Hikes and Pics

Looking through my photobucket album found some pics of an overnight hike I did thought the Yard might enjoy:


Lake I was hiking around

A safer part of the trail. It got more dangerous...

Loaded up.


You can see how narrow the path is here


I was in quite a lot of fear about icicles dropping on me and killing me!


Looking off the edge - probably 50-70ft feet drop



Looking up the mountain


One of the many avalanche run-offs I had to cross
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Another

I survived!
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Tent for the night
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Drying my clothes on a hap hazard line - I was dog tired at this point but knew I had to dry my clothes and eat:
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Gnocchi with homemade dried pasta sauce

The next day I found this sign!
It reads
"Walking path closed due to avalanche risk and falling stone risk"
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Time to head back - originally had planned two nights but if it was set to get worse well...quit when you are ahead!

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Thank you for the Pics LR. I sure would have had the pucker factor going if It was me hiking that trail. IN THE WINTER! This OLD man is to comfort minded for that! Now if a Helo could have flown me in, to a nice pre-warmed cabin, YooHoo! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Wow...That looks mighty Cold! Great Pics!

Nice pics. Thanks for sharing them.

Great Pics. Looks a bit like the trails here. Where are you?

Thanks Lonereader,we always like pics from other countries & those are great.

Great pics, thanks for sharing <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Ok, I'm guessing you are in Switzerland. Your vocabulary suggests you are American. PM inbound.

I THINK he said he was in Norway.

Hey Skunk, Hope all is good. I'm going off the Warning Sign. German, English, French and Italian.

Skunk - a heated tent is on my wish list! That and a pulk sled!

Yeah am in Swiss land, Alpenwoe - pm'd ya back.

thanks for the comments guys, happy to share!

Well, that made my mind up for me, I'm visiting Switzerland!

Awesome pics, thanks for sharing!

Beautiful pics. Thanks for sharing.

looks fun, I never been winter camping.

Where in the world did I get that you were in Norway? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" />

Great pics, bravo!!

thanks for sharing

Nice pictures, looks like real challenging hiking terrain!

Would love to get some experience in swiss.

Greets from Belgium <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Very cool. Nothing like camping in snow to get the juices flowing. Nice pics.

Once when we were hiking in Switzerland there was a sign that said something like "you'll be killed by the rushing water" but my French is pretty bad. On top there was a metal ball. We hiked past it and on the way down it started to rain, the ball on top started blinking with red lights, I figured that was a bad sign and we hightailed it out of there.

You are a braver man than I

Aimless - yeah good thing you did. Some of those steams are near dam run offs and they will release the water with very little warning! You have signs warning about it at least!

Yeah we were in Val D'herens so one time we were downstream from that giant dam. I had to have a talk with my wife about that when she went across one of the streams when there was no need to, although the lights were not going. The one we did have to cross was far above the dam though so I assume it was potential run off from rain since we were towards the top of a snow covered mountain and the warning went off when it started to rain.


We ran across some impressive cattle too. One path took us through a farmer's field and the cattle were some breed I had never seen before with long horns that extended to each side. I worked around cattle plenty as a kid, but just holsteins and herefords, nothing like these beasties. They didn't give us a problem but I kind of wondered whether I took a risk I wasn't aware of there.


We did get charged by a ewe when my wife accidentally came between a ewe and her lamb. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> She did back down before I got to find out what happens when an american tourist murders a swiss farm animal (I assume nothing good!) but my wife actually jumped behind my back when the ewe started fake charging me. Kind of funny for all the time we have spent in bear country we almost got taken out by a sheep.

A day hike today. Beautiful weather but the snow line is quite low and my companion wasn't up for going quite that high yet!

Instead a walk through smaller foothills!

Starting off


A small pond with fishes in.


Going past a dry creek, still up!


Trees on a steep part


Watched a mountain biker go down his route


My friend celebrates the summit


Foothills!



An interesting stove we passed

Rounded off with an ice cream! Hope you enjoyed.

Looks like you guys had some good times, and great weather. Thanks for sharing.

I feel like breaking into song "The hills are alive... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

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wow, very nice pictures, thanks for sharing.

Very nice trail, I like what i'm seeing. I need to get out and do more camping and hiking. I use to live in Colorado. A buddy and my self would do one 14000 ft. peak every New Years. These pics take me back to those times. Maaaannnn, I miss Colorado. Thanks for sharing.

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No Austrians here! (well maybe a few but they seem to keep very quiet!)

Happy to share guys <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Awesome pics man! I lived in Germany when I was a kid and we went to the Alps: Germany, Austria and Switzerland, but never off the beaten path. Very nice.
Thanks for sharing.