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 Snowshoe tour to the monastery that first bred St Bernard dogs
St Bernards, that almost all picture of rescue-dog breeds, were initial bred at a religious residence at the nice Saint Bernard Pass in Schweiz. The Pass is additionally the route Napoleon wont to conquer Italia. St Bernards were meant to be guide dogs however their strength in serious snow and robust scent-tracking skills light-emitting diode to them getting used as rescue dogs from the first eighteenth century. ice mount runs two-day snowshoe treks with associate degree long lodge in the religious residence, that remains pass monks. Having been replaced by a lot of agile breeds, the dogs have long ago retired from rescuing however they’re still an enormous a part of the region’s heritage and you'll take walks with them in winter doubly every day.
• Walking with St Bernards, doubly daily throughout winter, £30 adults, £6 youngsters, free for underneath 6s, saint-bernard.ch. ice mount runs two-day snowshoe tours throughout winter for £249, excluding instrumentality rent, 01539 forty four twenty two seventeen, icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk. Easyjet flies from Stansted to Geneva from £50 come