Creux du Van is one of the jewels of the Jura. In fact, it’s one of those bucket-list worthy Swiss hikes. Getting to Creux du Van took us to the western edge of Switzerland in the French canton of Neuchâtel or Neuenberg as the Swiss Germans call it. Apparently, in geological…
If you’ve been in Zermatt for a few days and have had your fill of the Matterhorn, then a hike across a huge Alpine suspension bridge might provide you with a different kind of excitement. We certainly enjoyed it. Time: 4 h Distance: ~ 8 km Altitude: ~ 850 m ↑ 850m ↓…
For those of you who’ve spent some time in Zermatt and are looking for alternative hikes in the area then this hike might be one for you! It takes you up through the recently deglaciated Gornera valley floor where you can witness the Gornera river starting to carve out the valley. On the now…
Mini mountains: #5 Lindenberg The Swiss Plateau between the Alps and the Jura is filled with hills and gentle ridges, and Lindenberg is no exception. Indeed, by Swiss standards, Lindenberg is almost flat! Despite this, it does stick up higher than everything for miles around it and in doing so dominates…
Mini mountains: #4 Stierenberg Nestled deep in rural Aargau, Stierenberg is a wooded peak well away from both the Alps and the Jura. We headed up Stierenberg on a cloudy day in the middle of the winter, with snow on the ground for the whole walk. Even in mediocre weather conditions, though, we did get…
Zermatt – home of the Toblerone Mountain, aka the Matterhorn. For some, a trip to Switzerland is unfinished without a visit to Zermatt, where on a good day the Matterhorn dominates the skyline. We’ve hiked around here a couple of times now and would like to share some of our favorite hikes in…
Mini mountains: #2 Pfannenstiel Barely a stone’s throw from Zurich, Pfannenstiel is one of the larger hills in the flat band of Switzerland that stretches between the Jura and the Alps from St. Gallen down to Lausanne. We climbed it late on a cloudy November day with early snow on…
Mini mountains: #1 Rooterberg A few months ago, we described Rooterberg as Switzerland’s smallest mountain, and that got us looking at a list of the smallest mountains in Switzerland. We found that we’ve actually climbed all of the top 10 (or should that be bottom 10?) over the years, some of them more than once! As…
From impossibly hard hikes to casual strolls, we’ve found all sorts of hiking options in Zermatt over the years. This particular one falls towards the easy end of the scale and also has views of that most famous of Swiss mountains – the Matterhorn. Time: 1 h Distance: ~ 3…
On the first day of a weekend trip to Zermatt we were up early and excited to get out and about. Our plan was to head up to Gornergrat with the train and from there walk up to a not-so-distant 3000-meter peak: Hohtälli! All this whilst having views of one…
