Today Emilie and I went on a day hike in the mountains above Trient – a Swiss town not far from the border with France. The weather was beautiful, so we figured that a hike would be a nice way to spend the day outside. After the extreme hike from the weekend before, however, we planned to keep things rather tame today.
After arriving in Trient, I could tell that we had picked a nice area. Here are a few pictures taken while we were walking to the trail.
The first part of the hike took us through dense forest and entailed a fairly steep climb with numerous switchbacks. Since we were covering a lot of vertical ground it was a bit of a workout, but we were able to take advantage of a couple of forced breaks along the way as some groups of mountain bikers were making their way down the trail.
The shade from the trees turned out to be nice, as it was very warm out by this point in the direct sun. The downside was that the trees didn’t allow for much of a view. Fortunately, there were some open areas that allowed us to get some perspective on where we were and take some pictures as well.
Once we finally got above the trees, the trail took us through a pass in the mountains. The views and general scenery were very nice.
By early afternoon we finally made it to the border of Switzerland and France, where we planned to have the lunch that we had packed.
We decided to pick a spot on the French side, which provided a nice view of the town of Chamonix as well as Mont Blanc itself.
The lunch and the view were very nice, but after a while it started to get a little cold due to the wind so we went back over to the Swiss side. It was more protected from the wind and much warmer.
After arriving in Trient, I could tell that we had picked a nice area. Here are a few pictures taken while we were walking to the trail.
The first part of the hike took us through dense forest and entailed a fairly steep climb with numerous switchbacks. Since we were covering a lot of vertical ground it was a bit of a workout, but we were able to take advantage of a couple of forced breaks along the way as some groups of mountain bikers were making their way down the trail.
The shade from the trees turned out to be nice, as it was very warm out by this point in the direct sun. The downside was that the trees didn’t allow for much of a view. Fortunately, there were some open areas that allowed us to get some perspective on where we were and take some pictures as well.
Once we finally got above the trees, the trail took us through a pass in the mountains. The views and general scenery were very nice.
By early afternoon we finally made it to the border of Switzerland and France, where we planned to have the lunch that we had packed.
We decided to pick a spot on the French side, which provided a nice view of the town of Chamonix as well as Mont Blanc itself.
The lunch and the view were very nice, but after a while it started to get a little cold due to the wind so we went back over to the Swiss side. It was more protected from the wind and much warmer.
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