It’s hard to describe how exciting it can be to find a bird’s feather. Especially when it comes from a rare or colourful species. Last week, I was bivouacking on a ridge at about 2200 …
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In Courmayeur (Italy) – day 5 of your Tour du Mont Blanc – your legs will get a bit of a break: it’s a rest day, but don’t worry, this day is anything but boring! …
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The ice fall at the bottom of the Argentière Glacier is a special place. It’s where the ice forms impressive séracs. Séracs are huge ice towers that occasionally break off of glaciers and tumble down. …
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One of the most exciting aspects of looking at alpine flora is the close relationship with insects. In our mountain meadows you can see colourful butterflies and buzzing honey bees frolicking around from flower to …
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The animals in our mountains leave traces everywhere. Signs of their daily activities give interesting clues about their life style and behaviour. Unfortunately, many of these signs go unnoticed by most of us mountain hikers, …
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“As I’m descending, I’m letting it all sink in, the bird sounds, the colourful flowers, the magnificent views, and of course the….”
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Many of our mountain flowers depend on insects for pollination and many insects depend on flowers for nectar and pollen as food. On sunny days, this intimate relationship between insects and flowers causes beautiful scenes …
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Are there any fish in the high alpine lakes? Well yes! Species that you might see swimming around are: Common minnow – Phoxinus phoxinus Rainbow trout – Oncornhynchus mykiss River trout – Salmo trutta fario …
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