+300m, -650m, 12km
3 hikers, 3 bikers, same destination, no mobile phone coverage:
Archive for July, 2007
2007.07.29: Gasterntal hike and bike
Sunday, July 29th, 20072007.07.27-28: Maighelshütte, Maighelspass, Furkapass, Grimselpass
Saturday, July 28th, 2007
Challenging trail, hike in a few places after this:
Only one pair of bike shoes:
Overall not a trail for biking – trail is in very bad condition overall, with significant hiking sessions. Could be that serious erosion of trail has made it more difficult. Nevertheless happier to do it with the bike once, then not to do it, or to do it just by hiking:
But near Hospental is some great, but short trail:
Before we switch bike to road mode – more PSI, and lock out suspension for some serious road ridiing, Furka pass coming up:
Couch near top of Furka:
Next, Furkapass downhill, then Grimselpass uphill:
Grimselpass uphill:
Now for 1500m downhill:
2007.07.26: Stockhorn hike
Thursday, July 26th, 2007+1100m, -1100m, 16km: Gurnigel Wasserscheide – Stockhorn
2007.07.21: R&R
Saturday, July 21st, 2007Rest, recovery and tent seam-sealing weekend.
2007.07.15: Mattertal Best Of
Sunday, July 15th, 2007UPDATE – New shanghai trip below this post.
Friday: +200m, -100m, 4km: Lauchernalp-Kummenalp
Saturday: +750m, -3000m, 49km: Kummenalp-Jeizinen-Gampel-Turtig-Bachtola-Moosalp-Embd-Stalden-Zermatt
Sunday: +1150m, -3000m, 62km: Zermatt-Tufteren-Täschalp-Täsch-Stalden-Gspon-Visperterminum-Visp
Videos still to come:
On the way to Kummenalp Friday night:
7pm, just before sun goes behind mountain, and time for dinner:
Faldumalp in the distance:
Just one photo of excellent trail to Jeizinen:
To Bachtola:
Ok, lazy Saturday and way too hot to be biking on asphalt roads:
View from dinner terrace:
A trail to avoid on heavy hiking times:
More of the mostly rideable trail, remember stop and yield to hikers!:
You can also stop and yield to stairs and cliffs:
Just right tire pressures, suspension and aggressive riding and the rocks go away… and maybe even applause from hikers if you didn’t make it look too easy:
