I’ve loved spending so much time in the mountains recently. My left knee, however, has not had as much fun. My plans for the next few days (another hike) had to change. If I can’t hike in the mountains, I can go to the spa in the mountains.

I’ve loved spending so much time in the mountains recently. My left knee, however, has not had as much fun. My plans for the next few days (another hike) had to change. If I can’t hike in the mountains, I can go to the spa in the mountains.
This three-day hike has completely changed my idea of Montreux, by finding out what’s around it and above it. Beautiful mountains aren’t just in the Berner Oberland, after all.
Every so often, I check in to see how my life is going in different…
The hiking season passed by too quickly last year, so this year I’m trying to make better use of it. After ticking off two more Via Alpina hikes the previous two weekends (Griesalp-Kandersteg and Engelberg-Meiringen), I decided to continue from where I left off in Kandersteg and head towards Adelboden.
– – – – – May 13-14, 2017 Our Saturday starting point: Arolla, around 12:30 pm and…
After nearly a year of living in Meiringen, the mountains I see every day are becoming familiar friends. Yet naming them and knowing their history is another story, something I’ve become more and more ashamed of.
Meiringen – known for its meringues, Sherlock Holmes fame, and being just half an hour from Interlaken – is perhaps at its best in summer, especially if you want to climb, hike, bike… or just sun yourself with a view of the mountains. But it’s Switzerland, and the Hasliberg ski resort is here, so there’s always something to do in winter on good weather days. Here are some outdoor favourites.
08:10. Left my house a bit later than planned, but easily buy a half-day ski…
I had read a little about the Via Alpina green trail, the hiking route that…