Town and Country Magazine
HIKE THE ALPS LIKE THE ITALIANS
Danielle Stynes, founder of the bespoke ski touring company SwisSkiSafari, personally guides weeklong treks in summer through Switzerland, France, and Italy.
Routes are tailored to your fitness level and gastronomic desires. You might warm up with short outand-back excursions with a fivestar lodge as your base, like Mont Cervin Palace in Zermatt, before climbing for eight hours to spend the night in a mountain refugio at 9,850 feet. Mellow days alternate with challenging ones, and when you cross into Italy, you’ll do like the locals and break for three-hour wine-fueled lunches.
