Dreams do come true, after all! That's our realization after a winter weekend at the CERVO Mountain Boutique Resort in Zermatt. Who thought...
Tag - skiing
Dimitri Burkhard
16 Things to Know about Skiing at 4 Vallées/Mt. Fort
Just in time for the New Year, winter has decided to pay a visit to the Alps. We hopped on a train to 4 Vallées/Mt. Fort to enjoy the slopes...
Swiss Ski Culture Photography by Christian Aeberhard
Looking through the work of Swiss photographer Christian Aeberhard, it is hard to choose only a handful of images to share...
Why Hotel Gloria in Beatenberg is our “Heimat” away from home
Say you have one weekend in the Jungfrau region. Would you rather stay in tourist packed Grindelwald, in the shade of the Eiger north face? Or would you...
Mamiko
The Lauberhorn Ski Race – A Living Legend
The smell of fondue in the air, music everywhere - be it Schwyzerörgeli, Guggemusig or even Gangnam Style: Visiting the Lauberhorn ski race in the Jungfrau Region was a big party, regardless of the Swiss results...
Olivia
A Primer on Renting Skis in Switzerland
What are you going to do about the coming winter? The simple answer is: Renting skis and taking advantage of the snow. If you are unsure what...
Christian
Learning to Ski in Laax
As a repatriated Swiss who grew up in Canada, there are two smudges on my character profile. The first one is that I don’t much care for hockey. The second blemish is that I don’t ski...
Some nostalgic thoughts about ski lifts
While skiing in the Swiss Alps, it occurred to me how technology has changed since my childhood. Most traditional ski lifts have been replaced by high-speed...
