Foreign Trek 1997 Vanoise This was our third trek in the Vanoise in 11 years, and the route was an amalgamation of the camping Trek in 1986 and the hutting Trek in 1991. It was an almost complete circuit of the Vanoise Nation… 0 1997 21/01/2025
Foreign Trek 1985 Zillertal Alps The Route was a east to west traverse from hut-to-hut across almost the whole of the Austrian flanks of the Zillertal range, and included ascents of five summits along the way: Am Horn (2647), Roßkop… 0 1985 18/12/2024
Foreign Trek 1999 Morocco The Trekking Route The first 5-day mule-supported section of the trekking route began with a 2-day walk west from Agouti via Abachkou to Tarbat-n-Tirsal, mainly along valleys and through fascinating … 0 1999 19/11/2024
Foreign Trek 1987 Pyrenees The Route was a west to east traverse of the Pyrenees from Pic du Midi d'Ossau to Gavarnie Followers by a circuit through the Breche de Roland into Spain. It was almost entirely within the National P… 0 1987 17/09/2024
Foreign Trek 2000 Tour du Mont Blanc The Route was planned to be the standard TMB with some additional excursions to summits, and based on the very successful 1988 route. However very poor weather for most of the first week severely cur… 0 2000 21/08/2024
Foreign Trek 1984 Iceland Foreign Trek 1984 Iceland.pdf Above is the link to the illustrated log for the 1984 Trek Planned by Allan Witton Led by John Willson, Bill Souster, John Green, Ian Orrell and Steve Adams The route wa… 0 1984 16/07/2024
Foreign Trek 2001 Dolomites - Alta Via 1 The Route was based on the Alta Via 1 from Lago di Braies to Agordo, and passed through the massifs of Sennes Alp, Fanes Alp, Tofana, Nuvolau, Croda da Lago, Pelmo, Civetta, Moiazza and Tamer. Much o… 0 2001 25/06/2024
Foreign Trek 1982 Pyrenees We followed an east to west route through the French Hautes Pyrénées, beginning near Bagnères de Luchon and ending near Cauterets. The route was chosen to link together some of the accessible summits… 0 1982 22/05/2024
Foreign Trek 2002 Pyrenees The Route was an east-west traverse of the High Pyrenees from Bagnères-de-Luchon to Gavarnie, mostly on the Spanish side of the range, finishing with a 4-day circuit through the Brèche de Roland and … 0 2002 16/04/2024
Foreign Trek 1981 Öst Tirol The original plan was to cross the Hohen Tauern from east to west, passing close to the Hochalmspitze, Ankogel, Sonnblick, Glockner and Venediger groups, and culminating in an ascent of Groß Venedige… 0 1981 19/03/2024
Foreign Trek 1986 Vanoise The Route was an almost complete circuit of the Vanoise National Park, passing close to most of the major peaks and through many of the massif’s valleys, and consisted of 4 sections between valley ca… 0 1986 16/01/2024
Foreign Trek 1992 Morocco In July 1992 a party of twenty boys and four staff went on the first MGS Trek to Africa, to Marrakech and the Atlas mountains of Morocco. We flew to Agadir then travelled overland to Marrakech where … 0 1992 14/12/2023
Foreign Trek Log Book and Trek Logs 1974 - 1979 It was in 1977 that Chris Little had the idea of recording the details of each Foreign Trek in a Log Book. He wrote an account of the 1977 Trek he had just led in the Tirol, and one for the Trek in t… 0 1979 21/11/2023
Foreign Trek 2005 Maritime Alps The route was through both the French and Italian parts of the Maritime Alps, almost entirely within the Parc National du Mercantour in France and the Parco Naturale Alpi Maritime in Italy. The route… 0 2005 19/10/2023
Foreign Trek 1980 Dolomites - Alta Via 1 The Route followed most of the Alta Via No.1, which stretches from Lago di Braies in the north to Belluno in the south. Our route passed through the massifs of Sennes Alp, Fanes Alp, Tofana, Nuvolau,… 0 1980 19/09/2023
Old Trekkers Trek on - just For almost 20 years a group of former Foreign Trek staff, the Old Trekkers’ Group (OTG), have met for monthly social walks up to about 8 miles, mainly in the Peak District. Regular walkers have been … 0 2022 14/07/2023
Monte Rosa Trek, 1960 These images of the 1960 Monte Rosa Trek were kindly donated by Peter Borrows, OM (1953 - 1960). The below images show the route taken, and the remainder of the images can be browsed using the galler… 0 1960 23/06/2023
Trek Centenary Brochure - A History of Trek, 1904 - 2004 Centenary Trek Brochure.pdf A brochure giving a detailed history of treks at MGS from 1904 - 2004. Allan Witton, who was heavily involved in both trek and in the centenary booklet describes the think… 0 2004 22/03/2023
Old Trekkers Trek On For well over a decade now a group of former Foreign Trek staff, the Old Trekkers’ Group (OTG), have met for monthly social walks up to about 8 miles, mainly in the Peak District. (*Regular walkers a… 0 2017 05/07/2018
Mont Blanc Trek 1983 - Photographs part 3 These photographs of the 1983 Mont Blanc Trek were taken by Allan Witton 0 1983 03/06/1983
Mont Blanc Trek 1983 - Photographs part 2 These photographs of the 1983 Mont Blanc Trek were taken by Allan Witton 0 1983 02/06/1983
Mont Blanc Trek 1983 - Photographs part 1 These images of the Mont Blanc Trek, 1983, were taken by Allan Witton 0 1983 01/06/1983
Foreign Trek 1983 Mont Blanc - Grand Combin The Route was a variation of the Chamonix to Zermatt theme for walkers, going only as far as Arolla. The first half of the route was a 6-day section from Le Brévent to Orsières, through the Aiguilles… 0 1983 31/05/1983
