Alpenwild’s Best of Britain Tour offers guests the opportunity to hike the beautiful landscapes of Great Britain and along the way, complete the National Three Peaks Challenge. Every year, about 30,000 Brits take on the …
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I’m American born and bred, raised in Southern California, so I never imagined that I didn’t really speak the language of my mother country. But after just a day on England’s Coast to Coast walk, …
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When it comes to hiking in the Alps, I admit, I’m in it for the views. And if it’s amazing views you’re after, there’s no other place in the Alps to compare with the Aletsch …
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As you circle the highest peak in Europe on the Tour du Mont Blanc, there is such an abundance of glaciers and mountain terrain above 4000 meters, that it’s easy to overlook a 3800m peak …
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Over the past 50 years I’ve written over a dozen hiking guidebooks and have described and reviewed over five hundred hikes—I honestly don’t know how many—I’ve lost count. I generally avoid declaring one hike over …
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Have you ever decided against doing a hike based on the numbers? Maybe it was too long—15 or 20 miles. And you were looking for a more leisurely 5-mile day hike. Or maybe the deal …
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No doubt—I had to return and do this hike again. In July 2019, when I first hiked the Planplatten Ridge from Engstlenalp to Planplatten, I came expecting to hike what many describe as a highlight …
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Cows grazing on an Alpine meadow are a quintessential element of life in the Alps. As a hiker in the Alps, you’re likely to have one or more encounters with cows along or near the …
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