Those who know me, know that I am not a big fan of using GPS tracks for bike tours. For me a GPS is a restrictive device, you download a track which is usually a route that has been ridden by someone else and then you are more or less Read more…
With the first real snowfall of the winter having just arrived it was time to drag the skis and boards out of the cellar and to head back into the mountains. Having checked the snowfall, avalanche report and weather forecast it looked like the upper Rhone Valley was the place Read more…
It was always going to be risky going looking for new trails in the height of the summer holiday season. But, even at the busiest times of the year you can always find trails to yourself if you look hard enough. We enjoyed a few days in the Aletsch area Read more…
As 2012 draws to a close and we are in the process of planning 2013 it’s time to look back at some of the many memories we shared during the year. If you’ve not been out with us in 2012, make it a new years resolution to join us in Read more…
This past weekend we organised a weekend in Wallis taking in the sights around the UNESCO world heritage area around the Aletsch glacier and the peaceful valleys and stunning mountain views of the Saflischpass. We arrived down a day ahead of the group to ensure that everything was in order Read more…
Another three months have passed since our last update. They have been the busiest three months in Swiss Alpine Adventures history. Since March we’ve run over 60 events including 8 mountain bike courses, weekly afterwork rides and weekend tours to locations such as the Jura, Central Switzerland, Wallis and Graubunden. Read more…
Swiss Alpine Adventure came about almost as an accident. After attending a bike event in 2007 a friend suggested that it might be a good idea to organise some group rides for newcomers to the Zurich area to show them some of the local trails and to provide a way Read more…
It’s been three weeks since my last post and we’ve done so much I don’t really know where to begin. Since the last post we’ve been doing quite a bit of exploring and checking out fun things to do on two wheels in the Alps. So in chronological order here Read more…
I’m not usually one to complain about the weather, but the last week in Switzerland has been particularly nasty. The national weather service was issuing warnings on last Thursday and Friday for high levels of precipitation. Rivers were swollen, the snow line dropped below 2000m in places and the weather Read more…