Derborence

Beautiful doesn't even start to explain the flowers and mountains around here!

Les Mosses

Meet Winnie - the cow that is!

Walk above Lourtier

Gorgeous day walking through the forest to picnic by this more than turquoise lac at the foot of the Rogneux! All the flowers are bursting!!

Verbier Marché du Dimanche - Botza

Verbier has started a market for regional bio products every Sunday from 9:00 to 13:00 for July & August! What fun it was to meet people and let them know about my walks. So if you don't have a sticker or just want to see me - come on by on Sunday!

Olympic Peninsula Northwest Coast

After the rainforest we went to the beach to walk on the 80 meter high trees that have washed up on shore to dip ourselves into the tide pools - wow!

Pacific Northwest Olympic Peninsula Life

Bald eagles, starfish, marshmellows, sea anenemies, grilled hot dogs, tiny crabs, sea otters, this place is paradise!

Roosevelt Elk

After seeing their footprints & poop all over we finally saw some of the Roosevelt Elks from the largest herd left on the planet.

Plants of the Olympic Peninsula Rainforest

I admit I never knew the USA had a temperate rainforest. Now that I do I am in awe of just how beautiful and huuuuuge nature is!

Olympic Penninsula

Check out this crazy Old Growth forest we camped in!

Adventure Montana Altoona Ridge Lodge

A lot less snow this time! But check out the breakfast view and that is the amazzzzzing sauna house behind Henrik!

Going hiking in Montana

Off to hike in the USA at my brother's Adventure Montana Altoona Ridge Lodge Yurts. Hope there is less snow than last year! See you in a month!

Hiking in Villars

Tour the alpine pastures before the cows eat up all the flowers!!!!
Unforgettable views of the Dents du Midi & Muverans - both mountain chains which can be circumnavigated during amazing hikes.

Historical Gryon hike

Fabulous village to discover Switzerland in, let me take you on a tour through Villars-Gryon.

Hiking in Turkey

From temples & historical ruins that are 2000 years old...

To the Turkish coastines of pristine azure water that are just gorgeous to dip into. Just like hiking in Heaven!

Trekking in Turkey

Amazing scenery, fantastic fresh food, friendly people - Get ready for Turkey to become your new hiking destination with CherriesWalks!

Wild flowers of Turkey

Lucky me! I got to go guiding in Turkish Delight land!

Here are just a few of the wild flowers of the stupendous Antalya region(Mediterranean)













Tulips are originally from Turkey, Louis XIV's ambassador brought them to France!

tiny spring flowers

Keep your eyes open, little sparkles are popping out everywhere!

Vinca major - Grande pervenche

Happy toxic weeds!

...and then it snowed...

yep, that is the pear tree, gonna ski under it this afternoon!

Who is living & dying in my pear tree?

Hungry silk worm attacking a bug!


Lady bug got caught too! See the silk on its belly?

The Verbier lifts have closed!

Put away the skis & into the garden! Yippeee!


Pear tree is bloomin' like never before!

Verbier last ski day

The pic-nic club!! Actually the snow was surprisingly good & fun to telemark in!

Tour Soleil

Started off in HOT weather from Realp (Andermatt)

Ended up in a deserted capana in the Tessin near All Aqua (Airolo)
Where we hung out during the white out & snow storm (1.5m fell in 4 days)!

Let me tell you about the wild men I found after the powder descent! Aiiayaayyaaa!

Adonis Vernalis

Really something to see this flower is a relic from before the ice ages that has managed to persist in a secluded spot of the Valais.

Schwytz Muotathal

Absolutely fantastic 2 days in remote central Switzerland, with turquoise blue finger lakes and snow covered mountains. A dream for hiking, biking, or just gaping at the views! Breathtaking!

Rando Col des Ecandies

Great walk up to the Col, but there was no candy at the top! Interesting place to contemplate the Trient Glacier, one of the Alps' glaciers that has changed drastically over the years.

Ski touring Les Hauderes

Fabulous discovery of a mountain with more crosses than can be remembered. A perfect place to go snowshoeing and find out more about local valley architecture.

