Becoming a Groupie on a Swiss Alps Hike

My favourite souvenir

Travel writer Carol Antman surmounts misgivings and mountains in Switzerland When I was invited to tag along as a journalist with Alpine Adventure Trails Tour on a two-week hike in the Swiss Alps, I was eager for my husband Mark to book the trip and come. Somehow he did not share my enthusiasm. “…climbs of 2,500 to 4,000 vertical feet…rugged..strenuous trails with advanced mountaineering  options,” I quoted the brochure. “Yikes.  We’ll break our legs, or our necks. … [Read more...]

An Alpine Chapel at Riffelalp

Riffelalp Chapel in Zermatt

Riffelalp Chapel is a Private Chapel 2,210 Metres Above Sea Level: Located over 2,210 metres above sea level is Riffelalp, an intermediate station of the Gornergrat-Bahn. Many hikers come up here to start their Alpine hikes, and also at Riffelalp are the Riffelalp Resort and the Riffelalp Chapel, a chapel built by Alexander Seiler, founder of Zermatt's Seiler hotel empire, and his wife Catharine Seiler-Cathrein. The Riffelalp Chapel is a private chapel, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of … [Read more...]