Hiking – Page 2 – Mark Pospesel (Coding and Other Stuff)

Sun rising over lake and valley on a cloudy day. Hike up: 6km, 250m ascent, 1h23m, 13° C .

View of lake and distant mountains with the sun just over the horizon on a cloudy morning.

Golden light over lake and valley.

View looking into the newly risen sun that casts a golden sheen over the landscape. The occasional tree dots pastures in the foreground, the surface of a lake reflects the light in the middle distance, and hills form silhouettes in the distance. This was my view as I turned back towards home on my morning walk.

Swiss farm fields. Some of the farms have little self-service stores where they sell their products. On this morning’s walk I bought Lebkuchen (gingerbread) and fresh eggs.

Hilly green pastures with various farm buildings scattered about and higher wooded hills in the background all under a blue sky.

Hike up to the white cross on a cool and cloudy morning: 5.1 km, 272m ascent, 1h20m, 8°C . I woke up with headache and nausea, but glad I forced myself to go out. Feeling 100% better now.

View across a green pasture to a valley filled with low-lying clouds. There’s a lake hidden beneath the clouds.
View of a cloud-filled valley with a lake. A large white cross loom over a park bench in the foreground on the right. Mountains line the horizon.

Hazy morning over the Ägerital

Asphalt farm road winding down through green pastures towards a hazy lake in the distance.

Morning view over the Ägerisee

View of a lake under a cloudy but still blue sky with green pastures in the foreground and dark green forested hills in the background.

Low-lying clouds over the Ägerital this morning. Trying to restart an exercise routine after a 10-day hiatus due to COVID and other life stuff.

Low white clouds fill a valley under a pale blue sky and a riding sun with green pastures and a narrow farm road in the foreground.

Fuorcla Surlej

Fuorcla Surlej: Short and easy high altitude walk to a fantastic view. The deer sausage and walnut pie weren’t bad either. We had been here two years ago, but was definitely worth another visit. 4.5km, 137m ascent, 1h7m roundtrip, 13°C

View of hiking trail across rocky alpine terrain.
Front entrance of an alpine lodge that reads Fuorcla Surlej, 2755 meters. The walls are built of stone and doors windows wood.
Panorama view of high mountains, some of them with glaciers. Rocks and short green grass are in the foreground. The sky is blue with multiple puffy white clouds.

Via Engiadina, Stage 4

Via Engiadina, Stage 4: Bever – Zuoz. Pleasant rolling trail through mixed woods and alpine meadows. This walk was entirely below the treeline. 12.0km, 487m ascent, 3h30m, 11°C

View of alpine mountainside, mixed woods and pasture under a blue sky.
Alpine brook with shrubs overarching the water.
View of hiking trail across an alpine pasture under a clear blue sky.
Hiking track overlaid on satellite imagery depicting stage 4 of the via engiadina, running between the towns of Bever and Zuoz.

Via Engiadina, Stage 3

Via Engiadina, Stage 3: Celerina – Bever. Some really nice high alpine areas in the first half. 10.8km, 227m ascent, 2h47m, 10°C

View of hiking trail across high alpine terrain, rocky and grassy, under a cloudy sky.
View of cows grazing on a hill above an alpine valley under a cloudy sky.