Recommended brands for hiking, trekking, and climbing

Whether for a short walk in the forest or a multi-day trek in the mountains, having a good mapping application on your phone has become essential. Gone are the days of getting lost with a water-damaged map! Over the years, I have tested many applications, and three of them have caught my attention for their reliability and features dedicated to hiking.

Ever since Léa left for Annecy, we’d been planning to get together for a weekend of snowshoeing. We decided to spend the night at Le Nant du Beurre, a refuge situated at an altitude of 2080 meters in the Bauges massif.

My little brother Michel was on an M2 internship in Gothenburg, so my mother and I decided to visit him. We chose a week in late May, early June to take advantage of the Swedish spring.