by Pieter@Overseashiker | Oct 15, 2021 | Kesch-Bergell Trek, Switzerland, Thru-hike
The Kesch-Bergell Trek part 2 consists of the spectacular Kesch Trek. A four day hut-to-hut mountain hike. Because the first hut on the route (the Grialetschhütte) was closed all season, I hiked the trek in 3 days. And I included the ascent of the 3.147 m high Flüela...
by Pieter@Overseashiker | Oct 1, 2021 | Kesch-Bergell Trek, Switzerland, Thru-hike
The Kesch-Bergell Trek is not one continuously marked trail, it is not even one trail! This year I built a 12 day route from various longer and shorter trails in the canton Graubunden, Switzerland. The core of my plan was the Kesch Trek, a 4-day hike to and from the...
by Pieter@Overseashiker | Sep 28, 2021 | Gear, Kesch-Bergell Trek, Switzerland, Thru-hike
For the Kesch-Bergell Trek in 2021 I swapped some of my gear for lighter variants. But I also carried some heavier items than last year. This resulted in a base weight just below 7 kg (15.4 pounds), not bad for a 12 day hike in the Swiss Alps. Lighter Gear The major...
by Pieter@Overseashiker | Jul 31, 2021 | Day hikes, Sweden
Tiveden is one of 30 National Parks in Sweden. An old growth forest, strewn with huge boulders and dotted with smaller and bigger lakes, it offers good hiking opportunities. I combined four shorter loop trails to one bigger day hike. Four Trails Tour in Tiveden...
by Pieter@Overseashiker | Mar 5, 2021 | Haute Route, Switzerland, Thru-hike
The tenth and final day of the Haute Route started with the nerve wrecking Charles Kuonen suspension bridge and featured more sketchy passages along the trail to Zermatt, the end of the thru hike. Haute Route 10: Europahütte to Zermatt Start: Europahütte, 2.220 m...
