Gstaad skiing

Susie and Jeff came to visit during my Ski Break from school. So we figured we should go skiing during this time and that we wanted to go to Zermott. Zann and I started looking for a place to stay about two months before they came and weren't having much luck. Who knew that all of Europe has ski week at the same time. People warned me that it would be hard to find a place but we have done many things last minute and they worked out fine, so I knew we would find a spot. Well I was wrong, you pretty much have to wait for someone to die to get a rented spot. People pass rentals down trough generations. I got one offer from a rental company telling me they had a great spot for 6-8 people for the week and it would be 65,000 CHF for the week. I guess she didn't know it was a teacher contacting her. So we got back to work and Zann found a cute looking apartment in Chateau-dOex for 4 people for 3 nights. Well we had 6 people and were going to make it happen. Zann reassured the rental lady many time that it would be just 4 not 6 people. So we were on our way Friday when I was done with school with 6 people hoping for the best.
Lets just say we didn't travel lightly. If you can notice Mandy has a backpack on her front and back and so does Nathan. And don't forget the 2 yoga mats we brought with extra sheets and a quilt for some comfortable floor sleeping in the kitchen :)

The place was beautiful and our group of 6 fit just fine. As long as we snuck out in the morning in shifts so the desk lady wouldn't notice. This is the view of our chateau in the morning

Zann having to ski down the hill to get to the train, it was quite slippery in ski boots. Chateau-dOex has skiing but it isn't a huge hill so we decided to take the train 20 minutes to Gstaad. After renting gear for the other four we were on our way to Gstaad. Gstaad is a fantastic place for skiing with all levels of runs and wide open scenary that was just breath taking.

The boys realxing before lunch.

Sisters hitting the slopes together. I think it had been since I was in 8th grade we had skiied together.

Enjoying some lunch after a great morning of skiing.

Zann and Jeff at lunch.

Party of 4 styling with our helmets and mad bomber hats.

Susie getting back into gear.

The second day we decided to ski the Glacier 3000. It was absolutely amazing. We had a beautiful day with not a cloud in the sky and warm weather. Susie and I were a little intimidated by the first hill you have to go down to get to the glacier but after that it was wide open and snow and mountains that went on for miles.

Happy Valentine's Day!

The view from the top of the glacier. Incredible! The skiing was on wide open trails and there were t-bars to take you to different runs.

The gondola to get to the top of the glacier.

There was a black run (not the same a black in the US, much more difficult) to get to the bottom. Susie and I decided we wanted to get to the Gluwein first so we took the gondola down. Mandy and the boys took the black run head on and finished like champs.

Rewarding ourselves with a beer for some great skiing!

Christmas card?

Apparently Moon Boots are the new style in the fancy town of Gstaad. I think we were the only people with out a pair.

The weekend was a blast and some of the best skiing. We did get caught for haveing 6 people in our apartment right as we were leaving. Sorry Mia, all 6 of us really enjoyed the sauna and pool!

On our way home we took a detour to the town of Gruyere (yes thats the town where they make the famous Gruyere cheese). We ate lunch at the cheese factory and took a tour to see how the cheese making process goes.

The town of Gruyere is really cute with some awesome Rosti!