Blog Posts:
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Visiting Château de Savigny-lès-Beaune in Burgundy, France + Three Museums in Beaune for Rainy Days
Located near Beaune, France, Château de Savigny-lès-Beaune is a Château with a winery and the world’s largest private collection of fighter jets.
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Biking on the Voie des Vignes Trail from Beaune to Volnay in Burgundy, France
While in Beaune, France in the heart of Burgundy wine country, we went for a short bike ride (only 10.5 k) on the Voie des Vignes (Vinyard Way) trail from Beaune to Volnay and back.
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Hiking the Alpine Panorama Trail – Stage 2 Trogen to Appenzell
Stage 2 of the Alpine Panorama Trail (Route 3) is a 13 km trail with 560 m ascent and 700 m descent that goes from Trogen to Appenzell.
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Hiking the Alpine Panorama Trail – Stage 1 Rorschach to Trogen
Stage 1 of the Alpine Panorama Trail (Route 3) is a 18 km trail with 1150 ascent and 660 descent that goes from Rorschach to Trogen.
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Visiting the Jungfraujoch + Two Short Hikes in the Jungfrau/Grindelwald Region (2 Day Itinerary)
While in the Jungfrau region, we took the train up to the highest train station in the world at the Jungfraujoch and we went on two short hikes – a loop hike from Grindlewald First to the Bachalpsee, and a point-to-point hike from Kleine Scheidegg to Alpiglen.
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Hiking at Melchsee-Frutt – Bonistock Loop
The Bonistock loop is a 9.5 km hike with 396 m of ascent and descent that starts and ends in the small resort village of Melchsee-Frutt.
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Hiking the Stoos Gratweg Trail from Klingenstock to Fronalpstock
The Stoos Gratweg is a short (4 km), not too difficult (380 m ascent, 400 m descent), mind-bogglingly stunning panoramic ridge trail not far from Zürich.
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Hiking the Kärpfbrugg Rundweg Trail from Schwanden (Mettmen)
The Kärpfbrugg Rundweg is a 7 km long loop trail with 400 m ascent/descent that takes you over the Kärpfbrugg, a 50 m wide natural stone bridge.
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Hiking the Trans Swiss Trail: Summary
A summary of hiking the complete Trans Swiss trail (National Route 2), a 488 kilometer, 32 Stage trail that completely crosses Switzerland from Porrentruy to Mendriso.
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Hiking the Speer Summit Loop from Amden
The Speer Summit Loop hike from Amden is a 15 km hike with 700 M of ascent and 900m of descent.
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Hiking Pizol to Weisstannen via the Batöni Waterfall Arena
The trail from Pizolhütte to Weisstannen, Oberdorf is 12 km long with 368 m of ascent and 1594 m of descent that passes through the Batöni Waterfall Arena. We also added a short scramble up to the Hochwart peak.
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Hiking the Ybriger 7-Egg-Weg from Hoch-Ybrig to Holzegg
The Ybriger 7-Egg-Weg is 11 km long and starts at the top of the Sternen chair lift in Hoch Ybrig and ends at the top of the Brunni, Holzegg cable car.