Status: 2019-01-14 11.31.05

This being Switzerland, no one stopped to ask if I needed help or asked if I was ok. (To be fair I never felt like I was in any danger, and I don’t know what sort of help could have been offered, and I had a phone to call for help if needed.)

Hiking Group: Gottschalkenberg

Gottschalkenberg Bellevue

8 January 2019
5km, 150m ascent, 1h30m, 0°C

The first snowshoe hike of the season (and my first snowshoe hike ever). Snowshoes were one of my Christmas gifts this year. The weather was pretty miserable: foggy, windy, snowing wet snow, and it felt colder than just freezing. Nevertheless it was still a fun hike and a successful first outing on showshoes for me.

Snow shoes

We did a simple out and back hike from Raten, past Gottschalkenberg to Bellevue (supposedly the view point but it was fogged in). This hike could have been a loop around Gottschalkenberg, but due to the weather we decided to just retrace our steps to Raten. (Returning was easier because the snow was already tramped down.)

Gottschalkenberg Hike

Route:

Gottschalkenberg Route