurschenalp on Gemsstock, looking toward but not at Oberalppass
IMG 0423 little kids with airbags... IMG 0426 snowscape on Gemsstock IMG 0427 looking down from the glacier toward the valley of the Ruess, the gnarly approach to the Gotthard IMG 0431 up many flights of stairs to the sun terrace on the summit of Gemsstock
IMG 0433 David and the Alps of the Grisons IMG 0436 the backside with skin tracks to descent on the west IMG 0437 backside south with runs that go around the mountain to the east IMG 0438 from the red run looking west toward Monte Rosa
IMG 0443 detail IMG 0444 Finsteraarhorn, highest peak in the Oberland IMG 0445 like a Lyman print we own IMG 0447 a mistake but I like it!
IMG 0449 David and endless slope IMG 0452 lamb entrecote with these apple fritters and cinammon ice cream for dessert! IMG 0453 30 Jan - breakfast debris at the Hotel Monopol-Metropol IMG 0454 my very narrow but completely adequate room at the hotel
IMG 0456 waiting for the train at Nätschen that will take us to Oberalppass IMG 0459 hyper-Suissitude: recycling the gravel on the train platform IMG 0460 view from our lunch spot at the top of Cuolm Val IMG 0461 Val Maighels, which we visited last September
IMG 0464 the lighthouse at Oberalppass IMG 0465 the restaurant and train platform IMG 0468 the waiting room IMG 0469 fellow aging skiers and the route that I will someday come down
IMG 0470 ski lift IMG 0471 view from Oberstäfel across the valley to Rossbodenstock (R) and Piz Nuschalas (L) - many back country ski routes there IMG 0473