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Mountain Towns
On the south island, between the late autumn hikers and the first ski-field opening, a lake town of 9,000 takes a brief pause. A report from the Cardrona road and the Mount Aspiring National Park gateway.
Mountain Towns
On a car-free shelf at 1,650 m, an Oberland village waits out the six-week gap between summer hikers and the first skiers. A report from the Hotel Eiger and the train down to Lauterbrunnen.
Mountain Towns
Between the last alpinists of summer and the first skiers of winter, the valley empties for six weeks. A report from the rue du Docteur Paccard and the small huts above it.