Stoos Ridge Hike

The ridge path linking the Fronalpstock and Klingenstock peak is one of the must stunning high trails in the central part of Switzerland. With views to many lakes and other peaks. With a duration of around 2 hours hiking time, and 400 meters up and down, it is a medium mountain hiking trail.

View from the Klingenstock down to Stoos
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Not for the faint-hearted: Almagell High-Altitude Trail Round Trip

A beautiful trail high above the timber line, spectacular views over the Saas Valley in Switzerland, this is the “Almageller Höhenweg”. The Saas Valley is located in the Canton Wallis in Switzerland, on the border to Italy.

Part of the hike is not for faint-hearted, but very spectacular.

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View to the South

Fantastic view to the South today on a hike around the ‘Engelstock’:

View to the South

The snow covered Swiss Alps in the background with Ingenbohl-Brunnen and Lake Lucerne in the middle and Lake Lauerz on the right. If you want to see the view from the peak (Mt. Hochflue) on the right, see this post.

Happy viewing:-)

Just before the Snow

It has been snowing down to the lower areas in Switzerland the past days: Winter finally arrived in my area. So I consider last weekend the ‘weekend before winter’, at least in a meteorological sense. And because it was a wonderful ‘inversion’ situation with fog below and sunny sky above, it is a good time to share a few impressions.

Nebelmeer

Nebelmeer

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Ride on the World Record Funicular

With travel much restricted during these COVID-19 times, it is always good to explore adventures nearby. Something we just did recently was a hike on the nearby Stoos. The weather during the hike was not that good with rain showers, but the ride back down to the valley with the funicular railway was really spectacular:

Stoosbahn

Stoosbahn

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