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What a heli-ski itinerary in the Alps should actually promise — from someone who's flown it for twenty years....
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26 Mar Planning in advance for privately guided summer hiking in the Alps
We may be awaiting more snow this weekend, but that doesn’t stop us from planning privately guided summer hiking in the Alps, too. Each year, ski resorts shut down right after Easter and everyone Alpine takes off for a well-deserved break. Sometimes that break can...
26 Feb Heavy snow fall in the Alps 2026
Two weeks ago we had very heavy snow fall in the Alps. Two metres of snow in fourteen days, in fact. The biggest snowfall we’ve had since the beginning of the season. It just goes to show that winter is not over until it’s over…...
03 Mar Swisskisafari love – what they say about us in the press
It is always lovely to have an observer watching you do your job, and even better when they talk about it positively in the press. This is especially true when your job is rather hard to explain. Check out an article in this month’s Robb...
26 Nov Where to find the best snow in the Alps.
Where to find the best snow in the Alps - A snow discussion with the snow doctor. Jen Murphy from the Robb Report recently asked us where to find the best snow in the Alps. The question stemmed from a recent study stating that since 1970 the...
04 Apr The insider’s guide to hiking three countries in the Alps
If you search ‘hiking three countries in the Alps’ you will find many tours of the Mont Blanc come up. Hiking around the Mont Blanc is beautiful, but it is far from luxurious and very much on the tourist trail. This is so often the...
06 Feb Adventure travel and longevity
We like to think there are parallels between adventure travel and longevity. This is because adventure travel requires fitness and a certain amount of energy. You have to be active to take part, right? As we approach middle age, that energy can’t be taken for...
22 Dec Early season Alpine snow
Standing in Zermatt’s early season alpine snow this week, I realised that this is the third consecutive year that the snow has been au rendezvous in early December. We’re hearing that fresh-snow squeak as we walk through town after what is already three weeks of...
22 Nov An Alpine climate change question
You may have seen some negative press around Alpine climate change and the management of snow for the ski World Cup in Zermatt recently. Some journalists went to report on the downhill races around the Matterhorn and noticed grooming machines taking snow from the glacier...
02 Oct Ski like James Bond in the European Alps
Ten years ago we took our first client group to ski like James Bond in the European Alps. They were chased down the mountain by armed henchmen and sipped cocktails in a Russian oligarch’s lair. They wanted to be the stars of the show, not...
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