With a strong Foehn wind already blowing in Meiringen, we headed to Interlaken yesterday to see the Amisbuhl take off and the next turn point in the 2013 X-Alps route. The Foehn had not got this far as we arrived and people were enjoying early morning flights. We found the take off and admired the impressive Foehn cloud on the Eiger opposite, before deciding flying would not be very smart, as sooner or later the Foehn would blow through here too.
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| Looking out over Interlaken |
The afternoon was spent instead exploring the valleys to the south and looking at the options for crossing into the Valais from here. This will be one of the cruxes of the route, anyone that manages to fly this part will gain significant time on those that have to hike over one of the high mountain passes. The problem is that a day good enough to fly this part in the big mountains will almost certainly bring stable air to Interlaken, making the Amisbuhl take off a rather frustrating turnpoint from the pilots point of view, especially as we have to land there, potentially terminating what could otherwise be a good flight. On the other hand it may just rain!
In the evening we met up with Chrigel, this being his home town. Chrigel added to the local knowledge we'd downloaded off Phil in the morning to help our understanding of the area massively.
As for the weather, the Foehn is no longer blowing, instead we have rain and snow down to what looks like about 1000m!
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