Last summer I was fortunate enough to hike the Tour du Mont Blanc with award winning artist Rosie Sandifer. Not only is Rosie an amazingly talented artist, but she is also a wonderful person and …
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Wearing the proper hiking socks will help you enjoy your Alpenwild tour. The average Alpenwild hiker treks anywhere from seven to ten miles per day on our Alpenwild Swiss Hiking Self-Guided and Guided Tours. If …
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Covering a territory of 190,7000km2 across eight European countries, the Alps are home to 14 million people and visited by millions more each year. The mountain range contains some of central Europe’s last wilderness areas …
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How can you make hiking more adventurous? Add a good sprinkling of snow and some special footwear and you’ve got snowshoeing! Snowshoeing is an ancient sport which began around 6 000 years ago for venturing across …
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Alpenwild guide Sophie Nolan epitomizes versatility. As an Alpenwild guide in the summer you’ll find her leading in the Bernese Oberland, the Chamonix-Zermatt Haute Route, and the Tour du Mont Blanc. Then in the winter …
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One of the wild animals you might see while hiking the Tour du Mont Blanc or the Chamonix Zermatt Haute Route is the alpine marmot (Marmota marmota). Sometimes you’ll see them scurrying around looking for …
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I recently returned from hiking the Tour du Mont Blanc with Alpenwild and had such an amazing trip! The TMB was the first trek I had ever attempted, and it was much more challenging than …
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We spend so much of our time cooped up indoors, hunched over in front of a computer, that sometimes, it literally hurts. Our bones and muscles begin to ache from the unnatural positions into which …
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