In September we spent 3 weeks in Corsica where we were relaxing and hiking in the mountains. Corsica is an amazing and compact island with lovely beaches and tall mountains. We lived in apartments in three different places and rented a car for the entire period. This gave us an excellent opportunity to explore the …
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We moved up to Calvi, on the north/western side of Corsica for a few days where I did a solo hike to Monte Crosso, 1937. The hike had 1575 meters of ascent and the view on the summit was great. On the map, the northern summit is marked as the highest point, but the southern …
From Col de Vergi we did an easy hike to Capu di Vergio, 1598, and Capu a Rughia, 1712.
We did a hike from the parking lot at Le Fer á Cheval, just east of Col de Vergi, to Bivouac de Ciottulu di i Mori. The valley with the river Le Golo is very beautiful and it was a great hike. From the Bivouac I tried to solo climb Paglia Orba with no success. …
Monte Rotondo, 2622, in réserve naturelle du massif du Monte Rotondo, is the third highest mountain on Corsica. From Corte we drove 10 km on road D 623 to the starting point in Restonica Valley . From the starting point it is 7,3 km to the summit and 1620 meters of ascent. The first 400 …
We drove the winding narrow roads D344, D69 and finally D139 from the east coast to Refuge d´E Capanelle. The trail to Monte Renoso, 2352, starts at the Refuge. The trail is 3,5 km and has 750 meter ascent. It was an easy and gentle hike and the whole trail was above treeline which gave …
I did 3 attend before I was able to climb the Via Ferrata de Chisa. On the first two visits the Via Ferrata was closed due to the risk of thunderstorms, but today the weather was good and there was no sign of thunderstorms. The Via Ferrata was just open between 9 – 12 and …
The starting point to Monte d´Oro is situated 33 km south of Corte on road T20. You can approach the mountain either by following the river L´Agnone and GR20 all the way up to the ridge west of Monte d´Oro, or approach the mountain from the east following the river Ruisseau de Speloncello. You can …
Monte Cinto is, with 2706 masl, the highest mountain on Corsica and was on our bucket list. You can hike the mountain either from the north via GR20 from Haut Asco, or from the south from Lozzi. The first one has a distance of 12 km and 1318 meter ascent one way, while the latter …
The first hike on Corsica was Monte San Petrone, 1767 masl, in the north/east part of the island. It was an easy hike and most of the hike was in the forest. The total distance was 13 km and 831 m ascent. It is by far the highest mountain on Corsica, but the view from …
Our first adventures on Corsica was the Via Ferrata Asco Vallée Aventure. The Via Ferrata has 5 courses of progressive difficulty. They all have monkey bridges, inverted ladders and footbridges. The most exciting and fun was all 6 long zip lines. You are allowed to go without a guide, but you have to book in …