My Tales Abroad

Day 11: EuropaHut to Zermatt ( Map ) Well folks, it’s been a journey. Through rain, hail, sleet, fog, wind, and sunshine. I’d been blistered, burned, and

Day 10: Gruben to EuropaHut ( Map ) Nothing lasts forever. Especially sunshine in a very green place.

Day 9: Zinal to Gruben ( Map ) I left the Gruben valley and hiked up through the Forcleta pass. What a treat to have two days in a row of brilliant weath

I thought I liked cows. To a city girl they seem like fat slow-moving dogs.

Day 7: Molignon to Cabana De Moiry ( Map ) Nature is being abusive again. What was a brilliant day before has become a wet, foggy, and gloomy morning.

Day 5: Cabane de Parafleuri to Arolla ( Map ) Like any dysfunctional and borderline abusive relationship, one day Mother Nature first pummels you with ic

Day 4: Cabane de Mont Fort to Cabane de Parafleuri ( Map ) It started out innocently enough. The day’s agenda was expected to be one of the most spectacu

Day 3: Champex to Cabane de Mont Fort ( Map ) My planning process for this trek was dubious at best. The season officially starts in July, so a number of

Day 2: Trient to Champex ( Map ) Many circuits in Switzerland have an easy mode and a hard mode. The easy mode is at lower elevation and shorter, which i

The Classic Walker’s Haute Route begins in Chamonix, so that is where this Swiss tale begins.

Here's the 2 week hiking route I took in Switzerland . This is the Classic Walker's Haute Route, which starts in Chamonix, France near Mont