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After a leisurely start and a lovely breakfast in the hotel, we walked to the station and took the 10 minute journey along the valley to Herbriggen. From here, the path rose very steeply up through coniferous forest. The steep gradient was relentless and very tiring. Despite it not being particularly hot or sunny, I... Continue Reading →
We thought today was going to be another hard day given the height gain but it wasn’t too bad. We had 1100 metres straight up from the hotel. We must be getting fitter because we maintained a steady pace, catching a couple of groups on organised hikes, reaching the Augstbordpass col at just below 2900... Continue Reading →
We awoke to the sound of rain pattering on the roof of our little room in the Cabane. This wasn't unexpected because the forecast had predicted it. We delayed our usual 8ish departure, having a leisurely breakfast, hoping the weather would improve. We knew we had a relatively short and easy walk today so there... Continue Reading →
Today’s been an excellent day, and very manageable for my little legs. We had a steep climb right at the beginning of the day. After that, we followed an undulating balcony path all the way to Hotel Weisshorn. It was a lovely path giving us amazing views of the five 4000 metre peaks behind us.... Continue Reading →
We had an easier day today, mainly because we cheated at the end and got the cable car down to save ourselves 800 metres of knee jerking descent. That said we still had a 500 metre ascent to cross Col de Sorebois into the next valley, which was far from easy! We left Cabane de... Continue Reading →
We set off at 8 o’clock knowing we had a big day, with 1680 metres of ascent overall. The first climb to Col de Tsaté was relentless… 1200 metres up in 6 kilometres!! I had a few wobbles early on, thinking I wouldn’t make it, especially in the woods, where we seemed to be constantly... Continue Reading →
There have been tears today because what I thought would be an easy walk turned out to be much more difficult, especially after 2 awful nights’ sleep. We'd expected a nice balcony path meandering along the hillside. However, much of it ended up being very challenging under foot. They were relentless ups and downs over... Continue Reading →
We’ve had a fantastic day walking through snow covered mountains under bright blue skies. Even the sections of the hike I thought would be tedious were fab, and I had no problems on the steep and scary section, even though there was snow on the ground and the support chains were freezing cold! We were... Continue Reading →
This morning we woke to snow, which meant we had to change our plans. It wasn't totally unexpected and had been forecast. However, yesterday evening we went to to bed with rain and a cold wind, but no sign of snow. Two of the people we met at dinner, Martine and Jean-Pascal suggested we climb... Continue Reading →
We took the 2 cable cars from Le Châble to Les Ruinettes. The cloud was low in the valley but the sun was shining. We set off uphill along a road and then turned off onto a beautiful little path following a babbling stream. The views were fantastic, back down into the valley and over... Continue Reading →
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