Category: Hiking

WALSA-Weg (Walensee-Sargans Trail), Mels to Bad Ragaz

WALSA-Weg (WALensee-SArgans Trail) / Mels (near Sargans) to Bad Ragaz, 23 km This hike was a series of challenges from the very beginning: wrong bus information forced me to walk from the bottom of the valley instead of from Vermol, a further 4 km uphill… Continue Reading “WALSA-Weg (Walensee-Sargans Trail), Mels to Bad Ragaz”

WALSA-Weg: Vermol to Oberterzen

Plattmol, Mels  -> Chapfensee (1056m) -> Schwarzenberg -> Flumserberg -> Oberterzen; 21km

Tamina Gorge & Bad Ragaz

Tamina Gorge

Bad Ragaz – Bad Pfäfers – Taminaschlucht (Tamina Gorge) – Naturbrücke – Pfäfers – Wartenstein – Bad Ragaz (11km) I heard about this gorge last year and anyone who read the story of “Heidi” knows about Bad Ragaz, the thermal bath town visited by… Continue Reading “Tamina Gorge & Bad Ragaz”

Via Alpina: Hohtürli to Kandersteg

Via Alpina, Section 13 – Part 2 Griesalp (1’408 m)  – Bundalp (1’840 m) – Hohtürli (2’774 m) – Blümlisalphütte (2’834 m) – Oeschinensee (1’593 m) – Kandersteg (1’176 m) 16km, 1’550 m up  and 1’750 m down The path from Blüemlisalp to Kandersteg… Continue Reading “Via Alpina: Hohtürli to Kandersteg”

Griesalp to Hohtürli

Via Alpina, Section 13 – Part 1 Griesalp (1408m)  – Bundalp (1840m) – Hohtürli (2774m) – Blümlisalphütte (2840m) – Oeschinensee (1593m) – Kandersteg (1176m) 16km, 1550m up  and 1750m down Today is one of the hardest hikes on the Via Alpina route, almost 1,400m… Continue Reading “Griesalp to Hohtürli”

Via Alpina Rotstockhütte to Griesalp

Via Alpina Section 12 – Part 2 Rotstockhütte (2019m) -> Sefinenfurgge (2612m) -> Griesalp (1408m) 10km, 600m up and 1500m down After a night at the mountain hut, we woke up early. Every time someone went to the out-of-the house toilet at night, the… Continue Reading “Via Alpina Rotstockhütte to Griesalp”

VIA ALPINA, Grütschalp to Rotstockhütte

A steep uphill on the way to Rotstockhütte

Via Alpina, Section 12 – Part 1 Grütschalp (1520m) -> Mürren (1638m) -> Bryndli (2133m)  to Rotstockhütte (2019m), 10 km, 600m up Back to the Via Alpina Route! Last October I finished roughly half of the route (the Via Alpina is a trail of… Continue Reading “VIA ALPINA, Grütschalp to Rotstockhütte”

Kumano Hongū Taisha

The most beautiful Shinto shrine I have ever seen. After walking on the Kumano Kodo for two hours, we arrived at the main shrine past 5 pm. 

Jura Höhenweg 1 – Dielsdorf to Baden

Via Alpina, Grindelwald to Wengen

Eiger and Mönch

Via Alpina Section 11 Grindelwald (1034m) – Kleine Scheidegg (2061m) – Eigergletscher (2320m) – Kleine Scheidegg – Wengen (1274m) 21.4km, with 1300m up and 1050m down The breakfast place was full of Indian and Korean tourists. Maximum calories intake again and off I went… Continue Reading “Via Alpina, Grindelwald to Wengen”