Summer is coming and it’s a perfect opportunity to brush up on your MTB skills. Here are some top tips to get you ready for the trails this summer. Vision: In most sports, your head plays an important role. You need to look where you are going and in mountain Read more…
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…
You can’t get much more central in the Alps than Andermatt, but for me it’s often been a place of passing through rather than a destination in itself. At the point where many of the main Swiss passes meets it’s easy to overlook Andermatt as a bike destination in it’s Read more…
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…
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…
The last couple of months are all a bit of a blur. We’ve run a number of courses, had a few day trips to the Jura and Aegeri and many of our now traditional Afterwork rides. Our road riders have been very active too with many an alpine pass scaled 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…
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…
I don’t think it’s a secret that we like to ride our bikes. It’s always fun and it allows you to get to so many places that simply take your breath away. Doing it with others makes it even more fun and sharing amazing days in the mountains with postcard Read more…