Pic de l’Aigle (the Eagle’s Peak) is a mountain that I can see right from my living room window. It’s my go-to climb whenever I want to go for a tougher than usual run, as a door-to-door loop takes just under two hours, is 13km and climbs about 650m. I ran it on Sunday, with a quick ‘warm up session’…
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Pic de l’Aigle Morning Run
I was feeling like a more challenging outing so I ran Pic de l’Aigle this morning and got a few nice pictures since the weather was fine. Down in the valley at the start of the climb, crossing the river Büech Eric, the border collie, waiting for me as the gradient gets steeper The view back down into the La…
Eagle’s Peak Loop
My house is in a valley, and directly opposite, above the Via Ferrata route and rock climbing crag, is a steep mountain face, topped out by a little nubbin known as Pic de l’Aigle, or Peak of the Eagle. I can understand why it got this name, we regularly see golden eagles circling in the area, swooping down for hares…