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...
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…...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Bring your teams together Team building and gathering together in person is so important now. We have been inspired by many people on this subject, including Brené Brown and Priya Parker, who wrote ‘The Art of Gathering’. It has never been more important to come together...
