Grindelwald: riding the velogemel
“If you can ride a bike, then it’s easy,” said my guide, Hans, before taking off down the snowy slope on a wooden contraption that looked more like an oversized […]
“If you can ride a bike, then it’s easy,” said my guide, Hans, before taking off down the snowy slope on a wooden contraption that looked more like an oversized […]
Virgin snow, bluebird skies and undulating mountain views: there’s hardly a better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than going for a snowshoe hike on the trails of Les Paccots. […]
“I’m not that impressed, I’ve seen better,” says my boyfriend Matt. I’m surprised, to say the least, because the spread of mountains before me, a jagged horizon above a bath […]
One thing I love about Switzerland is the proximity of the mountains to the cities. And nowhere sums that up better than the Salève, Geneva’s local mountain. It was a […]
I’ve seen a fair few stunning views since I’ve been visiting Switzerland. And most of them I’ve appreciated after considerable effort to get there: sweat and occasional tears (thankfully no […]
It was meant to be a five-hour hike and we’d been going for more than that already. We’d gained 1,000m of elevation, had just trudged through snow to the top […]
Switzerland isn’t short of a view. But, here in the Val d’Anniviers above Sierre, this one was particularly impressive. I was standing on a thin ridge, with the rough hiking […]
It’s a warm day in mid June, but some snow still lies in slushy puddles on this low alpine trail in Switzerland. We’ve been hiking for a couple of hours, […]
It was always going to be tough. I’m not a regular cyclist – although I enjoy it – and neither am I very fit, though I’d like to be. So […]
It was some way down the third run of the day when I finally felt the tension leave me. The hill was gentle and practically empty; the snow was ice-free […]