The gorges du Triège in the heart of the Trient Valley – VS
“Orange is the new Green” 🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁 It’s an easy but quite impressive walk specially this time of the year when the jaw-dropping autumnal mosaic of colors surrounds you. From the entrance to the gorge at the road bridge, walk up the various footbridges and slopes as far as the Swiss Federal Railways water intake in […]
Pushing our limits during our first outdoor climbing in Martigny – VS
Learning outdoors’ climbing with Ludivine @vengaescalade was a great first experience 🧗♀️ Yesterday we did a 2 hours initiation course and we’ll certainly continue in the future. Ludivine was a fantastic teacher; she’s very experienced and knows how to make it super fun too. We’ve done several times the indoors’ climbing which we enjoy; but the sensation […]
Prison Island in Sion; great fun for young and not so young!!! – VS
A great activity to do when the weather is not inviting. Prison Island in Sion. It’s all about teamwork, physical and mental skills while having great fun. The concept???There are 21 cells, each one a different challenge. You have between 2 and 5 min to complete the challenge and get the maximum score possible. Teams […]
The Lacs de Fenêtre offer magnificent views reminiscent of a postcard – VS
During one of our trips to La Fouly (see specific post), we went for a random e-bike tour which transformed into a steep hike to the famous Lacs de Fenêtre. 🚴 from Caping des Glaciers (1,600 masl)➡️ passed the Buvette des Ars (1,800 masl) 🥾↗️ up to Lacs de Fenêtre (2,456 masl). It was a […]
No running engines, no traffic jams: the much-loved holiday resorts of Riederalp, Bettmeralp and Fiescheralp in the Aletsch Arena – VS
The car-free destinations of Bettmeralp, Riederalp and Fiescheralp within the Aletsch Arena and perched high on the sunny Valais plateau and can only be reached by cablecar. These are idyllic and extremely popular villages for family holidays. The mountain landscape and the breathtaking views attract numerous hikers, bikers and trail-runners during summer. We stayed in […]
The Great ALETSCH Glacier, an impressive natural landscape and a UNESCO World Heritage Site – VS
There are four viewpoints from which we can admire the scale of this giant beauty: the Moosfluh, Hohfluh, Bettmerhorn and Eggishorn. During our 2 day visit to Aletsch Arena we visited the Eggishorn and the Moosfluh viewpoints. On Eggishorn, the highest of the four view points (2869m asl) you get the whole package at one […]
The AlpLine and a guided visit inside La Grande Dixence; a jolt of excitment and adrenaline with great views – VS
The Grande Dixence dam, at the head of the Val d’Hérémence in the canton of Valais, is the world’s highest gravity dam. Construction on the dam began in 1950 and was completed in 1961 (commissioned in 1965). The complex offers several great attractions including a giant Zipline which we obviously had to try ☝️😬 With […]
Defying vertigo as we cross the suspended bridge of Torgon – VS
Over the past ten years, many metal suspended footbridges have been installed in French-speaking Switzerland and in particular in the canton of valais. The construction of metal footbridges is very recent since the vast majority of them have been built since 2010. The only two truly old footbridges are the Niouc footbridge in the Val […]
Discovering Lapierre E-bike Park in Torgon, a little village in Portes du Soleil – VS
The days are getting warmer and now we can access higher altitudes with no more snow; hence the mountain biking season is officially open.🚵♀️🚵🚵♂️ We visited the very first E-Bike Park in Switzerland! In June 2020, the Portes du Soleil village of Torgon created the first E-Bike Park in Switzerland. The desire is to offer […]
A majestic natural scenery during our hike in Les Crosets – VS
Yesterday, while our boys were skiing, me and my friend went hiking in Les Crosets – Val-d’Illiez (a municipality in the district of Monthey in the canton of Valais). We chose a nice path through the heights of the resort of Les Crosets and the hamlet of Crété Borney. The start is located in front […]