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!)