Skinning Bourg St. Pierre - Cabane du Vélan

Most original river crossing I have ever encountered! As usual when there is bad weather in the Grand Saint Bernard area it is REALLY bad, and as usual it is bright sunny in Verbier!

Clean Swiss Mountains

Snowshoe Chutte du Bisse

Still more snow than I have ever seen! You can stand 2 meters above the bisse, just don't fall in please! What a fantastic winter!

Telemark in Bruson

Every now and then I manage to convince my space buddies to come for a telemark day of lunacy! They were on time once again for Spring maddness!
Some are more traditional...

Skinning Bruson

Another gorjus day in the Val de Bagnes!

Skinning Grand St. Bernard

Just a short skin over the top to have lunch in Italia! Ahhh, was definitely worth the pasta della mama, coffee & grappa!

Chutte du Bisse on snowshoes

Still so much sun & snow to play in!

Loosing heads in Verbier snowshoeing!

Yikes!!

Happy spring snowshoeing in Verbier

What a day! We made it up through the forest before the sun turned up the heat to melt all the fresh snow off the norwegian spruces. Absolutely lovely way to spend the morning!

Bruson Top Secret Run

Wow! Just a little windy at the top of Everest today...

Chinese Downhill in Bruson

Yahoooo! Fabulous day, after non-stop hiking up, and up, and up and up and up and up, we finally let loose and came back down!

Up to Verbier

In tropical heat we managed to find enough snow to snowshoe from Le Châble up to Verbier! Not only a major work-out, but a great day to work on our tans!
Fabulous fun in the sun.

Sunny Verbier

What a view! An easy stroll up from the center of Verbier to the majestic views of the Val de Bagnes.

Les Combins

Verbier's pride and joy - the Massif des Combins which culminates at the giddy glacial height of 4314 meters.
This is our equivalent of Chamonix's Mont Blanc & Zermatt's Matterhorn.

Snowshoeing in Kandersteg

Gorjus day! Gorjus powder! Gorjus pic-nic! Gorjus company! Gorjus mountains! Ahhhh, just gorjus!!!!
Hope you are playing too!

Premières traces en raquettes

La poudreuse était au rendez-vous! On était les seuls à s'aventurer à faire la trace dans les 40cm de neige fraiche tombée pendant la nuit! Youhouhou!
Une première pour moi avec mes raquettes aux pieds d'une fille de 12ans! Un succès!

Raquettes à neige sur Verbier

Une superbe matinée avec des traces d'écureuils, lièvres variables et chevreuils partout, combiné avec le chant d'une pie! Le paradis quoi!

Le Chable to Verbier

All the way up there??


Phew, made it!
Am amazed by the amount of snow, this is the first time in 10 years this has been possible!

Powderrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

This is THE BEST!
Just got new skis & it keeps dumping! Yeeehaw!
Verbier's South slopes have twice the amount of snow they normally have.

Mother Nature

Winter has been harsh this year for the wild animals. Remains of a chamois which probably fell from a cliff above and was then eaten by the famished critters around. What a sight!

Happy Winter!

Snowshoe Bourg St. Pierre

Right near Italia we had to go check if the snow was falling and the gale winds keeping it all out of Verbier. And it was!
How did Napoleon get through here back in 1800?!

Posing Above Verbier

Sometimes group photos are the hardest to take. hihihihi!
A short but super fun morning.
The sun was shining in Verbier, even though it was snowing everywhere else in Switzerland!

Fresh tracks!

Wonderful week-end with hoar-frost crystals to keep us company in Bruson!

Verbier

Wow! Paradise!
Why do people go to Canada?!?!

Snowflakes in Verbier

What an amazzzzzing winter we are having!!!!

CONTEST - WIN A CHERRIES WALKS OUTING

Guess where this foto was taken before January 30th 2009!
Hint: Val de Bagnes area, on November 24th.

La Garde

Beautiful little summit with tons of animal activity to observe in the fresh snow!

Pimp My Ride

Thanks to Graphitek I now have a CherriesWalks vehicle! Yeeehawwww!

Champex Lac

A beautiful day between the trees & the fresh snowflakes in Champex Lac!

