http://swissmountainleader.com/wp A Mountain Leader in Switzerland Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:51:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/08/15/winters-here-time-for-snowshoes/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/08/15/winters-here-time-for-snowshoes/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:50:37 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=1874 Ok, maybe not quite yet and although the summer’s been a bit damp we’re expecting a fine autumn and some great walking here in the Swiss Alps. But, the flyers for winter snowshoeing have just arrived. I printed these a little early as we’re getting a lot of people asking for details and I’d not [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/08/15/winters-here-time-for-snowshoes/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/04/24/snowshoe-magazine-taking-the-light-and-air-cure-in-the-alpes-vaudoises/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/04/24/snowshoe-magazine-taking-the-light-and-air-cure-in-the-alpes-vaudoises/#comments Sun, 24 Apr 2011 08:19:46 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=1710 ]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/04/24/snowshoe-magazine-taking-the-light-and-air-cure-in-the-alpes-vaudoises/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/02/23/les-monts-chevreuils/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/02/23/les-monts-chevreuils/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:04:25 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=1261 This area is well known to us but I’ve never actually been there snowshoeing so it’s been on my todo list for a while. So, yesterday when we had some time we went round the Le Lécherette and set out for Les Monts-Chevreuils with the target of the top of the old ski station and [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/02/23/les-monts-chevreuils/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/01/23/gantrisch-2/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/01/23/gantrisch-2/#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:37:21 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=1256 Back in Switzerland, briefly, it was a spur of the moment decision to go to Gantrisch this morning. It’s been pretty cold with a chilling wind and really not so much snow falling so we nearly didn’t go anywhere but the the thought of Gantrisch crossed my mind and when I checked the webcam it [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/01/23/gantrisch-2/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/11/26/mont-dor-france/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/11/26/mont-dor-france/#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:08:10 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=1197 It might have been the first day snowshoeing in Switzerland but my plan to ascend the small peak of Le Chasseon in the Jura range didn’t really work out, I’d expected to carry my snowshoes some way up but when I arrived at the car park I decided the snow cover was going to be [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/11/26/mont-dor-france/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/10/10/european-snowshoeing-destinations-aravis-france/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/10/10/european-snowshoeing-destinations-aravis-france/#comments Sun, 10 Oct 2010 09:35:26 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/?p=638 Snowshoe Magazine, based in Denver, Colorado, has another article from SwissMountainLeader this month. It’s a feature articles and talks about the Aravis in France as a snowshoeing destination. Snowshoe Magazine is a great online publication for anyone interested in snowshoeing anywhere in the world, sign-up, it’s free! Read the article : European Snowshoeing Destinations: The [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/10/10/european-snowshoeing-destinations-aravis-france/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/01/17/les-fourgs/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/01/17/les-fourgs/#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:19:41 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=779 I was over at Les Fourgs on Monday for some nordic skiing and thought we’d pop over today for a snowshoe tour in the same area. When I’d been skiing I’d seen a few signs for “Sapin Président” and wondered what it was so we went to take a look. Not surprisingly it’s a tree! [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/01/17/les-fourgs/feed/ 2 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/01/10/snowshoeing-in-the-swiss-jura-at-sainte-croix/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/01/10/snowshoeing-in-the-swiss-jura-at-sainte-croix/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:08:38 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/?p=404 ]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/01/10/snowshoeing-in-the-swiss-jura-at-sainte-croix/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/01/10/sainte-croix/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/01/10/sainte-croix/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:00:12 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=752 Ste-Croix is in the canton of Vaud but in the Jura range mountains on the Swiss-French border, Ste-Croix is just a few km from the French border. Despite it being local to the valley house I’ve never been over there in the winter, in fact I’ve only really been to the Jura to enjoy the [...]

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