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Category: Via Alpina

Via Alpina Day 7 : Altdorf to Engelberg

Posted on 16/07/201911/10/2021 by antoine
Via Alpina Day 7 : Altdorf to Engelberg

Km today : 30 Km remaining : 229 What a long day! After a difficult night under the street lamp and all of the noise of Altdorf, I packed my wet tent from last evening rain. I took the bus to the main place of Altdorf and had breakfast there. After getting some food it […]

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Via Alpina Day 6 : Urner Boden to Altdorf

Posted on 15/07/201929/03/2020 by antoine
Via Alpina Day 6 : Urner Boden to Altdorf

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 […]

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Via Alpina Day 5 : Linthal to Urner Boden

Posted on 14/07/201929/03/2020 by antoine
Via Alpina Day 5 : Linthal to Urner Boden

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 […]

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Via Alpina Day 4 : Elm to Linthal

Posted on 13/07/201929/03/2020 by antoine
Via Alpina Day 4 : Elm to Linthal

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 […]

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Via Alpina Day 3 : Weisstannen to Elm

Posted on 12/07/201930/10/2019 by antoine
Via Alpina Day 3 : Weisstannen to Elm

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 […]

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Via Alpina Day 2 : Sargans to Weisstannen

Posted on 12/07/201930/10/2019 by antoine
Via Alpina Day 2 : Sargans to Weisstannen

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 […]

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Via Alpina Day 1 : Gaflei to Sargans

Posted on 10/07/201930/10/2019 by antoine
Via Alpina Day 1 : Gaflei to Sargans

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 […]

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