23 Nov 2014Wow what a nice feeling, summit and wonderful weather after starting in the crappiest fog ever!!! The ride was cool, first it was sooo foggy that it was actually "raining", then I was suddenly surprised by an airbus alnding 50m fom me, then exiting the fog to a beautiful day and finally confirming my small mountains complex theory... the craziest steep road E-V-E-R!!! but what a view now
23 Nov 2014So after a wonderful drive down from home passing from a wonderfully foggy walensee I m finally at the lowest point of kanton Zürich... and guess what I'm in thick thick fog ;) Bérna on the
9 Nov 2014After the light lunch we thought a nice run would be good, so we run down to our bikes in snow and mud with only one little fall. Once on the bikes, we went full speed back to the car trying to get there before night fall. Funny enough 500m before the car we reached Chiara and Mauro that had been cruising back from their SchniPo (wiener schitzel with fries). Was really cool to be
9 Nov 2014The "Small mountains'" paradox stays strong, Zugerberg the big bike climb of today featured over 600m of altitude gain in just over 6km for nice average steepness of 10%!! but really a nice climb, and really super beautiful the high plain at the top. Only drawback were the million peoples up there escaping the town's fog. After a nice flattish ride in stunning landscapes we finally arrived to Alpli, the end of the bike part.
9 Nov 2014One of the biggest challenges of 27summits.ch is, belive it or not, finding the lowest point of a canton. In fact depending on the geography of the canton the lowest point might not actually be a point but a polygon (for example when the lowest point is a lake) or a line (when the lowest point is a canons border crossing orthogonally a river). Today 's lowest point is probably one of the trickiest ones.
7 Nov 2014Just above 5h including breaks ad getzing lost "some" times ;) Really cool day in a region I had never been before. Bérna on the
7 Nov 2014Well well always the same with those small mountains... oh is not that high let's just make a straight road up... But still managed :) and as present i I got sunshine :):) Bérna on the
7 Nov 2014Yesterday the winter knocked hard at my door so I thougt If I wanted to do some more autumb summits I d better hurry up... and here I am, after lnding on th wrong side of the river (in canton Zürich) at the Thur river the lowest point of Thurgau heading for the Groot... c ya Bérna on the
21 Oct 2014Yeahhhhh I found my way back to the Rhône :) Bérna on the
21 Oct 2014Yayyy!!! Now I just have to try not to get lost going back :) Bérna on the