Mauvoisin

At the end of the Bagnes valley is the spectacular Mauvoisin dam. The alpine water it holds looks as though someone emptied powdered milk into it!
What a day for Australians who have been living through a drought for the past few years. I just wish they could take some of it home with them.

Dent de Jaman

The views are breathtaking!
Enuff said!

Pointe de l'Arpille

It looks steep but it really isn't. The Rhone valley below us is so flat with its yummy ripe apricot trees (late this season with the cold spell we had in May). From the top the view spans from the Combins to the Mont Blanc region.

Pierre Avoi

A beautiful hike around the hills of Verbier. For those who aren't affraid of heights the top of the Pierre Avoi is not to be missed. The views will make you feel teeeeny-weeeny!

Mountain Biking

Well we followed the path of the Grand Raid, from Verbier to Grimmentz...
I just don't know how Myriam Saugy does it in under 8 hours.
It took us THREE DAYS!!!

La Fouly

A magic day with wild flowers all over and the glaciers tickling our eyeballs!

Gstaad

Orchids all over!!!!
Oh, and a few happy cheese milk cows eating the flowers!

Champex Lac

Hiking from Champex Lac is such a pleasure with the lake to start and end from. But it doesn't take much to get into alpine terrain!

Last skin of the season

The Arpille is beautiful on skis, snowshoes, & foot.
Haven't tested it on bike yet...

Adonis

The only place in Switzerland you can find this flower growing wildly and naturally.
It is a remain of the glacial stepp we had over 10'000 years ago when the glaciers retreated.

Vallée Blanche Chamonix Mont Blanc

Just taking the lift up to the Aiguilles du Midi is enough to make anyone gape!

Skin up Arpille

Huffing and puffing up to the view of Mont Blanc at the top, before racing back to work for the afternoon! Nothing but good friends, good snow and happy alps!

Sanetsch

Surprised by a view of the Matterhorn! What a fabulous area to discover!

Cabane Brunet

Up to the Cabane Brunet in sunny skies with tons of fresh snow and our Easter eggs!

Snowshoe Saint Christophe

Snowstorms are fabulous to snowshoe in! The air changes, the way you breath and look at things change, and sounds are distorted in the most wonderful ways! I am enraptured with my life!

Grand-St. Bernard

This is the place to come to be saved by dogs with booze tied to their necks! Brought a friend up for his first ski tour, lovely day and pic-nic. Perfect for beginers and snowshoers!

Snowshoeing Chutte du Bisse

Blue skies and white snow. The flowers are already peeking through. Lucky us we saw a chamois!

Above Martigny

Sometimes the most beautiful places are right next door! What a pro, look at those new skis!!!

Marlenaz Verbier

Quick a nice and eaaaasy ski tour before going to work at Patagonia! This rock proves we made it to 2100 meters!

Mt. Rogneux

There are those days when you dont quite make it to the top..huuufff & puffff! Thought my lungs were going to collapse! Yet it looks like such a nice mountain from my couch at home!

Snowshoe Les Mosses

What is up with the wind in this place? We almost flew away with the snow fairies! Thank goodness we had enough chocolat in our packs to hold us down!

Snowshoeing in Fionnay

After such a great day snowshoeing around Verbier we headed to the end of the valley. Just the place to recuperate from all the sliding we did the day before!

Above Verbier

Ha-Ha-Ha! We all ended up like this! Through looking for snow patches to walk on and slip all over the place. So nice to go places in Verbier where there are no skiiers.

Around Bruson

The forest trolls were wondering what we were doing there too! But once out of the trees and pine needle snow it was glorious!

Snowshoeing Fionnay

I just love this area, it has everything. You can pic-nic by the summer mayens (wooden shacks) or jump over the river! Animal tracks are all over too, simply marvelous!

Snowshoeing at the Lac de Tannay

Wonderful day with the snow trolls! Just wish the snow angels would give us a bit of fresh snow to play in! The views here and the tranquility are heavenly!

