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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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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