…but apparently the Swiss weather doesn’t really care too much about that. After a week of bitterly cold temperatures, on March 1st I woke up to Zürich being covered in a beautiful blanket of fresh powder snow. With temperatures still well below 0C, the snow even stayed real snow, and didn’t transform into the annoying slush that is otherwise the only “snow” we’ve seen in Zürich this season – which was also the reason that I hadn’t really been able to get any half-decent wintery pictures yet.
So when the snow was still there on Saturday, and the weather forecast said that temperatures would stay in the freezing region at least until noon, I got up early and went up to good old Uetliberg, hoping for some somewhat interesting views and motifs. Down in the city it was cloudy, and the top wasn’t really visible, but I hoped that all this was below the top – and I was more or less right –
even though there was still a thick layer of clouds above, it was otherwise clear at the top, with the cold weather providing excellent views to the real mountains in the south. Having cheated a bit taking public transport to the top, I managed to get there while there was still a bit of morning light, providing for some really great views.
Afterwards I hiked back down, taking care not to be run over by the many sledges out getting the last fun out of the soon-to-be melting snow – and of course also getting in a few more shots of the snow-covered forest. And in the end, my timing was good – in the afternoon on the same day the temperatures rose, and the snow started melting. Maybe the weather managed a look in the calendar after all ;)
