Погода: Люцерн, февраль

Engelberg-forum threads on combining skiing with the Mount Titlis ice cave recommend keeping the schedule genuinely flexible, choosing the clearest day for the cable car ride given how much summit views depend on visibility. Posters call daytime highs around freezing typical this time of year, snow, rain or a mix all plausible on a given February day. Regulars describe Engelberg's elevation as a real advantage, natural snow reliable well into the season compared to lower resorts nearby. Posters recommend real waterproof layers regardless of forecast, conditions here shifting fast between the valley and higher terrain. Regulars call sledding at Engelberg Brunni or nearby Mount Rigi a genuine alternative on a day the main slopes disappoint. Posters recommend a full week of lessons for true beginners, comfort on skis here building gradually rather than overnight. The record: 5C days feeling like 2C, -2.6C nights, a notably high 37.6cm of fresh accumulation and 77 percent humidity.

Forum posters describe March in Lucerne as genuinely unpredictable - sometimes cold and wet, sometimes dry and sunny - with fog no more common here than in Zurich or elsewhere in Switzerland, and no reliable way to predict conditions more than a day or two ahead. Posters cite typical lower-elevation temperatures ranging from 0 to 20C, with sun, fog, rain and even snow all realistic possibilities within the same week. Posters are consistent that by late March, snow is gone from the lake plain but still very present in the mountains, giving visitors a genuine choice: stay around Lucerne and the lake for a springlike feel, or head up to Titlis above Engelberg or Rigi for a proper winter scene. Posters generally recommend checking forecasts close to travel dates rather than planning weather-dependent activities too far in advance.

September is the forum's pick for Lucerne — the August crowds gone, a first crispness in the mountains, and weather at least as good as August as often as not. Days run about 20°C, evenings cooler, with one caveat the record supplies: rain falls on nearly fifteen days. Regulars call September "not especially rainy as a rule" while also warning it can go from fully sunny to fully wet inside a day, which is the more useful half of that. Pack layers, waterproof shoes and a rain jacket for the mountains, plus high-factor sun cream. Snow in Lucerne itself would be very unusual; Titlis has it year-round, being a glacier.