Val d'Anniviers

A beautiful & fun day discovering a new place. It is always good fun to see the mountains I am used to and having dificulty recognising them from another angle.

Fionnay

This is the most beautiful place for a day out of Verbier. Fabulous time observing snow crystals, and animal traks!

Full Moon Snowshoeing

And who thinks snowshoeing is hard?!

Cries

Not too far away from Verbier is a gully with one of the few aspen forests of the Valais. Beautifully accessible on snowshoes at the moment.

La Dranse

The bottom of the valley is magical with hoar frost & animal tracks all over the place. A peaceful refuge from the porsche cayenne's of Verbier!

Chamois

And just around the corner, between the larches in the hoar frost....chamois!

Snowshoeing Col de Chemin

Only in Switzerland in the middle of nowhere will you see a sign like this!

Happy New Year!

First outing of the year in the +35cm of fresh snow that dumped on New Year's Eve! How wonderful to share this day with a long lost friend snowshoeing up to St. Christophe.

Snowshoeing in a new place!

Yippeeee! A beautiful morning in superb conditions, I hope everyone is out playing in all this snow & discovering new areas!

Cabane Brunet

Sunshine & fresh snow before the Christmas & New Year's mayhem. A fabulous skin accross the valley from Verbier!

Les Paccots

Sooooooo much snow this is ridiculous! How anyone can keep from hopping around in it on snowshoes is beyond me!?!

Beautiful Powder

Ski touring in the 4-vallées, hidden spots & high avalanche danger makes for a well deserved beer at the end of it!

Sunday snowshoe

A beautiful tour in the fields between Verbier & Le Châble.

MOVIE Skiing Verbier in November

*PLAY MOVIE!
Watch the flick: Hans Solmssen, Stephen Hadik, Winslow von Maur, Bob Mazerei & little old me having fun before the tourist season starts.
*PLAY MOVIE!

Filmed by UIAGM Guide Hans Solmssen www.swissguides.com

Skin Mt.Fort Verbier

Skinned up to the top of Mt.Fort to glide down the back in fresh powder (ooohhhh first ones there)! Somehow we got all the way to Fionnay!
Yipppeee! Hope you are ready because the mountain sure is!

Verbier Powder

A first for me in November - put the skins on my skis right outside my front door! Broke trail up to Verbier in fresh powder, and cruised down to Le Châble with skiers/tellemarkers supreme Hans Solmssen, Stephen Hadik & Bob Mazzeri. Keep your eyes open for our U-Tube flik comming soon!

Skinning in Verbier

This is a trip we won't forget! To begin with I took the wrong skins & had to use the emergency medical tape to hold them on for the 900m hike. Then the snow machine tried to run us over during our pic-nic. We made a quick get away without spilling the tea, only to discover at the summit that A-V had dropped her camera! On the ski down we stopped at our disrupted pic-nic spot and found it!!

Thank you Anne-Valérie for pushing my head up above & out of the clouds & damp weather to the sun shine at 2700m! Yipppeeee!

Snowshoeing in Verbier

Such a gorjus day! The snow is powdery and the views are to die for! Even I, who live here, can't choose the best photo!!!

Winter has come to Verbier!

Dust off your skis & snowshoes it is dumping in the Alps!

Winter is comming to Val de Bagnes!

Verbier is getting its first BIG snowfalls & CherriesWalks is getting ready for winter dustying off snowshoes! Yikes, the flowers are retreating!
Hope you are all ready!

Morroco

It is very weird to visit 3rd world countries. All I can say is I am not comfortable being a tourist in places where every day life is so tough. I went there thinking I may one day offer tours to clients there, but what I return with is the desire to help them build functioning sceptic systems. Inshalah!

Sahara Flora

Palm trees that produce yummy dates, Tamaris trees or bushes that create shade, a lady bug, something fragile w/ flowers, poisonous & ingenious plants!

Morroco - The Sahara Desert

We traded the mules for 2 dromadaries for 7 nights under the stars in the Sahara, something I never really imagined I would do! Just so you know, we walked, this photo was taken for the Morocan with us!

