If you have been dreaming of hiking in the high alps of Austria and don’t know where to begin, you may want to check out the Tyrol region, with the town of Innsbruck being the …
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It’s easy to see the massive glacial carving from the thick and heavy glaciers that once covered the southern Engadine. The wide u-shaped valleys, scraping of huge boulders, and the tall mounds of moraine left …
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Highlights on the Via Alpina There are so many highlights I can’t possibly do justice to them in one blog post. Here are my standout moments and undiscovered gems. I’m sure yours will be different: …
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Leaving Lenk and cruising over the Trüttlisbergpass This stage, and the remaining stages, could be more properly classified as “mountain walks” than “alpine hikes.” They’re more relaxing than demanding. More energizing than exhausting. Leaving Lenk …
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Via Alpina – Stage 12 – Lauterbrunnen to Griesalp This stage has so many highlights and so many options it’s hard to know where to start. It’s a long day—10 hours of hiking if you …
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Stage 5 – Linthal (Braunwald) to Urnerboden After two back-to-back 14-mile days—both with over 5000 feet of vertical ascent—we (Elain and me) looked forward to today’s kinder, gentler terrain. Stage Five of the Via Alpina …
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This is the final post of our three part Tour du Mont Blanc Trip series. In part one we hiked from Chamonix to Courmayeur and in part two we hiked from Courmayeur to Champex Lac. In part …
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Europe has no shortage of great long-distance trails. There are over 100 Grande Randonées (GR) and 12 European long-distance paths (E-paths). But the one that seems to get the greatest attention among Alps hikers is the …
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