Km today : 27Km remaining : 259Fog day again! After getting up and breakfast I started the uphill hike to the Klausenpass at 9:15. It wasn’t sunny but at least it was cold and comfortable to hike. I arrived at the pass one hour later and then started the long descent to Altdorf. In addition […]
Km today : 16 Km remaining : 286 First 100k are done. And with that the sun is back on my Via Alpina! After a good night sleep in Braunwald. I went down to Linthal again to meet friends that hiked witj us today. The knees are a family problem as it looks like. My […]
Km today : 24 Km remaining : 302 After a nice night sleep and a great breakfast it was time to leave the Gasthaus Segnes and hit the trail again. After meeting with my dad, buying some bread and sweets we attacked the uphill direction Empachli. The atmosphere was foggy and quite special. It was […]
Km today : 24 Km remaining : 326 After finally waking up at 7:30 , having breakfast and packing everything up, I started the ascent of the Foopass. It wasn’t cold at all. At the Alp I met the first hiker speaking french. He is doing the Via the other way around and told me […]
Km today : 13Km remaining : 350 I am writing this from inside my tent from a place with no reception! Almost an exception nowadays in Switzerland. I am at the altitude of roughly 1400 meters. It nice , wet and a little cold. All you hear are the cow bells from the alp below […]
Km today : 27 Km remaining : 363 It was a nice day to start this thru-hike. After a good burger and a good night rest at the Youth Hostel of Vaduz, the bus took me to the new Kurhaus of Gaflei and it was so noisy because a helicopter was shuttling some material in […]
Finally I am back home here in Switzerland. As you can see from the picture it is like turning a page and obviously socks too. I am heading to the trailhead of the Swiss Via Alpina (the green trail part from the 5000 km of this trail network). What I am expecting? 390 km 14 […]
Let’s write a few words about this special journey through the States. The Empire Builder is an Amtrak train Line that starts in the Seattle main train station and ends up 2000 miles or some 46 hours later according to it’s timeplan at the Union station in Chicago. It is a fantastic opportunity to discover […]
