Andy and Zeke in the Alps part 2
— Posted by Mark on January 16, 2010
Hutch and I did hear from Andy this morning. Sounds like his little boy Zeke enjoyed the traveling and all is well in Andermatt and the Gasthaus Altkirch. Just looking over the menu of the hotel makes me jealous, let alone the fact that they are in the middle of the Alps in January. Here's his news:
Hey Hutch,
Well everything went well getting here; Zeke slept for about 8 hours on the flight and stared at people the other 2 hours. He was great through all the airports and the craziness that is Swiss trains.
Day one just concluded, lots of digging huge holes and a chance to run zeke though a couple phase 2 problems. My instructor Marcel took me on a "conditioning" tour as well; 2000 vertical feet from 2 train stops over and then skied back to Andermatt. This place is crazy huge. Tracy and i are going to try and send some photos in our next email.
Overall, traveling with a dog overseas is crazy and the mountains here are insane. We seem to be surviving..so on to day 2. thanks again for all your help setting this up.
Andy
Lots of runs, even a green run from the top of the mountain. We were there Jan 4-6 and it never seemed very crowded. Never had a wait for lifts and all the staff from PCMR that we ran across were very friendly. My wife had some boot issues the first day and the rental shop staff (Andrew) kept working with her until she was comfortable. Even one of the hosts (James) tried several different tricks while she was on the mountain to get her feet from going numb. He probably spent 30 minutes with her and couldn't have been more patient.
— Posted by hotel for sale on February 6, 2010 7:36 AM MST