Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Best daypacks: hiker on the Tour Du Mont Blanc. Simply put, the Haute Route is one of the world’s great long-distance hiking paths ...

Known as the highest and most gruelling cyclosportives in the world, Haute Route events are basically the Holy Grail of the amateur cycling world. Along with offering three-day and seven-day races ...

Apart from making me somewhat foolish, things like that also made me a moderately serious amateur cyclist. But the thought of entering a three-day Haute Route event, much less a seven-day Haute Route ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “Routine”, sniffs Frederick William Jacomb in the 1862 edition of the Alpine Club journal, “still appears to be ...

In Europe, Haute Routes are some of the finest hiking trails you could ever wish to find, taking in the high mountain passes between valleys and giving walkers outrageous views of the major peaks, ...

Peter Kimpton explores cyclists’ goals and experiences on the extremes of Haute Route in the Pyrenees She crossed the line. Then, in a brief epiphany between two complete strangers, we hugged for a ...

I can't seem to find a reliable way to transfer luggage from Chamonix to Zermatt while hiking the walker's haute route. I have contacted several hiking agencies that offer this service on their ...

Anyone hike the Haute Route, with or without kids? I'm thinking it would be a very memorable trip for my 11 year old daughter. Any comments on the difficulty of the hike? I would be carrying most of ...

The mountain sportive series explained by a two-time competitor It might be celebrating its fourth birthday this summer but as something of a veteran of the Haute Route I still feel like I’m in on one ...

Known as the highest and most gruelling cyclosportives in the world, Haute Route events are basically the Holy Grail of the amateur cycling world. Along with offering three-day and seven-day races ...