Tag: alps

Haute Route Day 13-Europahütte to Zermatt

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I heard Denise’s watch alarm go off around 6am and I laid there until about 6:30am. We had shared the bunk room with another couple who slept on the bottom of the bunk and we were on top. They were a bit ricketty, so I was a bit self-conscious about moving around through the night, …

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Haute Route Day 12-St. Niklaus to Europahütte

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As I mentioned in my Haute Route Day 11 post, my mattress had a large crater in the middle of it and I spent most of the night sleeping curled around the edge of it. By the way, Paul from the UK informed me later that this was easily resolved by moving the boards closer …

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Haute Route Day 11-Gruben to St. Niklaus

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We headed out of the Schwarzhorn Hotel after a relatively mediocre breakfast. It was an immediate grunt uphill as we left the building and switchbacked our way towards the Oberstafel . We started out at around 6500′ elevation and would peak at just short of 10,000′ in less than 4 miles. We were had a …

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Haute Route 2013-Day 10-Zinal to Gruben

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We enjoyed a nice breakfast at the Hotel Europe around 7:30 AMĀ  then packed up and started on our walk. We saw the older Brit Posse congregating at the supermarche(grocery store) as we headed to the trailhead. It was nice to know we would not have to pass them later and get the dirty looks …

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Haute Route 2013-Day 1-Chamonix to Trient-The Journey Begins…

We finished packing up bags after a good breakfast. I think I had about 3 croissants with Nutella. As we were packing, I was sifting through the receipts I had laying on the night stand and noticed the ones from Denise’s hiking shoes. I asked her if she wanted them and we noticed that the …

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