Meridian
A field atlas · four departures · 2026
Plate I — Switzerland
The Haute Route
Grindelwald to Zermatt on foot — six passes above three thousand metres, and a different valley for every supper.
- Nights
- 6
- High point
- 3,130 m
- Departs
- June 14
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Plate II — Japan
Kyoto in
Momiji
Eight days timed to the maple forecast — temples at first light, before the crowds and after the frost.
- Window
- Nov 18 – 26
- Party
- 8 guests
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Plate III — Morocco
Erg Chebbi
Four nights under canvas at the edge of the sand sea, where the dunes rise a hundred and fifty metres and the nearest streetlight is eighty kilometres away.
- Nights
- 4
- Dune height
- 150 m
- Departs
- Oct 3
Plate IV — Iceland
The Ice Shore
Five days on the south coast in deep winter — glacier lagoons, black sand, and roughly four hours of workable light.
“Diamond ice on black sand — carved by a thousand winters, gone by noon.”
- Departs
- Jan 9