Ski Touring in Switzerland – Week #2
Week 2 with ISM was the Ski Grand St. Bernard touring week… suggested as a followup to the Week 1 Ski Touring Skills class.
Switzerland
Ski Touring in Switzerland – Week #1
We recently spent 2 weeks in Switzerland with ISM – International School of Mountaineering – to learn, and practice, ski touring. Ski touring is “skiing across open country, walking uphill … Read More
“Stranded” in Zermatt, Switzerland
“13,000 Tourists Stranded in a Swiss Ski Resort for 2 Days” “Tourists airlifted out of Swiss ski resort of Zermatt” These are the headlines we woke up to in Zermatt, … Read More
Zermatt, one of our all-time favorites
The last stop on our Ski Europe adventure was Zermatt, Switzerland. Zermatt has been one of our all-time favorite places in both summer and fall; our first winter visit only … Read More
Verbier and Engelberg in the Swiss Alps
Next up on our Ski Europe adventure…Verbier and Engelberg in the Swiss Alps. First, we drove from Les Trois Vallées to Verbier, Switzerland. We chose Verbier for a couple of … Read More
September Showers lead to…. Les Trois Vallees
After 4 weeks of almost continuous sunshine in the Alps, this weekend brought thunderstorms to the Val d’Anniviers and the Turtman valley, our from/to points. The Forcletta pass we were … Read More
Moiry reservoir to Col de Sorebois to Grimentz to Zimal
Leaving Moiry Hut, approaching Moiry reservoir Our contribution to the height of the mountain Love the water color in this resevoir Moiry dam Love popping over the pass to see … Read More
cabane Prafleuri to Arolla… ahhhh…
We hightailed it out of Prafleuri early and were treated to a lovely morning hike along the Dixence reservoir (after climbing up to Col des Roux). This milky-green lake is … Read More
One man’s yuck is another man’s treasure
I noted in my brief Haute Route update a few days ago that we did a ‘Yucky’ hike on Tuesday from cabane Louvie to cabane Prafleuri, but more than one … Read More