Laugavegur is a 55km hiking route in southern Iceland. The route starts from the Landmannalaugar geothermal springs to the Þórsmörk nature reserve located in the valley of the same name. The wide and dramatic valley of Þórsmörk lies at the foot of Eyjafjallajökull, an active volcano. The trail runs through breathtaking landscapes, which cross canions, […]
Planning a trip to Iceland is not an easy task. The abundance of objectives, the great distances but also the high costs are some of the elements to be taken into consideration. For our first tour we chose to stay 10 days, half of which we allocated to a road trip and the other half […]
Last week at the summer school we made a small trip. The theme of the trip was to use the map for field orientation. But because we are still small and we want everything to be a play we have discovered the route using the clues. A cross made out of trees, a banquet in […]
Although it’s already mid-May, the snow is still high, it seems to have fallen somewhat more than usual. In these conditions, we have few trekking options in the area, in fact 2: we can climb up to Riffelalp one of the Gornegrat train stations or visit Zmutt. We chose both. Getting to Riffelalp has nothing […]
Kleine Scheidegg is the train station where the final climb to Jungfraujoch (3454m)begins, the terminal station of the famous cogwhell train. Above that point, the train stops only at the Eiger glacier and then enters the deep of the mountain. The train inaugurated in 1912 is probably one of Switzerland’s most famous tourist attractions. Of […]
Eiger, Monch, and Jungfrau are the three major peaks that dominate the Langwald valley. Both the peaks and the huge glaciers that descend from their top can be seen best on the left side of the valley. With this plan we also started our journey. I took the cabin from Lauterbrunen to Gruetschalp. From here […]
The last village on the Lengwald Valley, Stechelberg is located just 20km away from Interlaken, was our home for a week in May 2018. Located in a typical U-shaped glacial valley, the village has a special charm. The valley walls have been “cut” by glaciers so abruptly that both sides of the slope are virtually […]
In Heinrich Harrer’s book The White Spider (a chronicle of the first ascents of the Eiger’s northern wall) I first heard of Grindelwald, a small village located at an altitude of 1034m in the Bernin Alps. Ever since I’ve read the book I wanted to get here and look up the mountain for traces of […]
When we talk about the Cerna Mountains, we think first of all on canyons, caves and limestone peaks and probably on the well-known and picturesque road situated on the Cerna valley, already classic hiking destinations. However the mountains are only partially visited by tourists. Probably to this situation has contributed the lack of marked trails […]
“Crovurile” are a well-known trekking destination in western Romania. They are located in the Mehedinţi Mountains in the section between DN67 and Herculane. They are actually huge dolines located in the high plateau of the Mehedinti Mountains. These mountains and the valley of Cerna are populated areas from ancient times, people occupying themselves especially with […]