Monte Morcia (1181m) to Monte Catria (1701m) 5-6 hours, 20km (estimated), 550m up & down On the second day in the region of Monte Morcia. Today we left early so that Philippe gets an early start with flying on his preferred hilltop, Monte Morcia.
Monte Morcia (1181m) -> Pian di Troscia (975m) -> Paravento (451m) -> Castello di Frontone (570m) Philippe was very excited to get to his preferred model airplane soaring place, Monte Morcia.
Eremo Carceri, Assisi (820m) -> Spello 3-4h, 400m descent My 2nd day on the Via di Francesco.
Valfabbrica to Assisi 14km, Ascent 550m / Descent 330m Starting from the village of Valfabbrica, the signs of Via Roma and Via di Francesco are easy to find and encouraging. It reminds me of the Jakobsweg / Camino de Santiago which I walked two… Continue Reading “Via di Francesco 1: Valfabbrica to Assisi”
Monte Baldo 1752m -> Bocca di Navene 1425m -> Monte Laste 1941m -> Monte Altissimo 2079m -> Refugio Graziani 1650m -> Bocca di Navene 1425m ->Monte Baldo 1752m 17.5 km, 1000m up & down A long hike to one of the highest peaks in the… Continue Reading “Monte Baldo to Monte Altissimo”
While Philippe was on the slope flying his gliders, I left the beautiful but too popular and therefore too crowded main hiking route of “Sentiero del Ventrar”, and decided to attempt the Alta Via del Monte Baldo towards Punta Telegrafo.
Oberterzen – Murg, 5km Philippe joined me for the last stretch of the WALSA-Weg today.
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”
Plattmol, Mels -> Chapfensee (1056m) -> Schwarzenberg -> Flumserberg -> Oberterzen; 21km
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”