Take a Hike!

I’m not a ski person. Skier? Ski bunny? I don’t even know the term, apparently. So when Adam got his crazy idea to move us to the alps, one of my first thoughts was ‘but they have winter there!’ Thankfully I pushed through that and discovered that they also have summer there too.

The alps in the summer are great. There is hiking everywhere.

Now with a 5 year old and an almost 2 year old, hiking is more like walking on a large hill. Or carrying 22 - 55 lbs while walking on a large hill. But we are determined to make the most of it and to stretch their legs and their love of nature while we can.

We’ve discovered a few favorite places so far.

Steg. Steg is a small village in Liechtenstein, located in the municipality of Triesenberg. It is very much “on the mountain” but has a beautiful lake with about a two mile path in a loop. One one side of the path is an electric fence to keep the sheep on the upper hill, on the other side is a lake…this makes it perfect to contain wild humans (right??)

When Mom won't let you pet the sheep on the other side of the electric fence...

Schellenberg. Schellenberg is probably my favorite of the favorites. It’s only about a 10-15 min drive for us to get there. There are some old castle ruins that you can climb around on and awesome paths that take you along the mountain ridge between Liechtenstein and Austria.

Forstweg. Over the border in Austria, it takes a bit longer to get there, but the views are worth it. Plus there's a playground on the mountain. If you’re 5 or 2 or 40, does life get better than that?