Aletschgletscher

An easy ski tour in an impressive UNESCO World Heritage landscape took us to the Jungfraujoch in the Bernese Alps in mid-April. So that we could experience the tour without stress and haste, we opted for a 2-day tour with an overnight stay at the Konkordiahütte instead of a day tour. With an easy ascent of just 440 m and a 16 km descent from the Lötschenlücke at 3,170 m to 1,540 m on the second day of the tour, the focus is clearly on the descent.

As there was also a lot of new snow in the Jungfrau region around Easter and there was a considerable risk of avalanches, we decided to assess the situation "on site" in the morning. As the steepest section of the tour starts right at the hut, the situation could be assessed relatively well during the first 200 meters of altitude. It soon became clear that Hans was right in his assessment: "It's probably more of a summer ascent, as the storm after Easter blew all the snow down into the valley. It has to be somewhere!".

Complete and utter skitour? At 4274 m, the Finsteraarhorn is the highest mountain in the Bernese Alps. It dominates the panoramas of the whole of central and eastern Switzerland!" That doesn't just sound incredible; it is! That's why the Finsteraarhorn was at the top of our hit list of Swiss 4000-metre peaks.