The Weisshorn is a massive three ridged pyramid towering high above the Zermatt valley. It is one of the most beautiful and challenging mountains of the Alps, and is considered by many as the greatest of all alpine peaks. At 4506m it is higher than the Matterhorn and more difficult to climb. The lack in More »
Lagginhorn had been on my list since a failed attempt in the winter of 2010. When together with Yves Fannes and Alexander Daems we were turned back a couple hundred meters below the summit due to a combination of snow and high winds. Ever since I had been looking for an other opportunity, which came More »
There’s not much to be said about our climb of the Dôme de Neige des Écrins. I still need to write about the approach to the Refuge des Écrins, but for the approach to and the climb of the Barre des Écrins you can look here. After climbing the Barre des Écrins we used the More »
I had a rotten night at the Refuge des Écrins. Probably in part due to the altitude (3170m), and in part due to the fact that we had to sleep in the dining room due to the hut being overbooked. A positive consequence of that was that we were the first to be up, and More »
The Almagellerhütte has two breakfast options. One at 04H and one at 07H30. If you’re traversing Weissmies I advise you to do as we did and have breakfast at 04H. There’s some good sized seracs hanging over the normal (North-West Face and West Ridge) route and there’s no reason to run the risk of walking More »
Even if you have no intention of climbing in the area, I still highly recommend this hike and an overnight stay in the Refuge de Couvercle. The views from the hut are amazing and even though it’s probably the most difficult approach to a hut I’ve ever done, the views of the Mont Blanc massif, More »
Committed to keep ski mountaineering for as long as possible, Valerio came up with the below shortlist for the weekend: Clariden from Klausenpass Zwachten Sustenpass Galenstock from Furka The decision was only really made when I got in to Valerio’s car on Saturday morning. With temperatures in Lugano already at 14°C at 5 in the More »
Weather predictions for the weekend had been negative, and very few people had taken the risk to come up to the hut. Out of the handful of people in the hut, all but the two of us would attempt Rimpfischhorn. The Rimpfischhorn requires a much longer approach, so when we were having breakfast at 04H, More »
On Thursday afternoon at work Enrico asked me if I wanted to join him and some friends on a ski-tour around Andermatt. I agreed. Very little planning was done, and we decided to meet at 5 in the morning and decide on what to do. When I arrived at the Rendez-Vous, I was somewhat surprised More »
A friend had been nice enough to give us the keys to her little apartment in Vella, so in the long weekend of the 1st of November we spent four days there. On the first day we decided to do one of the classic hikes in the region, labelled as the “Grosse Panoramatour”. We started More »
