https://crystal.kitchen/tag/mannlichen/ Recent content in Mannlichen on adventures of an omnomnomnivore in NYC Hugo en-US Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:42:31 -0400 https://crystal.kitchen/2010/08/06/hiking-the-mannlichen-summit/ Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:42:31 -0400 https://crystal.kitchen/2010/08/06/hiking-the-mannlichen-summit/ <p><a href="https://crystal.kitchen/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mannlichen.jpg"><img src="https://crystal.kitchen/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mannlichen.jpg" alt="" title="mannlichen"></a></p> <p><em>View from Männlichen into the Grindelwald valley</em></p> <p>In German, the word for hiking is <em>wandern</em>, and can be expanded to mean anything from migrating, journeying and wandering. And indeed, you can do quite a lot of hiking in Switzerland simply by wandering from signpost to signpost on the country’s 50,000 km of marked trails. Even the smallest mountain outposts are easily found via an intricate system of <em>wanderwege</em> routes (marked by yellow signs) found between lakes, valleys and towns, higher altitude <em>bergwege</em> mountain paths (marked by white-red-white blazes), and rugged <em>alpine routen</em> trails (marked by white &amp; blue blazes) that can include steep drop-offs and sections with cables or handholds.</p>