Family snowshoeing in Verbier

Beautiful day with tons of animal tracks all over the place! Huge avalanches have gone off above the Savolères - Carrfour road in Verbier. You really need to know where to go and remember that snowshoeing takes place in the mountains. The risks are the same as for ski touring.

Snowshoeing Verbier

Although Verbier seems like it only has new chalets, we managed to snowshoe up to the cow sheds that are still used in summers. There was surprisingly good powder snow too! What a bonus!

Skin Cabane Brunet

Start off in the cold shade of the mountain...
Pic-nic in the sunny fields!

Ski touring Martigny

This summit is so pleasant to get to. We managed to plan it for the opening in the clouds so we could oooh & ahhhh at the Mont Blanc!

Snowshoeing in Bruson

What a happy smile on this snowshoer!

Fionnay - Mauvoisin

Ahhh, first trip this winter up to the end of the Val de Bagnes. Just so peaceful up here. Not sure if we saw a bouquetin (ibex) or if it was just a rock in the sun?!

Champex Lac

Beautiful & freeeezing day in the powder up to the Col des Ecandies. Perfect place for a snowshoe walk in the forest below!

Snowshoes! Sun! Powder!

Yippeee! What a fantastic day with views beyond imagination! Couldn't have picked a better day or a better group to go play in the snow with! Thank you!

View from Mont Fort

Is that the Matterhorn? Looks like Toblerone to me!

Sarreyer Mayens on Snowshoes

Otra vez! Who knew that Argentinians are such mountain goats?!

Log jumpin'!

Top of Vichères!

What a team: Miss Slovakia, Miss America & Mister Argentina! WooHooo! The chamois even came out to see us before the magic flakes fell!

Hikes at night!

And who says you can't see in the dark? The snow helps light the way!

Brrrr!

It is cold! Minus 34 degrees this morning on top of the mountain! Make sure you wear wool panties & stop for hot chocolates!

Zinal Festi Raquettes

1st edition of an MSR snowshoe event in Zinal. Fun in the sun, the val d'Anniviers is always so welcoming! A great success thanks to Swiss Alpine Emotion's amazing energy & smiles!

Finhaut Avalanche Course

Learning about avalanche danger by digging a snow pit. Not only is it interesting, it may save you or your mates life!

Verbier sunshine

What a day ski touring above Verbier in the snowy happy alps!

Entre les deux tours

A different view of the Grand Combin! Vichères is just beautiful.

Snowshoeing in the clouds

Playing peek-a-boo with the view in the fresh powder in the Alpes above Martigny!

Snowshoeing Marlenaz Verbier

Yipppeeee, this is fun! Powder, views, tea & cookies!

Snowshoeing in Verbier

Beautiful snowshoe up above Verbier to Le Château! Definitely for those who want a physical workout. Breathtaking views of the valley below & Mont Blanc region. Ahhh le paradis!

Chamois tracks

Wild animals abound in Verbier, you just have to know where to look for them. Come with me to discover their habits & games!

Frost crystals

A magical day (not in Disney World...) in the Haut Val de Bagnes.

Verbier happy Snowshoeing!

LOTS of snow to play in and look for the Queen of Narnja in!

Dumping in Bruson

Eat my fresh flakes! Snowed all the way up to the hot chocolate at Cabane Brunet. A little break and we had a white view of Verbier!

Verbier on Snowshoes

Nothing like starting off in a blizzard! The atmosphere is just magical in the forest of Marlenaz.

Winter flowers!

So beautiful to shuffle in fresh Verbier snowflakes! Wild hare tracks, chamois prints, and squirrel hops all over.

Snowshoeing in Verbier

Ahh what a great way to walk off the gluttony of Christmas dinner(s)! The joy is that it gives a great excuse for more hot chocolates & left overs after all the cold fresh mountain air!

Snowflakes

Want to learn about snow? Come & enjoy a day out discovering everything from how the flakes form, to how they hold together to form a blanket.

Fresh snow

Verbier is ideal for snowshoeing. Tea break is allways essential to a good outing!

Eidelweiss

Cabane Chanrion - Mauvoisin

Wake up under the Mt. Gelé & Mont Avril before hiking down to the Lac Mauvoisin for a final cheese stop!

Mauvoisin - Cabane Chanrion

Beautiful hike up to the Cabane Chanrion, sun, ice falls, snow, empty cabane! Heaven!

Roussillon

La Fin: sunrise on the Mediterranean!

Targasonne - Eastern Pyrenese

Almost in Spain, almost in Andorra, but not quite..wild granite bolders as far as the eye can see spot the terrain. In winter you can snowshoe or ski at Font Romeu in the mornings and climb in the afternoon! Magical!

Pont d'Espagne - Pyrenese

Right near the resort of Cauterets the wild valleys open up to a plethera of options for hiking.

Cirque de Troumouse - Pyrenese

Amazing geology in these parts! Wow! Just wait, the GR10 is right around the corner for things to do. Who wants to join? It only takes 60 days...

Gorges du Tarn

Climbing, Canoeing, Hiking, Good food...The Gorges du Tarn have something for every flavour!

Bonatchiesse

A geological outing in the upper Val de Bagnes to study the creation of the Alps. There is a spot where you can touch where the African & European continent made contact!

Lac de Mauvoisin

Super day in this wonderful fall we are having. The colors of the lake and the drying grasses with the eventual bright blue gentian poking through were stupendous!

Champéry waterfalls

The val d'Illiez has never looked so pretty. Took a hike in the ravines and on the cliffs. Absolutely gorgeous, we wandered through the chalets to the home of the moss-trolls & fairies (although an English couple, who were lost, didn't see them)

'Eco-Therapy' for Environmental Depression

Here is a good reason to walk with CherriesWalks or just get out & hug a tree!
'Eco-Therapy' - Time Magazine Article

Mt. Fort permafrost

Spent the day with icey people studying the permafrost in the Mont Fort region. After debating climate change and what is happening to the future of skiing, we turned into popsicles ourselves while looking at the temperature readings 20 meters into the Tortin Glacier when it hailed!!

Bruson

Super hike up through myrtilles (alpine blueberry) bushes! The views to Mont Blanc, Dolent, Combins, Vélan at the top were breathtaking. Let's hope for a gorgeous fall, even though the snow has already started falling..

Vibram five fingers

My toes are blue from picking myrtilles!!
What a fun hike testing out these toe shoes. Really gives you the feel of the earth below and gives your calf muscles a workout (felt it for 3 days!)