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/2012/01/27/nighttime-snowshoeing-in-leysin/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2012/01/27/nighttime-snowshoeing-in-leysin/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:15:35 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=2120 It’s possible to visit Les Fers restaurant at night and have a meal. It’s about 1hr 30min walk up at relaxed pace and around 1hr back down. It was a reasonable evening yesterday, the moon wasn’t full but the sky was clear and we could see a lot of stars. A layer of cloud and [...]

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]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2012/01/22/snowshoeing-in-leysin-in-the-swiss-alps/feed/ 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/10/snowshoe-day-at-champoussin-10-11-march-2012-repost/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/10/snowshoe-day-at-champoussin-10-11-march-2012-repost/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:36:23 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=2045 ]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/10/snowshoe-day-at-champoussin-10-11-march-2012-repost/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/09/after-the-snow/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/09/after-the-snow/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:15:50 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=2038 The lift for Glacier 3000 has been closed on and off all week with a combination of weather and technical issues but it was back in action today. They’d said there was a couple of t-bars open for skiing but the wind (I assume) stopped one of them. But, the short pitches off the chair [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/09/after-the-snow/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/06/ermine-mustela-erminea/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/06/ermine-mustela-erminea/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:39:25 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=2033 This stoat suddenly appeared in front of us near the chalet a couple days ago, fortunately I’d got my camera with me but not with the best lens and it the lens I did have was a little steamed up. Normally brown in the summer the stoat changed his colour to nearly completely white in [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/06/ermine-mustela-erminea/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/02/aldi-raquettes-snowshoes/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/02/aldi-raquettes-snowshoes/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:51:58 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=2025 While I’m sat here waiting for the snow to arrive the brochure for the Aldi Suisse offers next week arrived. It’s got the raquettes in that they sold last year. I wrote some stuff about them, here ALDI (Switzerland) snowshoes and we thought they were very good. If you’re in Switzerland and looking for cheap [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/02/aldi-raquettes-snowshoes/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/11/23/snowshoe-day-at-champoussin-21-22-january-2012/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/11/23/snowshoe-day-at-champoussin-21-22-january-2012/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:17:42 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=2011 This will run on 21-22 January 2012 at Champoussin which is in the Swiss Portes du Soleil. It’s a chance to come along, without cost, to have a look what snowshoeing is all about, see what snowshoes look like and actually try it yourself. There will be more details of the program nearer the time [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/11/23/snowshoe-day-at-champoussin-21-22-january-2012/feed/ 0 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 [...]

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