@toxi You are very fortunate! We have the Sierra mountain range which is also glorious (perhaps not so much as the Alps) but it's about a 2-hour drive from me to reach.
@croyle Oh, I'm thinking of this and pinching myself each time I'm out, but we also only moved here a few years ago. I do have very fond memories of hiking in the Sierra too (Ansel Adams Wilderness, back in the mid 90s) and think with its terrain, vegetation, colors and vastness it's maybe a more unique range than here, but then again, feeling similar about the Cascades/PNW in general and glad I got to explore it for a few years... the grass is just always greener elsewhere... :)
Just learned that until 1854, the original name of that mountain was "Metzenarsch", which translates to "Whore's Ass", but was spontaneously renamed when pointing out different mountain peaks to the visiting queen of Bavaria... 😂
@smallcircles@Esssie31 Thank you & you're right still snow up there (esp. after this past week) — this was August 2022, but I'm already counting down days/weeks to do a longer version of that tour again!
I hope to go hiking a bit in Switzerland, depending on both money and time I can pick. Spring time being best. Blossoms, flowers, snow gone, and just before high tourist season.. was thinking end of May, beginning of June. Fingers crossed 🤞
@smallcircles@Esssie31 Oh, have fun! If there'll be another cold spell like this past & next week (in many parts still quite a bit more snow coming), early June might be better/safer... FWIW we went down to the Dolomites beginning of June last year and it was mostly still like April (mainly just crocus and cowslip out)
Thank you! Yes, I think that is good advice to follow-up on. Also heard about seasons being off. If you see someone with a fediverse t-shirt on a hike, just wave. Might be me ;p
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