Morroco - The Atlas Mountains

For 5 days we traversed the Atlas range through a river gorge with 2 mules. Amazing & totally different from what we are used to!

Balloons

At the top of Col de Balme we found a bunch of balloons from a wedding in Swiss-Germany! I am off to Marocco for the rest of the month to meet mules & camels! Keep the cheese ready for when I return!

Col de Balme

Well the last outdoor fondue was such a hit that it had to be done again! Oh yeah, and the hike was magnificient, views of Mont Blanc & Chamonix at the col. As well as alpine blueberries fresh off the bushes!

Entymology

Amazing amount of crickets are hopping around! These two were doing more than hopping... Cannot beleive I got this photo!

Verbier hike

Fresh snow on the mountain tops and fresh snow on our pic-nic. Life is gooooood!

Ever wonder...

what telemarkers do out of season in Verbier???
Simon - my Chilean friend is making sure we are not bored!

Ovronnaz

I have always wanted to go to the top of the ridge on the East side of Ovronnaz, but never really thought it was possible. What a view - the whole bas & haut vallais at your feet!

Fondue at St.Christophe

First low-altitude snowfall required a hike with a fondue in the snow!
Yippeee!

Guiding for Breast Cancer in Zermatt

Europa Donna & Zonta Club Morges La Côte organised for over 80 breast cancer survivors to climb a 4000 meter peak this week-end! An amazing feat and a beautiful day for everyone involved. I guided a high-altitude walk after watching the brave ladies set off from the Klein Matterhorn. We had a fabulous walk and built this 'pink ribbon' cairn to show our support!

Chute du Bisse & Pierre Avoi

A beautiful time of year to check out the fall colors of the Valais. Female crickets laying eggs in their holes which can be mistaken for hiking pole marks in the ground! We picked the right day!

Internation School of Zug

A beautiful day with 34 5th graders up to the Planards and Chute du Bisse. An unbeleivable amount of grasshoppers & crickets around. Do you know how to tell the difference between the two?

Tessin - Italian part of Switzerland

Beautiful old villages in the val Maggia (magic valley) with tons of water cascading down the mountains into the forests of wild chestnut trees. Who could miss this? And the weather is always warmer here than the rest of Switzerland - so the vegetation is a mixture of alpine & mediterranean with palm trees!
Amazing!
Oh and the pasta & cappuchinos are worth it too!

Gondo Gorges

Crazzzzy water! What a gorjus gorges to visit! There is a 3 day walk to do here.

Mont Blanc

Tour du Mont Blanc

10 days of splendid hiking around the Mont Blanc!
From Champex Lac to Chamonix to Courmayeur and back to Switzerland. Breathtaking views and chamois and fighting ibex - really something to remember for a lifetime. I am not surprised it is the most sought after trek in the Alps.
Hope everyone can do part of it one day!

Chamonix valley

The forest was lush & green today, just perfect for hidding from the shopping crowds and the heat. At the end of the day the Mont Blanc was still there majestically overlooking us all.

Yurt at La Dôle

We saw wild chamois, eidelweisses, the lac léman (lake geneva) and clouds. When we got to the yurt it was half blown over by the wind-gods so we opted for a romp in the hay!
Am still finding hay at the bottom of my back-pack...

Zermatt Matterhorn

4 unbeleivable days hiking around impressive views of the Matterhorn.
It really made me want to eat a Toblerone bar!!!

Hiking around Verbier

Up near the cabane brunet is a hidden secret lac that is perfect for pic-nics!
If that sounds good to you get the pic nic ready and let's go!

Gstaad

The Lauenensee is a beautiful lake just waiting for you to take the time to come and discover it. Nestled away in the pasturelands above Gstaad it is a real Heidi postcard!

Rochers de Naye

Just above Montreux is a spot worth visiting. The train can take you up or back down to see the impressive views down onto the lac léman (lake geneva) if you don't feel up to hiking up. But the flowers are worth the hike, and the alpine salamanders we saw all over make the trip increadible!

La Fouly

La Fouly has so many hikes to do it is always difficult to choose which one to do! This was an unforgetable occasion with martagon lilies all over the place. Looking at the mountain views and the flowers and the bugs...ayyyie, what a hard life!

