Category Archives: Hiking and Mountaineering

Small hiking and mountaineering tours in Europe.

Ascent to Sass Rigais (Dolomites)

Description

Hiking tours from Zans (Rifugio Zannes, 1680 meters AMSL; parking lot and bus stop) to Sass Rigais (3025 meters AMSL) via Mittagsscharte (2597 meters AMSL), descent on the same route.

Sass Rigais is a mountain located in the so-called Geislergruppe in the Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy.

Photos and Video

November 2024

July 2023

Map, Topography

Notes and recommendations

This tour is moderately difficult in sections (B/C via … read more

Ascent to Pico Salvaguardia (Spanish Pyrenees)

I had only been once to Spain in my adult life, a short visit to San Sebastián in the Basque Country eight years ago as I was making a somewhat ill-prepared cycling holiday in France and the French Pyrenees.

I was many times in Spain with my family during my childhood, vacations I barely remember and which had been rather dull and uneventful, so it has never struck me as … read more

Ascent to Kozi Wierch (High Tatras)

The Orla Perć trail or “Eagle’s Path” is despite of (rather because of) its reputation one of the most popular destinations in the High Tatras mountain range.

I have to admit though, having been in the Polish part of the High Tatras mountain range for the first time this year, that I was pretty much ignorant about this very fact until quite recently.

What I actually wanted to do on … read more