Winter in Verbier

The river in Fionnay (La Dranse) is a sight right now! The snow has mushroomed up on top of the rocks to create some fabulous artistic views! Call me soon to go see them yourself!

Snowshoeing in Verbier

This is the perfect time for snowshoeing in Verbier - the high pressure is sending us sunny skies till the beginning of March apparently! So put a pair on and come with me to see the wild animal tracks and imbibe in the beauty of the fresh alpine views!

Verbier & 4 Vallées

Well I guess I didnt do too badly yesterday as I am going out again today! Yipppeee!

Verbier & the 4 Valleys

How did I get so lucky to get invited to this magnificient outing?! As the only girl I better not do anything stupid so I can come again! Unfortunately it will not become a place to snowshoe to. But we can hike up here in the summer!

What a view!

The cime de l'Est - part of the Dents du Midi seen from the Col des Martinets.
Thank you Antony for schlepping up over 1500 meters with me! And waiting for me to get down the steepest couloir I have ever skied in my life!
This is not a place for snowshoeing to the top, but the forest is worth it!

Snowshoeing above Martigny

I think the snow angels live here! Everytime I have been in this area it has snowed! The forest is beautiful and full of wild animals. There are lots of wild hare tracks & I have seen a chamois staring at me between the trees - which I really did not expect considering the noise one makes on snowshoes!

Ravoire

Disovered a magical place anyone can get to. Just wait till you see the pic-nic spot! So bring something worth stopping for!

Verbier

Ahhh, to be away from the crowds! One just cant help but smile!

Snowshoeing in La Fouly

This was a discovery day, and WOW! It was beautiful and just perfect views! Cannot wait to take you there!

Cretta di Vela

On the way to the Grand Saint Bernard lie a bunch of lazy looking mountains. They are really beautiful to climb up. But I admit we did it on touring skis and not with snowshoes. The first part would be fun to do on snowshoes, but the summit would be a bit long to get to.

IT IS SNOWING LIKE CRAZZZZZZY!

Hey!
This is the time to get snowshoes out and explore the forests!

Snowshoeing!

Here is what the tennis raquets you tie to your feet look like!

Snowshoeing in Champsec

If you have never been to Champsec it is time to discover it now on snowshoes! They don't see the sun for 3 or 4 months so the snow is fluffy and the crystals are worth looking at. They felt like corn flakes under our 'raquettes'!

Santa made it!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Verbier

Coco club opened and I took the partiers out on snowshoes!

Verbier snow!

Yipppeeeee! Winter is here!

Bois de Chênes

The forests of fall are so inviting! Although I am happy to go home and have a hot cup of tea infront of the fire too!

Snowshoeing in Verbier!

Verbier is an ideal place to snowshoe!
The views are magnificient and the trees are friendly spots with lots of animal tracks around! I am really lucky to have this as my back-yard. I hope you come and join me!

Fresh snow in Fionnay

Well it was one of those mornings - do we take the snowshoes or not? Of course since it had been snowing for over 10 hours you would think that we would have taken them...As it was a lazy Sunday we thought we were stronger than nature! It seems as though I have to do at least one outing like this each winter to make sure I know why I use snowshoes in the first place! Thanks for helping me guys! And I won't listen to you next time - yeah right!

Les Haudères - Lac Bleu

Another succesful Saturday fall walk! The lake was the perfect pic-nic spot and the trails were empty, except for us! We went a bit higher than expected, the path has been taken away by a landslide. But we made it back to the car just as it was getting dark (too early these days!!) and we got to see the sunset on the Dent Blanche!

Witepods at Les Giettes

Today I went and checked out a magical place to take you! In the winter you heat up your "pod" with a wood stove. Just like sleeping in an igloo, except that you have windows to check ou the view! And what a view! The spa is going to be open soon and I just can't wait to take advantage of it after a long walk in the area around the Portes du Soleil.