Bisse du Trient

This easy walk brings you to the mouth of the Trient Glacier. An amazing spot where you can really see how the ice formed the valley and get a feel for how far the glacier has receeded. Beatiful and sad. Let's hope it doesn't all disapear too fast...

Mauvoisin

At the end of the Bagnes valley is the spectacular Mauvoisin dam. The alpine water it holds looks as though someone emptied powdered milk into it!
What a day for Australians who have been living through a drought for the past few years. I just wish they could take some of it home with them.

Dent de Jaman

The views are breathtaking!
Enuff said!

Pointe de l'Arpille

It looks steep but it really isn't. The Rhone valley below us is so flat with its yummy ripe apricot trees (late this season with the cold spell we had in May). From the top the view spans from the Combins to the Mont Blanc region.

Pierre Avoi

A beautiful hike around the hills of Verbier. For those who aren't affraid of heights the top of the Pierre Avoi is not to be missed. The views will make you feel teeeeny-weeeny!

Mountain Biking

Well we followed the path of the Grand Raid, from Verbier to Grimmentz...
I just don't know how Myriam Saugy does it in under 8 hours.
It took us THREE DAYS!!!

La Fouly

A magic day with wild flowers all over and the glaciers tickling our eyeballs!

Gstaad

Orchids all over!!!!
Oh, and a few happy cheese milk cows eating the flowers!

Champex Lac

Hiking from Champex Lac is such a pleasure with the lake to start and end from. But it doesn't take much to get into alpine terrain!

Last skin of the season

The Arpille is beautiful on skis, snowshoes, & foot.
Haven't tested it on bike yet...

Adonis

The only place in Switzerland you can find this flower growing wildly and naturally.
It is a remain of the glacial stepp we had over 10'000 years ago when the glaciers retreated.

Vallée Blanche Chamonix Mont Blanc

Just taking the lift up to the Aiguilles du Midi is enough to make anyone gape!

Skin up Arpille

Huffing and puffing up to the view of Mont Blanc at the top, before racing back to work for the afternoon! Nothing but good friends, good snow and happy alps!

Sanetsch

Surprised by a view of the Matterhorn! What a fabulous area to discover!

Cabane Brunet

Up to the Cabane Brunet in sunny skies with tons of fresh snow and our Easter eggs!

Snowshoe Saint Christophe

Snowstorms are fabulous to snowshoe in! The air changes, the way you breath and look at things change, and sounds are distorted in the most wonderful ways! I am enraptured with my life!

Grand-St. Bernard

This is the place to come to be saved by dogs with booze tied to their necks! Brought a friend up for his first ski tour, lovely day and pic-nic. Perfect for beginers and snowshoers!

Snowshoeing Chutte du Bisse

Blue skies and white snow. The flowers are already peeking through. Lucky us we saw a chamois!

Above Martigny

Sometimes the most beautiful places are right next door! What a pro, look at those new skis!!!

Marlenaz Verbier

Quick a nice and eaaaasy ski tour before going to work at Patagonia! This rock proves we made it to 2100 meters!

Mt. Rogneux

There are those days when you dont quite make it to the top..huuufff & puffff! Thought my lungs were going to collapse! Yet it looks like such a nice mountain from my couch at home!

Snowshoe Les Mosses

What is up with the wind in this place? We almost flew away with the snow fairies! Thank goodness we had enough chocolat in our packs to hold us down!

Snowshoeing in Fionnay

After such a great day snowshoeing around Verbier we headed to the end of the valley. Just the place to recuperate from all the sliding we did the day before!

Above Verbier

Ha-Ha-Ha! We all ended up like this! Through looking for snow patches to walk on and slip all over the place. So nice to go places in Verbier where there are no skiiers.

Around Bruson

The forest trolls were wondering what we were doing there too! But once out of the trees and pine needle snow it was glorious!

Snowshoeing Fionnay

I just love this area, it has everything. You can pic-nic by the summer mayens (wooden shacks) or jump over the river! Animal tracks are all over too, simply marvelous!

