Blog Posts:
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Hiking the Gotthard 5-Seen-Wanderung Trail
The Gotthard 5-Seen-Wanderung (5 Lakes) trail is a 12 km long trail with 600 m ascent/descent that takes you past at least 5 alpine lakes. This trail starts and ends at the Gotthard Passhöhe bus stop.
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Hiking the 2-Seen-Wanderung at Pizol
The 2-Seen-Wanderung (or 2-lakes Hike) at Pizol is a 6.6 km hike with 39 m ascent and 640 m descent that starts at the top of the Pardiel-Laufböden chairlift, zigzags its way down the mountain going past two very lovely alpine lakes, and ends at the bottom of the chairlift in Pardiel.
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Hiking the Alpine Panorama Trail – Stage 7 Siebnen to Einsiedeln
Stage 7 of the Alpine Panorama Trail (Route 3) is a 23 km long trail with 1100 m ascent and 680 m descent that goes from Siebnen to Einsiedlen.
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Four Year Blogiversary
Happy four-year Blogiversary to me! As of today, I’ve been writing this blog for exactly four years and so it is time to check in on how it’s been going.
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Visiting the Bad RagARTz Swiss Triennial of Sculpture Festival in Bad Ragaz
Every three years, Bad RagARTz hosts the Swiss Triennial of Sculpture, a large open-air sculpture festival, in Bad Ragaz, Vaduz, Liechtenstein and Altes Bad Pfäfers. In 2024, we took the opportunity to stroll around the town of Bad Ragaz to check out the festival’s many impressive, weird, and wonderful sculptures.
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Hiking the Alpine Panorama Trail – Stage 6 Amden to Siebnen
Stage 6 of the Alpine Panorama Trail (Route 3) is a 26 km long trail with 240 m ascent and 700 m descent that goes from Amden to Siebnen.
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Hiking the Alpine Panorama Trail – Stage 5 Stein, SG to Amden
Stage 5 of the Alpine Panorama Trail (Route 3) is a 14 km long trail with 860 m ascent and 800 m descent that goes from Stein, SG to Amden.
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Hiking the Alpine Panorama Trail – Stage 4 Schwägalp to Stein, SG + Visit to Säntis Peak
Stage 4 of the Alpine Panorama Trail (Route 3) is a 12 km long trail with 500 m ascent and 1000 m descent that goes from Schwägalp to Stein, SG. We also did two side stops – a trip up to the top of Säntis and a stop at the Säntis Cheese Factory.
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Hiking Along the Walensee – Quinten to Weesen + Seerenbach Waterfall Viewpoint
The hiking route from Quinten to Weesen along Lake Walen is 11 km with about 400 m of ascent/descent and includes a viewpoint of one of the tallest in Switzerland (Seerenbach Falls).
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Hiking the Dreiland Wanderweg: Summary
A summary of hiking the complete Dreiland Wanderweg, Chemin des Trois Pays, or Three Country Trail (Trail 67), a 43 km long, three-stage trail that explores the border triangle between Switzerland, Germany, and France.
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Hiking the Dreiland Wanderweg – Stage 3 Haltingen, Germany to Basel, Schifflände
Stage 3, the last stage of the Dreiland Wanderweg, is 9 km with 80 m ascent and 100 m descent and goes from Haltingen, Germany back to the start of the hike at Basel, Schifflände.
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Hiking the Dreiland Wanderweg – Stage 2 Riehen, Hörnli Grenze to Haltingen, Germany
Stage 2 of the Dreiland Wanderweg is 19 km with 640 m ascent and 610 m descent and goes from Riehen, Hörnli Grenze in Switzerland to Haltingen, Germany.