Social Skiing In Lech Social skiing offers the carefree flexibility to ski with likeminded skiers (or boarders, of course) for sole travellers or those of us who simply find reading the piste map a little too much to bear. However, what has been scuppered over recent years by changes in the legislation to ski hosting,
It may have only been a little under three months since the final wheels spun on Le Tour 2015 but excitement is already rising, not least because a few short days ago, much to the excitement of the entire office, the official route for the Tour de France 2016 was released. All 2,187 miles
After catching the first ‘bin’ up the Téléphérique de l’Aiguille du Midi at 7.30 on a sunny late-August morning, my good friend Olly and I had a plan in mind to climb Mont Blanc du Tacul. The idea was to scope out the ‘Trois Monts’ route up Mont Blanc for later in the summer. A
The idea of completing a two day hike across Continental Europe’s longest Glacier came from two guests who announced to me at a welcome meeting one day, that they were planning on complete the journey with the folk at Grindelwald Sports. I wandered down to with them to assist with finalising the last minute details
A holiday to Zermatt is not complete without a trip up the famous rack and pinion railway from Zermatt village up all 3089m, to the top of Gornergrat Mountain. It is, in fact, one of the highest mountain train excursions you can do in the Swiss Alps. Even more special is the Sunrise Excursion up
The Männlichenbahn whisks you up to an altitude of 2230m and the views from the top are simply spectacular! From this peak, you have an array of easy to intermediate hiking trails. The view from the top of the cable car: The Royal Walk is a new addition to the menu this summer. It’s a
With each year that passes, technology is getting more and more advanced and the ski industry is not exempt from this progress. There are new ski and snowboard apps emerging all the time, afterall, it’s snowing somewhere! The idea behind these apps is predominantly to track your skiing and snowboarding speed, the distance you’ve skied
One of my favourite day trips from Kandersteg is to Lake Thun. You can purchase a day ticket for the boats and hop on and off as many times as you please! If you catch the train from Platform 1, you’ll be at Spiez station in 30 minutes. From the train station you’ll be greeted
