My New Favourite Winter Sport?
By Will • Jan 9th, 2009 • Category: Cycling, Hiking, Juras, SnowBelieve it or not, I have yet to go cycling in 2009. Don’t worry, I haven’t been too lazy.
Archive for the ‘Hiking’ Category
A Perfect Day Above The Clouds
By Will • Nov 15th, 2008 • Category: Cycling, Doreen, HikingThere is a well known “secret” among mountain lovers. During the endless, gray, depressing days this time of year – there is often plenty of sunshine if you just go high enough.
Long Tour de Vuache
By Will • Aug 24th, 2008 • Category: Cycling, Hiking, JurasOne of the great rides from Geneva – 127 kms and about 1700 metres (5600 feet) of climb.
Given that I am now a member of Team Poseur, I was of course more worried about eating than riding. So we stopped for lunch at the Chateau de Clermont for a three course feast – very civilized.
In Search of Snow
By Will • Jan 13th, 2008 • Category: Cycling, Doreen, HikingI decided to rest my tired cycling legs today and hike up Le Saleve with Doreen.
All the great hairpins from Friday’s ride were now surrounded by snow.
Too Windy (and cold) to Bike
By Will • Oct 21st, 2007 • Category: Cycling, HikingEveryone in Switzerland knows the dreaded Bise wind. Cold, strong, and from the North. Saturday the Bise was in full force so we canceled our bike ride and went hiking up the mountain behind our house in the woods. This photo is taken seconds before I landed after descending from high above. Ouch! Martin and [...]
SNOW! Matterhorn
By Will • Sep 27th, 2007 • Category: Cycling, Hiking, SnowOK cycling season in the high (and medium) Alps is winding down for 2007. I awoke this morning to snow in Zermatt, the beautiful car-free swiss ski village below the Matterhorn – and had a terrible time renting a bike.
Les Arcs – Hiking
By Will • Aug 4th, 2007 • Category: Doreen, HikingPerfect deep blue sky as we hiked high above Les Arcs – stunning.
Hiking From Home
By Will • Apr 7th, 2007 • Category: Doreen, HikingIts great having several hiking trails directly from our house up the Saleve mountain to Thuile.
Glacier Hunting in Italy
By Will • Oct 15th, 2006 • Category: Doreen, HikingWe drove to Courmayeur ski resort in Italy, just the other side of Mont Blanc, just over an hour from home. Great hiking in high alpine valleys, littered with huge glaciers. The photo is of Lake Miage. Touching the back of the lake is the tip of the Miage glacier ( hidden a bit by [...]
