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
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
Hello again from Michelle, your Inghams Resort Rep this summer in Obergurgl! After enjoying my recent day driving over the Timmelsjoch mountain pass and down to Merano in Italy, this time I decided to do something completely different: my mother came over from England to visit and I have been promising my two sons for
With the summer holidays coming to a close, it’s high time to make the most of the late summer sun or look ahead to next summer, and the Alps are a great place for children to explore. Here in the Jungfrau Region families are well catered for and there are some great activities to ensure
The serene calmness and tranquillity of Fuschl am See begins in the village itself and stretches out to the beautiful surrounding areas where you can indulge yourself in a variety of wonderful walks. For starters you have two short circuit walks of about 90-120 minutes, which take you away from the lake, offering views of
A mountain guide has a license to work worldwide, taking people climbing, mountaineering and on skis in all sorts of terrain including alpine touring. Successful applicants for the position of a British Mountain Guide will have years of mountaineering behind them before entering on a training and assessment programme which takes over 100 days to
