Call me boring but I'll be heading back to Switzerland and to Bernese Oberland this summer, to walk again under the watchful trio of Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. The Tour of the Jungfrau region begins near Interlaken and circles clockwise some 100km in the popular area. I'll be sharing the path with Alpine Pass Route … Continue reading Next destination: The Tour of the Jungfrau region
Alpine Pass Route
Revisiting Alpine Pass Route
The last summer me and my old hiking pal, mr Overhill, wanted to see some real mountains. Because both of us having only very limited time in our hands, we decided to head straight to the most famous part of the Swiss Alps and walk from Meiringen to Kandersteg via trail that was already familiar … Continue reading Revisiting Alpine Pass Route
GR5 Summary
Here's a summary of my thoughts about the GR5, how I prepared for it and what to consider. I hope this will help you to plan your own hike along the Alpine part of the GR5. POSITIVE: * The weather was very nice in July. It was too hot only during the last days and … Continue reading GR5 Summary
Next destination: GR5 – The Grand Traverse of the Alps
Back in 2009 when we were getting ready for the first day of the APR, an old, muddy and weary looking French backpacker arrived to Sargans train station. After chatting with him we learned that he had just done the APR, and camping the whole way! Wow, we thought, what a tough man. As total … Continue reading Next destination: GR5 – The Grand Traverse of the Alps
GoExpo, Veikka G and 29km
Nice and sunny weekend in Southern Finland made me to walk some serious kilometres for a change. A six hour sprint with a semi full backpack to Järvenpää, ~29km, along very icy and uncomfortable roads and partly following skiing tracks and then by train back home, served well in a training purpose. The area around … Continue reading GoExpo, Veikka G and 29km
Back to the Alps
I wanted to turn some of my Alpine Pass Route photos into black&white and see how they would look:) Here are the results: