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Sun, rain and pain on a weekend hike to the Legler hut
Another year, another weekend hike to a Swiss Alpine mountain hut. :) As I usually have to work on Saturday in my new job, I decided to...
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Aug 15, 20216 min read
The Holiday Trilogy Part 3: The Black Lake
To end my „holiday trilogy“ the best way possible, I decided to cover a hike I did at the Black Lake in the beautiful canton of Fribourg....
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Aug 8, 20216 min read
The Holiday Trilogy Part 2: Le Creux du Van
Also the second hike of my “holiday trilogy” is one that has been on my list for a long time already and it actually wouldn't be a...
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Aug 3, 20216 min read
The Holiday Trilogy Part 1: Le Chasseral
Well, it’s been a while... Even though I was hiking a lot since my last blog post, I somehow didn’t find the time (and the desire) to sit...
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Mar 14, 20215 min read
A familiar area that for once looks quite unfamiliar :)
After the frosty hike up to Belchenflue and the mandatory winter walk on the Rigi, I opted to end my three days hiking adventure with a...
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Mar 7, 20216 min read
A short tale about icy winds and the devil's gorge
Unfortunately, even though I had plenty of spare time in the lockdown, the bad weather thwarted my plans to go hiking as much as...
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Feb 18, 20215 min read
Absolute silence and a stunning winter landscape around Biberegg
Having done a few winter hikes already, the time had finally come to dig out my snowshoes from my storage box, when another lockdown was...
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Jan 17, 202111 min read
Heaven and hell on a two days hike in the mountains above Elm
When a heat wave was rolling in, I simply couldn’t stay at home to browse through the few job offers that I was interested in and...
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Dec 24, 20206 min read
Taking a day off to visit the Diethelm and the Turner
Having ended my “Tour de Suisse”, the time had come to start looking for a job. So I was sitting behind the desk all day long, not only...
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Dec 15, 20205 min read
Loads of sunshine and plenty of good views on the last hike of my "Tour de Suisse"
To end my “Tour de Suisse” of this summer, I took the opportunity to do a couple hikes with my friends. One of them was supposed to be...
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Dec 4, 20207 min read
A good example why it's also worth to go hiking in bad weather :)
For the second weekend hike with an overnight stay in a mountain hut, I decided to take my friends to the pretty popular Maderaner...
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Nov 1, 20207 min read
Spending a day at the world famous Aletsch Glacier
To end my stay in the mountains of Wallis, I chose to visit a landmark that had been on my list for a long time: the Aletsch Glacier....
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Oct 18, 20204 min read
A magnificent circular hike in the mountains of Wallis
After being on the trail for nine days in a row, the time had come for a well deserved rest. Having left behind the Bernese Alps in the...
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Oct 11, 20205 min read
A hike for everyone that visits Lenk im Simmental :)
My parents told me once, that the hikes I write about on this blog are mostly too taxing for others to do them as well. Thinking about...
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Oct 4, 20206 min read
Gorgeous views from the top of Piz Lunghin
After my time in the Alpstein and in the area of Sargans, I opted to stay in the eastern part of Switzerland and paid the canton of...
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Sep 23, 20206 min read
Spending a weekend in a Unesco World Heritage area
Already at the beginning of the year, before Corona was a worldwide topic, I decided to arrange two weekend hikes for my friends with an...
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Sep 16, 20207 min read
An unexpected encounter on a misty walk over the Marwees ridge
Even though Corona had messed with my plans for this summer, the initial idea to explore my home country was still possible and so I...
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Jun 16, 20207 min read
Enjoying the silence of some unknown trails above Glarus
Bad weather was forecast after a couple weeks of sunshine and so I decided to make good use of the last beautiful day. Having found some...
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Jun 4, 20206 min read
An eventful day in the mountains of Central Switzerland
You may wonder how I usually find the hikes I do. Well, most of the time I decide in advance in which region I want to go and then take a...
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May 28, 20206 min read
Visiting some of the most popular places of the Alpstein
In slow steps we were going back to normality. As the number of new infections was getting close to zero and the daily life had had its...
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