About MonacoTrail
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"Gehen tut man langsam. Und ist damit das Radikalste, was du tun kannst." (Erling Kagge)
"Chi va piano, va sano e va lontano" (Italienisches Sprichwort)
"Ein Gang durch die Stadt kann reiner Selbstzweck sein - oder aber ein Anfang." (Jan Gehl)
"A place achieves concrete reality when our experience of it is total, that is, through all the senses as well as with the active and reflective mind." (Yi-Fu Tuan)
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Das Urheberrecht © für alle von mir hier im Rahmen der Tourendokumentation oder zu Highlights geposteten Texte und Fotos behalte ich mir ausdrücklich vor, eine Verwendung außerhalb der Plattform von Komoot, ihre sonstige Verwertung oder Veränderung bedarf meiner ausdrücklichen Zustimmung. Alle meine Touren sind selber finanziert und recherchiert, es gibt kein Sponsoring, Productplacement, Werbeeinnahmen oder dergleichen. Unabhängigkeit ist wichtig.
6,095 km
1944:57 h
Recent Activity
- MonacoTrailNovember 16, 2025
It's supposed to be the last mild morning before the winter weather turns. Silken light hangs over everything, so I quickly take a stroll, just for the sake of it, along a familiar route. It leads through the cemetery. I'm almost alone there, a profound silence. The occasional distant gunshots I heard
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- MonacoTrailNovember 11, 2025
In a beloved activity, such as fly fishing, the activity itself is the true goal, not its eventual outcome. It's about perfecting the method, and eventually, the method becomes a style. Style, in turn, is something for old men. With these thoughts in mind, I spent a brief hour walking, cultivating the
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- MonacoTrailOctober 22, 2025
A chancellor from a provincial backwater in the Sauerland, who otherwise flies above the clouds in a private jet, is surely well-versed in cityscapes, otherwise he wouldn't be talking about them, would he? True, as a politician you don't necessarily have to be an expert in the subject matter, but rather
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- MonacoTrailOctober 11, 2025
Small morning round between the celebrations and reprise after 30 years 😀
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- MonacoTrailSeptember 16, 2025
Final stage, another great adventure – while planning, I didn't quite understand why the GR5 takes the "detour" through the mountains near Montgenèvre and doesn't lead directly to Briançon, although the variant via the Tour de France pass Col de Granon is certainly available as the GR5C, and the bad
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- MonacoTrailSeptember 15, 2025
The Clarée Valley is special: a long high valley that extends deep into the Mont Thabor mountain range. The section from Névache to the end of the valley is particularly charming, a popular excursion area with numerous mountain huts scattered throughout. For a leisurely day trip without major exertion
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- MonacoTrailSeptember 14, 2025
The clouds hang low, and it's raining persistently, although not as heavily as feared. Nevertheless, we refrain from taking the standard GR5 route over the Col des Thures (2197 m): an ascent through wet forest, a crossing over a plateau where you can see nothing, a steep descent through wooded, eroded
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- MonacoTrailSeptember 13, 2025
A special stage in perfect weather: at the Col de Vallée Etroite (2434 m), we enter the Southern Alps, as the French define it, and move from the Savoie department to the Hautes Alpes, from the Graian Alps to the Cottian Alps. At the same time, we cross the main Alpine ridge once again to the side of
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- MonacoTrailSeptember 12, 2025
Now we're relying on our bikes again, today, the last day of the summer when a regular bus runs from Pralognan to Moûtiers train station. The outer circuit of the Vanoise by bus and train takes five hours, including a one-hour transfer at a kind of desert train station in no man's land. Then, in the
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MonacoTrail went for a hike.
December 15, 2025
Erkältung im Anzug? Vielleicht. Draußen scheint die Sonne, nach Tagen fiesen Hochnebels. Der Schreibtisch muss pausieren für eine kurze Runde in Sachen Belebung der Organe und Sinne. Nix sehen, nix hören, ausschreiten und Wärme tanken. Nix hören: schwierig.
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MonacoTrail went for a hike.
November 16, 2025
Hausrunde mit Impuls. Der absichtslose Gang findet sein Thema.
01:34
6.19km
3.9km/h
10m
10m
MonacoTrail went for a hike.
November 11, 2025
Vom Fliegenfischen und absichtslosen Gehen.
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3.35km
3.9km/h
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20m
MonacoTrail went for a hike.
October 22, 2025
Dienstlich veranlasster kurzer Gang, geradeaus ins Stadtzentrum, am Wegrand ein paar Bilder eingesammelt.
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3.97km
3.3km/h
20m
20m
MonacoTrail went for a hike.
September 16, 2025
Eindrucksvolle Tour über den Col de la Lauze (2540 m) durch das völlig einsame Vallon de l’Opon, Abstieg nach Montgenèvre am Rand des alten Skigebiets. Reine Gehzeit ca. 6 h, T2, gewandert am 03.09.2025.
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22.1km
2.6km/h
1,150m
900m
MonacoTrail went for a hike.
September 15, 2025
Wanderung entlang der Clarée talaufwärts und zurück, mit malerischen Wasserfällen und wunderbaren Landschaftsbildern. Reine Gehzeit ca. 5,5 h, T2, gewandert am 02.09.2025.
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20.1km
2.2km/h
670m
650m
MonacoTrail went for a hike.
September 14, 2025
Schlechtwettervariante des GR5 entlang der Verbindungsstraße zwischen Vallée Etroite und Névache über den Col de l’Echelle (1762 m). Reine Gehzeit 3 h, T2, gewandert am 01.09.2025.
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12.2km
3.6km/h
260m
450m
MonacoTrail went for a hike.
September 13, 2025
Einfacher Übergang über den Col de Vallée Etroite in die Südalpen, in weiter und teils parkartiger Landschaft mit einer speziellen Geschichte. Reine Gehzeit 5 h, T2, gewandert am 31.08.2025.
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15.7km
2.2km/h
830m
670m
MonacoTrail went for a hike.
September 12, 2025
Zustieg vom Bahnhof in Modane nach Valfréjus und in die Berggruppe des Mont Thabor. Teils sehr steiler Pfad im Bergwald auf der Westseite des Tals. Reine Gehzeit 2 1/4 h, T2, gewandert am 30.08.2025.
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7.36km
3.0km/h
760m
180m
"It's difficult to get rid of people in Germany..." shouts a brisk-looking man in his mid-thirties, wearing a short coat, into his phone. What could he mean by that? That a terrorist attack was prevented over the weekend? That migration policy is complicated? That millions of administrative jobs are
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