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On foot · Schwarzsee, Fribourg · March 2018

Schwarzsee on a full-moon evening

A short end-of-day walk at Schwarzsee in the March snow, from sunset on the ridges to the full moon.

Date
March 2018
Moment
End of the day, full moon
Snowy summit pink at sunset

The route · indicative

Early March

From pink to midnight blue

End of the day at Schwarzsee. The sun withdraws and first lights the snowy summits salmon pink, then the sky turns blue and the village lights come on beside the snowy lake.

And the full moon rises, so bright it lights the snow as if it were day. The ridges stand out like shadow puppets, and you walk without a torch.

Snowy summit pink at sunset
Pink ridge and pastel sky
The village lights up by the lake
Ridges under the moon
Full moon over the snow