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For my fellow German pilots (almost anyone else will probably be excluded through German quarantine rules), there is a unique offer for a “fly-to-ski” now: The “Mehliskopf” ski lifts in the northern Black Forest will open up exclusively for you, one other person or all members of your household. Cost is between 150 and 180 €/h, depending on which lift (small or big one) you want to use.
Drive from Karlsruhe/Baden-Airport (EDSB) is a mere 30 minutes, and there is plenty of snow at the moment.

https://www.mehliskopf.de/ (German only, sorry)

Hey, if you can afford one hour of flying, what’s 180 € for one hour of skiing with your family

Last Edited by tschnell at 17 Jan 19:24
Friedrichshafen EDNY

German pilots from NRW (North Rhine-Westphalia) can even fly to Switzerland without the obligation to go into quarantine. Just do a rapid antigen test at the airport of departure or arrival when flying back to Germany. As you already need a customs stop, you can do the rapid test directly at the main international airports like EDLW, EDDL or EDDG. For entry into Switzerland from NRW, there are no further travel restrictions, besides the normal customs regulations.

Last Edited by Frans at 17 Jan 23:35
Switzerland

What if you test positive upon arrival or before departure back home? You could be stuck somewhere for months. In theory, with GA travel, they should let you fly back home, but they may not.

Apart from the UK’s current guidance to do only essential travel, we could do the same from the UK to “anywhere to ski”, but we are now looking at having to get a virus test before coming back to the UK – details. Obviously, if one was careful, the test should be negative, but do you feel lucky?

The supervised quarantine in a hotel is an option they are looking at. I’ve done a 2wk quarantine in October after coming back from Aosta (having missed the deadline by only hours) but would not want to do it at a hotel, especially as they charge you the hotel cost.

Another thing is if a virus test is needed to enter the destination country. If this is a test you do then obviously you won’t travel unless it is negative. But if it is a test they do when you arrive, will they just let you fly straight back? I could not get a clear ruling on this. Small airports like Aosta don’t do tests (no international airline traffic) but a big one might.

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Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

Peter wrote:

What if you test positive upon arrival or before departure back home? You could be stuck somewhere for months.
If you do the test upon arrival in Germany, there is only the risk of quarantine in case you’re positive, but you will always be able to travel back to your home (to start the quarantine). If you do the test already before departure in Switzerland, then yes, you could be stuck for at least 14 days. So the advice would be: Do the test first after arrival in NRW, as said, main airports like EDLW, EDDL or EDDG offer the rapid test. You need to pay it by yourself. It is even possible to skip the test at the airport, as long as you do a rapid test 24 hours after arrival in your hometown.

Coming from the UK, Switzerland has travel restrictions, so my advice was just meant for German pilots from the state North Rhine-Westphalia!
Last Edited by Frans at 18 Jan 17:35
Switzerland

Frans wrote:

If you do the test upon arrival in Germany, there is only the risk of quarantine in case you’re positive,

Just for the record: This is depending on state (not federal) law. Baden-Wuerttemberg for example and IIRC Bavaria have mandatory quarantine for at least five days (with a negative test), otherwise it is ten days.

Friedrichshafen EDNY

tschnell wrote:

This is depending on state (not federal) law

Very true every German federal state does their own thing. The general idea is often the same but the legal wording is different so the same case can turn out differently depending on where you live even if the media suggests it is all the same. By now things got so complicated that most people on the street now longer have a clue and simply do what they want.

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EDAZ

Very little chance of the Dolomites opening in the next 10 years; they need the 2-3m of snow to melt

You can’t even see the front door of my favourite pit stop

This is from a local in Cervinia:

Administrator
Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

Why is it that the Spring Lockdown produced a run of some of the most perfect Gin Clear VFR weather across Europe, and the Winter Lockdown produced some of the best snow across the Northern Hemisphere….??!!

January has so far been great for skiing. After the first massive drop mid-Jan, time for a trip to a small, not so well-known resort:

Apparently no one was told they were supposed to invade the slopes.

Snow was exceptional:

Some crowds finally showed up:

Snow kept dropping and made everything look postcard- ready:

Before the foehn kicked in and ruined the snow, we had to give it another go, this time in the off-the-beaten path Wengen:

Hard to find a space to sit:

Perfect snow:

Hundreds of skiers ready to leave tracks in the snow:

Crowded slopes:

Post – foehn and post another layer of snow, off to Obersaxen which got “crowded”:

No complaint about snow quality:

Busy lunch time

Heading back via Val Lumnezia:

And another trip to Mürren:

Snow holds promise:

All hands on deck:

James trying to shoot his way through the crowds:

Looking through a Walther barrel:

Also good for walking around:

T28
Switzerland
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