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Hiking in Switzerland
Please check out the hikes I do in Switzerland below.


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
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Cima dell'Uomo & Pizzo di Vogorno: a fantastic autumn hike in the canton of Tessin
When I had a week off work in the middle of October, I decided to pay our most southern canton another visit. Staying in a hotel in...

Sam
Jul 2010 min read
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Haldensteiner Calanda: visiting the landmark of Chur
There are some mountains on my bucket list that are on it since seemingly forever. :) One of them was the Haldensteiner Calanda. Having...

Sam
Dec 10, 202410 min read
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Pazolastock & Lake Toma: where the Rhine starts to flow
Life has kept me busy this year, as I’m still right in the middle of a training course to become an official hiking guide. It’s been...

Sam
Nov 12, 20248 min read
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Gorgeous lakes and staggering views around the lovely Leutschach hut
If you have a look at my blog every now and then, you might already have come across the occasional hut hike post and yep, here comes...

Sam
Nov 10, 20238 min read
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A walk along the spectacular Schnüerliweg
6 years ago, I came across one of the most spectacular hikes in Switzerland. Located in the popular Churfirsten area, the route is known...

Sam
Oct 20, 20238 min read
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Getting to know the peaks and viewpoints above Lungern
In the beginning of this blog, I more or less wrote about every hike I did. Over the past couple of years however, that simply wasn't...

Sam
Sep 28, 20237 min read
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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
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Scaling rusty old ladders on the Niederbauen :)
Coming towards the end of September, my favorite time to go hiking was just around the corner. To be out and about on a sunny autumn day...

Sam
Jan 29, 20236 min read
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Altmann, Lisengrat & Säntis: three Alpstein icons in one day
On the rare occasion it happens that I have some holidays where hiking is not the main topic at all. Such a thing happened at the end of...

Sam
Dec 21, 20227 min read
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