Snowshoeing at the Lac de Tannay

Wonderful day with the snow trolls! Just wish the snow angels would give us a bit of fresh snow to play in! The views here and the tranquility are heavenly!

Winter in Verbier

The river in Fionnay (La Dranse) is a sight right now! The snow has mushroomed up on top of the rocks to create some fabulous artistic views! Call me soon to go see them yourself!

Snowshoeing in Verbier

This is the perfect time for snowshoeing in Verbier - the high pressure is sending us sunny skies till the beginning of March apparently! So put a pair on and come with me to see the wild animal tracks and imbibe in the beauty of the fresh alpine views!

Verbier & 4 Vallées

Well I guess I didnt do too badly yesterday as I am going out again today! Yipppeee!

Verbier & the 4 Valleys

How did I get so lucky to get invited to this magnificient outing?! As the only girl I better not do anything stupid so I can come again! Unfortunately it will not become a place to snowshoe to. But we can hike up here in the summer!

What a view!

The cime de l'Est - part of the Dents du Midi seen from the Col des Martinets.
Thank you Antony for schlepping up over 1500 meters with me! And waiting for me to get down the steepest couloir I have ever skied in my life!
This is not a place for snowshoeing to the top, but the forest is worth it!

Snowshoeing above Martigny

I think the snow angels live here! Everytime I have been in this area it has snowed! The forest is beautiful and full of wild animals. There are lots of wild hare tracks & I have seen a chamois staring at me between the trees - which I really did not expect considering the noise one makes on snowshoes!

Ravoire

Disovered a magical place anyone can get to. Just wait till you see the pic-nic spot! So bring something worth stopping for!

Verbier

Ahhh, to be away from the crowds! One just cant help but smile!

Snowshoeing in La Fouly

This was a discovery day, and WOW! It was beautiful and just perfect views! Cannot wait to take you there!

Cretta di Vela

On the way to the Grand Saint Bernard lie a bunch of lazy looking mountains. They are really beautiful to climb up. But I admit we did it on touring skis and not with snowshoes. The first part would be fun to do on snowshoes, but the summit would be a bit long to get to.

IT IS SNOWING LIKE CRAZZZZZZY!

Hey!
This is the time to get snowshoes out and explore the forests!

Snowshoeing!

Here is what the tennis raquets you tie to your feet look like!

Snowshoeing in Champsec

If you have never been to Champsec it is time to discover it now on snowshoes! They don't see the sun for 3 or 4 months so the snow is fluffy and the crystals are worth looking at. They felt like corn flakes under our 'raquettes'!

Santa made it!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Verbier

Coco club opened and I took the partiers out on snowshoes!

Verbier snow!

Yipppeeeee! Winter is here!

Bois de Chênes

The forests of fall are so inviting! Although I am happy to go home and have a hot cup of tea infront of the fire too!

Snowshoeing in Verbier!

Verbier is an ideal place to snowshoe!
The views are magnificient and the trees are friendly spots with lots of animal tracks around! I am really lucky to have this as my back-yard. I hope you come and join me!

Fresh snow in Fionnay

Well it was one of those mornings - do we take the snowshoes or not? Of course since it had been snowing for over 10 hours you would think that we would have taken them...As it was a lazy Sunday we thought we were stronger than nature! It seems as though I have to do at least one outing like this each winter to make sure I know why I use snowshoes in the first place! Thanks for helping me guys! And I won't listen to you next time - yeah right!

Les Haudères - Lac Bleu

Another succesful Saturday fall walk! The lake was the perfect pic-nic spot and the trails were empty, except for us! We went a bit higher than expected, the path has been taken away by a landslide. But we made it back to the car just as it was getting dark (too early these days!!) and we got to see the sunset on the Dent Blanche!

Witepods at Les Giettes

Today I went and checked out a magical place to take you! In the winter you heat up your "pod" with a wood stove. Just like sleeping in an igloo, except that you have windows to check ou the view! And what a view! The spa is going to be open soon and I just can't wait to take advantage of it after a long walk in the area around the Portes du Soleil.

