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A New Year's Day hike to the Zugerberg
In my age, the celebration on New Year's Eve isn't that important anymore. :) So, I had long since decided to take it quiet this year and...

Sam
Sep 107 min read


On how to spend a snowshoe weekend in the Alps of Uri
Last year, I made the promise to write about a winter hike during this season, but as the winter of 2022/2023 was going down in history...

Sam
May 1, 20237 min read


A familiar area that for once looks quite unfamiliar :)
After the frosty hike up to Belchenflue and the mandatory winter walk on the Rigi, I opted to end my three days hiking adventure with a...

Sam
Mar 14, 20215 min read


A short tale about icy winds and the devil's gorge
Unfortunately, even though I had plenty of spare time in the lockdown, the bad weather thwarted my plans to go hiking as much as...

Sam
Mar 7, 20216 min read


Absolute silence and a stunning winter landscape around Biberegg
Having done a few winter hikes already, the time had finally come to dig out my snowshoes from my storage box, when another lockdown was...

Sam
Feb 18, 20215 min read


Looking for dragons and castles
Sorry for disappointing you but no, this blog entry is not about Game of Thrones! :) A fine winter day was predicted a couple weeks ago...

Sam
Feb 27, 20194 min read


A walk along Lake Mauen and Lake Sempach
Last Friday I had a day off work and took the chance to go outside to empty my head. I wanted to go to an area where sunshine was...

Sam
Feb 2, 20194 min read


A Winter hike along the river Thur
As I worked a lot over the last couple weeks, I had to take a time out on the weekend and went for a day hike even though the weather...

Sam
Jan 17, 20193 min read


A Christmas Hike to Lake Obersee
As we celebrated Christmas on the 24th and 25th, I used the spare time on the 26th for a hike up to Lake Obersee. I wanted to go there in...

Sam
Jan 1, 20193 min read


A snowy hike up to Mount Rigi
A friend that I met while travelling in Asia, was visiting Zurich over Easter. He asked me if I could take him for a hike in the...

Sam
Apr 8, 20183 min read
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