Category: Hiking
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Five-Lake hike at Pizol, Glarus.
First Lake: Wildsee Disclaimer: Although this is a five-lake hike, we saw only 4 lakes. I will explain why we didn’t see the fifth lake. Info: We started our travel with Pizolbahn in Wangs. From Wangs, we took a cable car to Furt. From Furt, we took a ski lift/chair lift to Gaffia. From Gaffia,…
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Braunwald – Glarus, Switzerland
One funicular and a cable car, we reached Grotzenbüel. We did the panorama hiking trail in Braunwald. It’s fairly easy and family friendly. The landscape was amazing that day. Meadow blooming in all it’s glory. In the morning, the skies were so blue and clear. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves. Info: There are…
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2 Types of Sunscreen for Hiking
Sunscreen is definitely one of the most hiking (and daily) essentials. Some people wear it only in summer but we wear sunscreen regardless which season it is because the sun in the mountains can be very strong. We have 5 bottles of sunscreen at the moment. I was quite sure we have 6 but I…
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Spitzmeilenhütte – Glarus, Switzerland.
Starting: Maschgenkamm 2007m Destination: Spitzmeilenhütte 2087m Distance: ca. 20 km Elevation: ca. 80m Time: ca. 9:00:00 I am writing this throwback post on the first day of Autumn (I presume!) because apparently yesterday was the last sunny day of Summer. We went to Spitzmeilenhütte again two weeks ago. The last time I was there, I…
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Hoch-Ybrig, Unteriberg – Schwyz, Switzerland.
Starting: Sternen 1825m Destination: Gr. Sternen 1969m & Spirstock 1171m Distance: 4.2 km Elevation: 196m Time: 3:05:27 After complaining for several weeks, we finally got an okay weather last Sunday to go hiking. Since we were not actively hiking this year, we thought we’ll start easy this time. We had a few hiking routes to…
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Martinsmadhütte SAC – Glarus Süd, Switzerland
Destination: Martinsmadhütte SAC (2002 m) – Starting point: Nideren (1480 m)- Elevation: est 522 m This year we are in for a bad streak of hiking season. The weather has been volatile and annoyingly rainy especially on Sundays. The last time we were in the (sorta) mountain was at Wildkirchli-Äscher. We have been out and…
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Oberblegisee – Glarus, Switzerland
Destination: Oberblegisee (1422 m) Starting point: Brunnenberg (1000 m) Elevation: est. 422 m Distance: est. 6.1 km Duration: est. 4:25:37 Moving time: 1:48:49 Felt really good to go hiking second time in one week and no muscle aches! Sunday’s hike was kind of an easy one except that it was a really hot day. It…
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Seealpsee & Wildkirchli-Äscher – Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland
Destination: Seealpsee (1141 m) & Wildkirchli-Äscher (1477 m) Starting point: Wasserauen (868 m) Elevation: est 1043 m Distance: est. 6.5 km Duration: est. 5:09:31 Moving time: 2:10:14 Today is the second time we attempted Wildkirchli-Äscher, dubbed Top 10 most beautiful places in the world. Funny thing is that my in laws do…
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Rehalp Zürich to Meilen (with Printable Map)
Destination: Meilen (1703 m) – Starting point: Rehalp (1273 m) – Elevation: est 207 m – Distance: est. 13.1 km – Duration: est. 5.02 hours | Moving time: 3.18 hours This is definitely an overdue post. This is suppose to be published on Easter Monday because we didn’t have any plans for the long weekend.…
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Day 2: Maggiatal / Valle Maggia – Ticino, Switzerland.
Destination: Broglio – Prato Sornico – Broglio Rundweg – Elevation: est 379 m – Distance: est. 7.9 km – Duration: est. 4:09:48 hours >> READ: DAY 1 | DAY 3 << 16TH – 18TH APRIL, 2017. We woke up in the morning feeling hopeful because the first day was positive. The weather was still amazing.…