April Banter 2026

[nw baltimore wx]

5 hours ago, CAPE said:

Long season, but the Orioles completely suck right now.

I expect the O’s will have a terrific summer.

And watching the Caps tonight, they seem ready for the golf course. Horrendous effort this evening.

[mappy]

Thank you @Scarlet Pimpernel 

[Kay]

A fox just walked past my house with a fish in his/her mouth. Then headed down the street and into some woods. I wonder if there are kits. Idk if the fish was a catch or a find...but I want it to be a catch because that's much cooler. Looked fresh to me and intact. 

 

[nj2va]

Masters week….my favorite sports week/weekend.

[MacChump]

On 4/4/2026 at 7:20 AM, MN Transplant said:

Special for you, the mountains of Switzerland.  Amazing up here.

lol I was there last week as well, what an amazing place 

[RDM]

On 4/4/2026 at 7:20 AM, MN Transplant said:

Special for you, the mountains of Switzerland.  Amazing up here.

Great shot MN.  Zermatt is my old stomping grounds.  My family had an exchange student from down in the Rhone Valley near Brig who worked in the Wega souvenir shop near the train station in Zermatt.  She's like another sister to me and we've kept in touch for 45+ years.  Through her family and friends in Switzerland I was very fortunate to get indoctrinated into the Swiss culture.  Her dad used to drove the cog train from Brig/Visp up to Zermatt (part of the famous Glacier Express train route).  

First skied the glacier near the Klein Matterhorn in 81 during my first trip to Europe with my parents.  Then a few years later lived in Germany for the first of 2 stints there.  Skied Zermatt about 20 times, plus Sass Fe, Verbier, Crans Montana, and many other resorts in Switzerland, Germany, Austria and France.  Did a fair bit of back-country in the Alps too - I used to only telemark ski but doubt my knees could take it now.  

If you had enough snow to ski from the top of the Klein Matterhorn all the way into town, that's about 8500 vertical feet in one run.  About the only other place on earth that will match that much vertical in one run is in Chamonix.      

Did you have a chance to take the run down the other side into Italy?  The run from Plateau Rosa down to Cervina is an awesome run.  

 

[GramaxRefugee]

1 hour ago, RDM said:

...If you had enough snow to ski from the top of the Klein Matterhorn all the way into town, that's about 8500 vertical feet in one run.  About the only other place on earth that will match that much vertical in one run is in Chamonix.    .........

 

Whoa!