The Parpaner Schwarzhorn probably doesn’t seem like it would be a very interesting goal for a back-country skier, because there are quite a few ski lifts which get close to its summit. However, when I was on top of it on this day, I was the only one and only saw 4 other back-country skiers in the area. One reason was probably...

As Anna described in her report we did an easy nice hike together. Ever since our last hike together in July we tried to meet again, but for one or the other reason it never worked out. Even though the weather forecast wasn’t the very best we met at 8:56 AM in the train from Salgliains to Susch. From Susch we walked up to...

November 11th 1986 was a good day for the Greina high plateau. The project to build a dam and flood this unique high plateau was abandoned due to “economic reasons”. Well, it wasn’t just “economic reasons”, the protesting Swiss, nature loving population (including me) sure helped too to save this...

In her report Piz Chapisun (Versuch) über den S-Grat Anna wrote: Dann, haben wir entscheiden dass es wird besser noch einmal den Gipfel zu versuchen, vielleicht mit der Begleitung von 360,  um endlich antworten an die Frage: „Ist der Piz Chapisun ein ZS oder nicht?“ Stani wrote in an email to me: ...

On my way down from the Pischahorn two weeks ago, I took the south ridge which is rated ZS in the SAC guide. I found it not difficult at all, but rated it a T4 only. On this hike I revisited the Pischahorn south ridge together with Anna, Stani and Zina (see their report here), this time the other way around from Tschuggen up to...

Here’s my report about the hike to Gorigrat as described by Anna here. I had several reasons to go back to the area where I was the week before. Not only was it a good opportunity to meet Anna, Stani and Zina again, but after the alleged ZS of the Pischahorn south ridge, I also wanted to get a feeling of other ZS...

I planned my hike from Davos Dorf to Seehorn, Hüreli and Pischa Horn. From the top of the Pischahorn I wanted to go down to a bus stop along the Flüela pass, but possibly not along the Southwest Ridge, the way I decided to go up but another route. Therefore, I looked at my options in the SAC guide. The South Ridge down...

The weather forecast was rather bad, but I decided to do an easy ski tour anyway. The Mattjisch Horn seemed the right choice for a “bad weather tour”. When I arrived in Langwies it was a little cloudy - nothing serious though, I thought it’d be all right. From the train station I walked up to the town and put...

The Lower Engadine offers a wide variety of hikes, from difficult alpine trekking and climbing in the nearby mountains to easy and scenic walks down in the valley. Here’s a few examples of such easy ones, nothing difficult but beautiful anyway, especially on a sunny fall day. I think the best way is to just explore the...

Here’s my version of Anna’s report about our hike together last week - on the day before the snow got to the “Unterengadin”. The best way to find out the details about the exact route is to just ask Anna and Stani to come along with you. The path is not marked and usually only locals, hunters and the...

If you lay in the outdoor whirlpool of the Bogn Engiadina in Scuol you can’t miss Piz Lischana the prominent peak southeast of Scuol. Also, the quite impressive SAC hut Chamanna Lischana is visible from there too and is located on a rock between Piz Lischana and Piz San Jon, it’s sitting there on exactly 2500m, high above...

Inspired by reports from Anna, Stani, Cyril and Omega3 I planned to walk from Ramosch to Samnaun via Piz Arina, Piz Nair and Muttler. However the weather wasn't good enough to actually do this. So I decided to just go on Anna, Stani and Zina's home mountain. It was worth while anyway, a true jewel! Ramosch - Motta - Alp...

Maienfeld - Steigwald - Enderlinhütte - Fläscher Fürggli - Falknis - Schwarzhorn - Glegghorn (cross M. Kunz) T5 - Bad - Kamm - 1803 - Untersäss - Ruine Aspermont - Jenins - Maienfeld Ziemliche Konditour... Zuerst auf dem markierten Weg via Enderlinhütte auf die Falknis. Danach vom Fürggli weglos zum Schwarzhorn....

Chur - Mittenberg - Ochsenberg - Saldein - (blue/white) -Montalin - Groms - Platte - Calfreisen - 1132 (Postauto) Start in Chur und dem markierten Wanderweg entlang zum Mittenber, Ochsenberg und Saldein. Dort dem blau/weiss markierten Wanderweg folgend auf den Montalin. Über Groms hinunter nach Platte und in Calfreisen aufs...