Cornelia Mertens

Looking out beneath a striking rock overhang onto a narrow trail hugging the cliff face, clouds drifting over a wide Alpine panorama below.

1 March 2025

Hinderspina

A demanding ridge traverse over the Hinderspina in the Appenzell Alps — scenic, partly steep terrain far from the busy trails.

Details coming soon.

A hiker stands beneath a bare, sprawling tree on a grassy hilltop, a sea of fog rolling over the valleys below.

A lizard basks between the weathered timber beams of an old hut.

A hiker scrambles over scree beneath an overhanging rock roof, surrounded by larches with distant peaks in view.

A hiker with a yellow backpack stands beneath a gnarled bare tree on a steep grassy slope, a rugged ridge behind him.

A hiker with a yellow backpack bends to inspect a small stone cairn on a rocky ridge.

A stone cairn among slender trees, a snow-capped peak rising behind it under a blue sky.