Tour du Mont Blanc day 2: Col Ferret & Mont Blanc
Day two on the Tour du Mont Blanc starts out bright and sunny. On another hot day, I hike up the valley to La Foly, where I get some baguette and cheese and take a long lunch break. At two, I start hiking up the mountain towards the Petit Col Ferret, at 2500...
Tour du Mont Blanc day 1: Martigny – Relais d’Arpette
After a pleasant train ride to Martigny (the Swiss train had more delay than the German (4 minutes))!!) I start on my first day of hiking around the Mont Blanc mountain range. The Tour du Mont Blanc doesn’t traditionally start IN Martigny, but it was just much...
Hardergrat: Ridge hike brienz to Interlaken through the clouds
I hike from Brienz to Interlaken via the Rothorn and along the ridge towards the Hardergrat. It is a hard 34 km and 3100 m elevation alpine hike that I make in cloudy but dry weather.
Hiking the Via Valle Maggia Day 3: ALPE SPLUGA and out in the rain
The forecast 2-3 mm of rain in the morning turn into a hard downpour at 3 a.m.. Not a thunderstorm but hard rain that lasts into the morning and odes not stop. I decide that the next stage on the hard alpine trail won’t be any fun in the rain. Instead try to see...