Snowboarding in Zermatt, Switzerland
Lana and I had such a good time snowboarding in Nassfeld, Austria that we decided to drive a little further over to Zermatt, Switzerland for a weekend in early March. It was a great drive (actually had to stop and buy snow chains since I couldn't make it through the pass in the mountains) there with the mountians and snow giving great scenery along the way. We had tried to book a hotel room online a few days prior to the trip, but we couldn't find anything within our budget. So, we decided to be spontaneous and find a place when we arrived. That spontaneity worked out well, and we found ourselves a nice pensione about 30 min from the Zermatt ski lifts. Zermatt is a completely electric town, so we had to park our car and take the train the two days we snowboarded. The Zermatt ski slopes are right in and around the base of the well known mountain called the Matterhorn...what a cool place to snowboard! The slopes were endless, the snow was fresh and the scenery again was amazing.
After the first night of snowboarding, we enjoyed a good typical Swiss dinner along with some local wine. The next day was the same with more snowboarding checking out new runs...the park went on forever. We found out at the top of the mountain we could have actually skied down the far side into Italy, but decided to stay on the Swiss side since we had a lot more still to see. We enjoyed a nice dinner in Zermatt that night before heading back to our pensione just down the street. Sadly, we were on the road by mid morning the next day back to Italy...about a 5-6 hour drive. We hope to get back to Zermatt before leaving Italy if we can, or at least to another ski part somewhere in Switzerland.
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After the first night of snowboarding, we enjoyed a good typical Swiss dinner along with some local wine. The next day was the same with more snowboarding checking out new runs...the park went on forever. We found out at the top of the mountain we could have actually skied down the far side into Italy, but decided to stay on the Swiss side since we had a lot more still to see. We enjoyed a nice dinner in Zermatt that night before heading back to our pensione just down the street. Sadly, we were on the road by mid morning the next day back to Italy...about a 5-6 hour drive. We hope to get back to Zermatt before leaving Italy if we can, or at least to another ski part somewhere in Switzerland.
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