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