Ridge to summit, originally uploaded to Flickr. This is a beautiful two day hike from near the town of Sixt Fer a Cheval (near Morzine and not far from Chamonix) best suited for strong hikers. The first night was a relatively short ascent with 1050m of height gain to a mountain hut above Sixt at [...]
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Mont Buet from Sixt Fer a Cheval
Posted in Alpine Tourism (outside Chamonix), General Mountaineering, Natural World, tagged Alps, Cirque des Fonts, France, French Alps, Haute Savoie, Mont Buet, Sixt Fer a Cheval on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hike to Chalet Meyères in the Aravis
Posted in Alpine Tourism (outside Chamonix), Chamonix on Monday, August 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Les Quatres Têtes, from Flickr. This is a very nice hike, and a good change of pace from the crowds of tourists in Chamonix. Starting from just above the town of Sallanches (25 minutes from Chamonix center), we started and first passed through the Alpages of Doran. This is a beautiful valley with working farms. [...]
Tour des Dents du Midi – 4 Day Hut to Hut Hike in the Swiss Valais
Posted in Alpine Tourism (outside Chamonix) on Wednesday, August 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This four day hike through the Swiss Valais is beautiful and scenic, passing through several Swiss villages, alpages and more remote mountain areas. It has a lot of height gain the first two days, with the option of hiking to the top of the Haute Cime of the Dents du Midi on day 2. Days [...]
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