Category Archives: Mountain Treks

Snow Therapy

Posted on May 3, 2025 by moselman

Well, for better or for worse, winter’s truly over now. It’s time to put away the skis, get out the hiking boots, dust down the bike or take a paddle out on the water. It’s all been a blast though; … Continue reading →

Posted in In Europe, Mountain Treks, Uncategorized, Wild Places | Tagged alps, Hintertux, Montafon, mountains, skiing, Snow, Zillertal | Leave a comment

Alpine Christmas

Posted on January 4, 2025 by moselman

A very Happy New Year to all you good people out there in cyberland (and also to you naughty ones too 😉) ! Christmas in this part of Germany can often be a bit of a “driech” affair, as we … Continue reading →

Posted in In Europe, Mountain Treks, Uncategorized, Wild Places | Tagged alps, Christmas traditions, downhill skiing, holiday, Innsbruck, Snow, Stubaital, travel, winter, winter festivals | Leave a comment

Summer Mountain Magic

Posted on July 15, 2024 by moselman

No alpine jaunts planned for me this summer; instead I’ll be heading north and west to check out a few old Scottish haunts again. Meanwhile, the high mountain ranges of Central Europe will have to wait until later in the … Continue reading →

Posted in In Europe, Mountain Treks, Wild Places | Tagged Alms, alpine meadows, alpine plants, alps, biodiversity, cultural landscapes, Iberia, mountains, Picos de Europa, Tyrol | Leave a comment

Seeking a Winter High – Skiing in a Changing Climate

Posted on February 7, 2024 by moselman

Let’s face it, the chance to go downhill skiing is a luxury indeed these days. In our age of climate change it’s also becoming increasingly difficult to seek out reliably snowy slopes, especially in some of the lower lying mountain … Continue reading →

Posted in In Europe, Mountain Treks, Wild Places | Tagged alps, cross country skiing, downhill skiing, Innsbruck, skiing, Snow, Stubaital, travel | Leave a comment

A Road Trip Around British Columbia’s Coast, Mountains and Forests:

Posted on August 5, 2023 by moselman

Anyone who works in the environmental sector will tell you that there’s no such thing as a “proper” holiday; indeed, sitting on the beach for 2 weeks sounds to me like the very epitome of sensory deprivation. By contrast, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe Trips, Mountain Treks, Trees & Greenspaces, Uncategorized, Wild Places, World | Tagged BC Provincial Parks, BC Rockies, CLayoquot Sound, ecotourism, mountains, nature, Okanagan, outdoors, RV, Salmon Arm, Shuswap, Stanley Park, Sunshine Coast, Tofino, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Whale watching, wildfires | Leave a comment

Golden Autumn Days

Posted on September 27, 2022 by moselman

At the end of the summer, it never ceases to amaze me how, every year, so many folks look to the approaching winter with a sense of foreboding, quite forgetting that the most beautiful season of the year has yet … Continue reading →

Posted in History & Culture, In Europe, In Scotland, Mountain Treks, Trees & Greenspaces, Wild Places | Tagged autumn, autumn colours, autumn holidays, Caledonian Pine Woods, cultural landscapes, fields, landscapes, nature, outdoors, spirit of place, trees, woodlands | 2 Comments

Ouch – an unexpected Easter break !

Posted on May 6, 2022 by moselman

When you go out for a straightforward hike with your family, you don’t expect to have to be carried out on a stretcher by the local mountain rescue team, bundled into a waiting ambulance, undergo emergency surgery and then spend … Continue reading →

Posted in In Europe, Mountain Treks, Uncategorized, Wild Places | Tagged Bavarian Alps, Garmisch, Karwendel, Krün, Mittenwald | Leave a comment

Around the “Nagelfluhkette”

Posted on November 6, 2021 by moselman

The chances are that you’ve never heard of the Nagelfluhkette – at least I’d be somewhat surprised if you have ! The unusual name refers to a compact mountain range at the northern edge of the Allgäu Alps in South Eastern Bavaria. … Continue reading →

Posted in In Europe, Mountain Treks, Wild Places | Tagged Allgäu Alps, autumn holidays, conglomerate, Corona Pandemic, Hochgrat, Illertal, Immenstadt, Nagelfluhkette, National Parks, Nature Park, Oberstaufen, pudding stone, Sonthofen, sustainable development | Leave a comment

In Alpine Meadows

Posted on April 10, 2021 by moselman

We tend to associate biodiversity with some of our great, undisturbed wilderness areas of the Earth like the Amazon Rainforest or the Rockies. In Europe, however, many of our most species rich habitats are cultural landscapes which have arisen as … Continue reading →

Posted in In Europe, Mountain Treks, Wild Places | Tagged Alms, alpine meadows, alps, Apline plants, biodiversity, cultural landscapes, Iberia, mountains, Picos de Europa, Tyrol | Leave a comment

Hell & High Water: Ecuadorian Andes to Amazon – Part 2

Posted on March 22, 2021 by moselman

This post covers part 2 the “Sangay’89” Research Expedition – The expedition surveyed the natural ecosystems and biodiversity of Volcan Sangay National Park in Ecuador, from the High Andes to the rainforests of the upper Amazon Basin. In Part 1 … Continue reading →

Posted in Mountain Treks, Trees & Greenspaces, Wild Places, World | Tagged Aloa Valley, altitudinal zonation, Amazonia, Andes to Amazon, Baños de Agua Santa, bromeliads, cloud forest, Ecuadorian Andes, El Altar, elphin woodland, Leguna Negra, páramo grasslands, Puyo, Rio Palora, Riobamba, Sangay 89 Expedition, Sangay'89, subtropical rainforest, tree frogs, Tungarahua, University of Wales, Volcan Sangay National Park | 4 Comments