From last year's hike on Glannachopf, Chli Fulfirst and Gross Fulfirst, I already knew that the Werdenberg area is beautiful in autumn colours. This time, we start at Voralp, which we find almost completely deserted at this time of year. We hike up via Ingarnascht, Schlösslichopf and (tonguetwister!) Isisizsess to the Chapf. The...

We start our hike at the Brunnmettlenalp, reached by car on an unpaved road from the upper end of the Obersee. There is ample parking at the end of the public road at ca. 1175m. We continue on foot to Ahornen where we join the alpine route onto the Tierberg. At P. 1524 (signpost), there is choice between two different paths. We...

My project is to find waterfalls in the county of Zurich which are not mapped. Though one might think that the Swiss Federal Office of Topographyhttps://map.geo.admin.ch is allmighty and unfaillible, there are plenty of waterfalls missing. To discover them I first have a look on the GIS browser https://maps.zh.ch/ opening the...

I cycle to work almost every day - 5,5 km one way. From Uster to Zimikon / Volketswil. Tis is my diary of nature impressions. Furthermore there are interesting things to be found in the village, like an open sky bookstore or a collection of garden gnomes. Colors of the months: February was gray. March was green....

Vertainspitze (3545m) & Hoher Angelus (3521m) After a day of hiking around the Stelvio Pass with climbs of both Monte Scorluzzo and Roetlspitz we were ready for the next step in our climbing week: The traverse of Hoher Angelus and Vertainspitze. Maarten and me were really looking forward to this route. We wanted to do...

Start of the hike around 9 o'clock in Sertig. I followed the white-red-white marked trail in direction Fanezfurgga. The Ducan valley is really scenic, and the weather was picture perfect with blue skies and not a single cloud! I spotted a few marmots on the way. From Fanezfurgga, I hiked up along the Chrachenhorn NE ridge,...