It was one of those days where you immediately realize that you have to be very lucky to see anything once you are on the top. The fog was creeping up the mountains and the sun could only rarely be seen. I started in Wildhaus following the path through the Flürentobel up to the Wildhuser Schafboden. I encountered the first...

This tour from Amden, a nice village with view on the Walensee, to the Toggenburg is one of my favourite snowshoes trails and I hiked it several times, experiencing all possible weather and snow conditions. As usual I started from Arvenbüel following the snowshoes trail via Egg and Looch. From Looch I continued almost straight...

A classic early Spring tour to be done when there is still snow in the Alps. Whereas there are not many possible variants to ascend the Speer (without climbing)the descent to the Toggenburg can be shortened or lenghtened individually. From Amden I went up along the chairlift and I followed the road to Strichboden andHinter Höhi....

The Neuenalpspitz represents a nice, less crowded alternative to the Speer as an early Spring tour. We started in Stein and followed first the road and then the path to the intersection close to Rueboden. The path direction north goes to the Risipass from where the Neuenalpspitz can be reached from its north face. Since we...

That weekend the original idea was to perform a hike in the beautiful Valle Maggia, however we realized in the last moment that there was still too much snow there. As a last minute alternative we chose to visit the Appenzell and more precisely the Säntis region. Day 1: We started our tour in the village of Brülisau,...

The Leistchamm was one of that summits that I wanted to do before leaving for the US; not because the hike is particularly nice and not because it is technically demanding but just because the view from the top is amazing! Since today Green Copper had to be at home early and so we did not have a lot of time, we decided that it was...

Today once more we planned a tour in the beautiful region of the Alpstein and, once more, we tried to avoid the crowded paths of the Säntis. We started our tour in Gamplüt and followed the road to Thurwis; at the first intersection we continued on the path via p.1308 and Laub. At the intersection in the wood basicallythe...