Shlerondes, Verbier

The first snowfall of the winter I just had to get out! I saw no one! But there were tons of animal tracks. These are squirel tracks - you don't often see them, they are so light! Amazing day! The sun was shining and the clouds were playing around down in the valley. I just love the changing seasons!

Col des Pauvres

What a fabulous morning we had walking up to the Col. Passing through the frozzzzzen valley of Nant we hiked below the majestic limestone vaudois Alpes. The sun was at the Col des Pauvres where we ate our pic-nic. We then followed the crazy ridge of colapsed mountain tops along the Pointe de Savolaires with the view of the Rhone Valley below us.

Pierre Avoi

What a day! We hiked up to the Chutte de Bisse and then up above the Marlenaz in Verbier to take advantage of the view from the Pierre Avoi. This is really a stupendous place to go, and I am always surprised how many people have not been up there!

97 kilos pumpkin

Can't wait to see how many truck loads of soup this is going to make! Yikes! If anyone is hungry, come on by! Or if you have any suggestions on how to prepare it!

Bisse d'Ayent

After starting off in gale force winds and a snow storm - we got back in the car and drove to a lower altitude for our walk! I have never seen white caps in a dam lake before... We ended up doing a superb walk between the resorts of Crans Montana and Anzère, with the sun! For all those who couldn't make it, you really missed something. And once again we saw no one until we got to the Bisse - what is it with walking in flat places with all the other sheep?!?

La Brisolée - Fully

On Sunday we went down to Fully to savour the local tastes!
The tradition is to have wine, roasted chestnuts, cuts of dried meats, grapes and cheeses. Then we wandered around the sunny grapevines and the cute little village of Branson. Definitely was worth the food and the surroundings!

L'Arpille

The first of the fall saturday outings was a fabulous success! We had the sun and views and plenty of time to pic-nic at the top! Yiiipeeee! And the best part was that all the other hikers in the region went on the other side of the valley. Ahhh, that is why one goes walking with me!

Dune de Pyla

This was an amazing trip, thanks to Andy MadMarmot Forrest!
I am still trying to get the sand out of everything. This Dune is unbeleivable! It is a kid's greatest dream - the biggest sand pile ever imagined! I definitely recommend this place to everyone. And don't miss out on the oysters! yum & fun!

Lac de Mauvoisin

A fabulous hike above the Mauvoisin dam, at the end of the Val de Bagnes. The lake color seemed so unreal that Nicole had to ask "have they put milk in the lake?" Ha-Ha-Ha! In Switzerland anything could be possible! Even the local police driving to check out how the local sheep are being treated at the end of the dirt road.

Combats des reines

Martigny had the cow fight in the Roman Amphitheatre. It was definitely worth going to see. The sound of the bells echos up to you as you have your raclette & fendant in the tribunes. If you feel that this is unjust for the cows, imagine what the Romans used to do here.

Corbeyères

On the way home I stopped in a little spot of heaven. I cannot wait to come snowshoeing here this winter. Not only is there this cute little place to have delicious tarts & cappucinos, but the view accross the valley to the Dents du Midi is spectacular as well as the view of lake Leman!

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What are you doing Saturday?

Every Saturday in October & November, starting on October 13, I am organizing walks.
Let me know if you want to join!
Special deal & places are limited!

Fall walks

Now is the time to get out and take advantage of the automnal beauties of nature.
The leaves are starting to change colors.
The animals are hiding because the hunters are out - but I know where to find them!
The air is crisp & clear - the views are amazing!
The sun is still warm.
If you are a photo amateur or like to paint this is an ideal time to join me for a walk.

Around Verbier, in the beautiful Val de Bagnes!

• Schlerondes & La Chaux
• Bisse du Levron
• Ruinettes
• Running race - tour du val de Bagnes
• Lourtier to Grand Saint Bernard in 4 days
• Bovernier
• Picking blueberries

Verbier to the Mediterranean on foot!

To begin with, as soon as I finished my last Mountain Leader exam I left the front door key with the neighbors and walked from Verbier to the Mediterranean Sea! 30 days of walking! It was tougher than I expected!

Bisse du Levron - Verbier

A beautiful morning with some happy walkers from Minnesota USA.