The beautiful Beverin Nature Park was our snowshoeing destination for the first part of the Easter weekend. The centrepiece of the park is Piz Beverin (2998m). Home to large herds of ibex (or capricorns in the local Romansh vernacular), Piz Beverin is surrounded by imposing rock faces and flanked by deep gorges. One of which …
Snowshoeing to Dreibündenstein
Our very first snowshoeing outing, about two years ago, was to Dreibündenstein. Brave little soldiers that we are, we went all the way from Brambrüesch to Feldis on that first snowshoe outing. Last Sunday, a lot more experienced, and less likely to trip over our own feet, we repeated this route. And nearly got blown …
Pischahorn – success on our second attempt
The previous time Barbara and I came to climb Pischahorn we were thwarted by thick unstable snow. On our second attempt to climb Pischahorn we followed the same route as the ski-touring parties do, and after a couple of hours of working steadily upwards we stood on top of the summit of this somewhat unassuming …
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