Day off, 16 January, visit to Chandolin and St Luc

16 jan
On my day off I went to Chandolin and St Luc with Agnes. It is very easy to get around with the ski-busses and they are free, but you have to be careful where you are between 1 and 4pm, because they don’t run then.
In the morning it was sunny and as both of those villages lies quite high against the sunny side of the mountains, we had a bright and warm morning.
Chandolin lies at an altitude of 2130m and is the second highest village in the Alps with habitants all year round. With such an altitude they can be sure of snow for quite a long time. It is a village I have visited before and on each occasion I have seen nutcrackers, but not today. It get the feeling that winter is very mild up in the mountains so far.
We did not spent too much time in Chandolin and left to visit friends in St Luc. After so many visits to these villages it actually gets kind of boring and let’s face it, its bloody hard work walking in the mountains. This time we chose for an easy trip and took the ski-busses where ever it was possible. It’s amazing to think that people live here, these mountains are steep. Nowadays it is easy to get around, but if you think how difficult it must have been for the swiss centuries ago when they had only mountain trails. There are many new houses built in most of the villages, but they keep the style which is ok, but the valley does become crowded.