Sunday ski trip to Engelberg

Engelberg is an easy 50 - 60 min drive from  zug, the road is gently sloping and takes you right up to the village where there are carparks alongside the gondola. From the base gondola it takes four lifts to get to the Titlis peak at an altitude of 3000m.  The last lift is the worlds first rotating gondola, which gives 360 degree views .

  

It was a quite cold (-11deg) and windy on the peak so I quickly set off to explore the mountain. Snow conditions varied from hard pack powder to soft powder , even spring corn  then to hard pack and ice at the lower level. Weather was clear and there was no wind at the lower levels.

Mid level skiing was the best and some off piste fantastic runs available in the powder bowls off the Jochstock chair at 2564 m. There was no waiting on the lift queues and there was plenty of skiable terrain for all levels. On one run I lost my cap and it took me 200m to stop, cursing the thought of walking back up I turned to see a snow boarder, flying down the slope, casually pickup the cap and handed it to me as he flew past. 

It was a great afternoon in engelberg and a great chance to get a ski in before the end of the season.