Via Alpina – Traverse of the Alps (7 countries): story and photos
Here is the story and 30+ photos of our traverse of the Alps along the Via Alpina. Via Alpina (© Anna Gatta)
Here is the story and 30+ photos of our traverse of the Alps along the Via Alpina. Via Alpina (© Anna Gatta)
Wishing to run across the Triglav, Dolomites, Tyrol, la Bavaria, Interlaken…, they decided to follow a combination of the red and green Trail of the Via Alpina. To limit the overall distance to 1,000 km, they decided to start in the Triglav National Park (Slovenia) and finish in Chamonix (France). From the Triglav, they followed the Red Trail across Italy, Austria, Germany to Lichtenstein. From there, they switched to the Green trail to Lenk in Switzerland. After Lenk, they made their own trail to Chamonix, France.
Today Anna and I went to Plan du Var and ran up to Mont Vial which is a pretty good training when we look for
Tuesday Alex Chabot and I left Nice to Grindelwald in Switzerland with the goal to climb the North Face of Eiger (3970m). This north face,
Two weeks after my return from the Atacama Crossing race in Chile, I went back to the Gordolasque Valley in the national Park of Mercantour
For this first day of 2012, I woke up at 5:30am and went to the Boréon in the the Valley of Vésubie to climb the
It becomes really hard to find some snow in the South of the Alps. There are almost nothing below 2400 m and a very few
Sunday Anna and I went to the Madone de Fenestre to climb the West Couloir (II, AD / 3, 300m) of Gélas (3143 m). The
After the snow fall of last week, I was excited to start a new ski touring season. The snow starts at 2200m so I decided
After the snow fall of last week, I was excited to start a new ski touring season. The snow starts at 2200m so I decided
Last weekend Anna and I did a very nice trail in the Valleys of Gordolasque and Merveilles. The trail is only 21km long but it
Anna and I went back to the Boréon to climb another Couloir in the Northwest face of Cime de Juisse (2580 m), called Peïrastreche. Overall
