Brief Interlude

A week long thaw and a warm weekend meant the tarmac was visible beneath the snow over the hills. Falk and I set off over the Aebi, Passwang, and Schelten pass. Surprisingly Aebi pass still had significant amounts of snow on the road, it has clearly been closed and abondoned all winter with no attempts to clear the snow. We had to cycle carefully down narrow tracks of tarmac where 4x4 or whatever vehicles had cleared cleared a path.
Passwang and Schelten are of course more important roads, so were perfectly clear of snow. There was, however much debris with many small sharp stones freshly broken off the embankments ready to pierce a tyre or two, and more than large rocks which could take out a car wheel. Schelten is kept clear of snow, but this winter they have had to keep the road clear of trees, so many have collapsed under the weight of snow! Exiting the gorge into Morvelier felt like leaving winter and entering spring today, but it is only today, cold weather is back again on Tuesday!

Schelten Pass