Category: Switzerland
Churfirsten
Walenstadtberg Höchenklinik (980m) -> Hochrugg (1320m) -> Paxmal (a peace memorial)-> Schrina Obersäss (1718m) -> Alp Tschingla (1528m) -> Walenstadtberg (805m) 11.2km, 765m ascent / 970m descent, 4h45min
Sankt Martin, a charming Walser settlement
This is our first visit to the Calfeisental (Calfeisen Valley), a very isolated, narrow yet beautiful valley behind Bad Ragaz, which Philippe had never heard of neither.
WALSA-Weg: Oberterzen to Murg
Oberterzen – Murg, 5km Philippe joined me for the last stretch of the WALSA-Weg today.
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
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
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”
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