The bar was packed full of young people that night, many of them just teenagers. The drinking age in Switzerland is 16.
Some of the survivors joined a silent procession after the Sunday Mass from the church towards the bar itself. Above, in the stunningly beautiful Swiss Alps, cable cars went on sliding up the mountain carrying tourists to ski.
The site of the fire is still screened off behind white plastic sheets, but in front of it are heaps of flowers and soft toys at a shrine that keeps growing.
Among the bouquets, there are handwritten notes with names and photographs.
At one point, the crowd burst into applause: a large group of firefighters and rescue workers in uniform had reached the memorial and stood arm in arm, sobbing for those they couldn’t save.
For the people of Crans, they are heroes.
The local fire commander – who considered leaving his job after what he experienced here – told us he and his colleagues were now a giant family.
“I need them, and they need me,” David Vocat said, very tearful. “All my thoughts are for the victims and their families. I am so sorry.”
We’ve spoken to teenagers who saw people running from the burning bar and describe horrific scenes they say they can never forget.