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Snow has a magical power of transforming the landscape, erasing some patterns and creating new shapes. Yesterday, I walked into South Cottonwood Canyon, near Bozeman, as it was snowing heavily. I [...]

It is not summer season yet but it sure feels like it here in Aspen. Sever drought is threatening in the entire western part of the country, including here.  Nature is early, there is very [...]

As I enter the Alcove trail, I walk on a sandy path surrounded by thorny bushes and juniper trees. Very soon, the path becomes narrower, the light softer. Immense cliffs, that only birds can [...]

During my last trip to Nepal, I picked up a little book titled “How to walk” by Thich Nhat Hanh. The Vietnamese Zen master does not write about the biomechanics of walking but more [...]

I have walked a lot these last months and I have truly enjoyed all the steps. After hiking in Aspen this summer and trekking in Nepal in November, I recently returned to Colorado. I took [...]

People sacrifice the present for the future. But life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can bring us to the here and the now.   Thich [...]

This post could also be called ” Life is not perfect.”  After yesterday’s post,   https://www.catherinecussaguet.com/2017/07/five-tips-long-walk/  , let’s [...]

Spring is when I start reconnecting with hiking. I recently enjoyed a snowshoeing walk in my backyard, Hunter Creek. The old cabins ruins are still a witness of the old days, when people lived up [...]

The Japanese call it a forest bath. Studies prove that walking in the woods alleviates stress and is therefore very beneficial to our health. Not that the end of my year was stressful,  but [...]

As I walk on trails or across meadows, dried leaves and plants are cracking under my feet and jumping into my low hiking boots. During the fall season, nature dries up and and everything becomes [...]