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JCT Day 5 Balstahl to Weissenstein

Posted on 17/11/201830/10/2019 by antoine

20 km 1300m up/540m down 6.5 hoursTotal 103 km 14th November 2018 After leaving Balstahl I knew that the trail was getting up in the cloud and I also knew that there was sun up there (webcam are helping…). After a great Breakfast at the hotel,  I started to walk again and motivated. The first […]

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JCT Day 4 : Belchenfluhe to Balstahl

Posted on 16/11/201830/10/2019 by antoine

16 km 950m up/1150m down 5 hoursTotal 83 km 13th November 2018 Rain rain rain! I was more than happy to get a hotel room in Balsthal. After my first night in my tent and getting up in the morning, it almost started to rain immediately. The walk to Balsthal was nice but wet. I […]

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JCT Day 3 : Salhöhe to Belchenfluhe

Posted on 15/11/201830/10/2019 by antoine

Day 320 km 800m up/650m down 6 hoursTotal 67 km12th November 2018 After my dad hiked the two first stages with me, my mom and aunt joined me for this third stage. It was a great opportunity because I misread the bus timeplan and was too lazy either to walk back to Salhöhe or to […]

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JCT Day 2 : Brugg to Salhöhe

Posted on 14/11/201830/10/2019 by antoine

23 km 750m up/440m down 6 hoursTotal 48 km 11th November 2018 Rainy in the morning , sunny in the afternoon. We started under a light rain which stayed with us for a few hours. After getting out of the city of Baden, the path is is going through a forest and then through farmland […]

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JCT Day 1 : Dielsdorf to Brugg

Posted on 13/11/201830/10/2019 by antoine

25 km 880m up/950m down 7 hoursTotal 25 km10th November 2018 Finally it is time to put that big pack on my pack and start walking. An advantage to hike during fall is that the tree have very nice colors. The hike itself is steep at the beginning but then is smooth until Baden. There […]

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