Slowly 2014 is drawing to a close and I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all of our members and followers a very happy Christmas and New Year period. Swiss Alpine Adventure (SAA) is a community of over 1500 members where friendships are made and experiences are shared, over Read more…
We all arrived in Stechelberg tired after an early start. After meeting one of our regular guides we took four cable cars to get to the summit of the Schilthorn to be greeted by none other than James Bond himself. Schilthorn was Blofelds lair in the film “On her majesty’s Read more…
The new binding from Swiss manufacturer Fritschi has been hailed as a breakthrough in ski-touring bindings. It uses a pin system similar to that of Dynafit bindings to retain the toe and heel of your ski boot in the binding, but unlike the Dynafit binding it has the ability to Read more…
Avalanches scare the living sh!t out of me. The thought of being crushed under a mass of moving snow, having snow force it’s way into my lungs instead of oxygen and slowly suffocating entombed in something akin to cold concrete (if the trauma hasn’t killed me first) is absolutely horrifying. Read more…
In the last number of years there has been a lot of talk about Avalanche airbag rucksacks. While they have been around for about 25 years, the last few seasons has seen a huge increase in the number of options available and the number of units being sold. I predict Read more…
As the saying goes “there are no friends on powder days”… I’ve heard this a few times and to be honest I think this attitude is complete and utter bullsh!t. Lately the saying has been floating around in my head as I’ve seen completely stupid behaviour when out and about Read more…
I’ve had the Val d’Anniviers on my radar for some skiing for quite a while now. We’ve explored the area a little on bikes and got the feeling that there had to be some great skiing during the winter. So, when I got the chance to go there just after Read more…
We’ve just returned from the Bike Attack Freeride race in Lenzerheide. The event is run over two days with a qualification race on Saturday and the main race on Sunday. The qualification is an individual time trail covering a distance of approximately 9km with a descent of approximately 1400m over Read more…
Once again Christmas has come and gone and we are looking into the new year. As usual we’ve been getting into the mountains as much as possible. Here in Switzerland it snowed most of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with perfect sunshine and blue skies for Dec 26th. Normally, St. Read more…
On Saturday we had the first Swiss Alpine Adventure Avalanche course run by the guides from Rock and Powder. With 24 participants the course was a great success, everyone seemed to have enjoyed themselves and more importantly everyone learned and practised what to do in the event of an emergency Read more…