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Mont Velan und Dent d’ Herens, Mai 25

Mont Velan, located east of the Great Saint Bernard Pass, resembles a fortress: steep on all sides, inaccessible, crisscrossed by steep couloirs and rocky ridges. Only the standard route offers ambitious ski tourers a relatively easy ascent…
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Dufourspitze x 3, May 25

In the second week of May 2025, conditions on the second-highest mountain range in the Alps were almost perfect: up to 30 cm of powder snow from the ski depot at 4,300 m to 3,500 m. A few meters of broken crust were bearable, as we were then…
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Haute Route, May 2025

The third and final Ski Haute Route of the season. Late in the year, just before the huts close for the ski touring season, the walk from Chamonix to Zermatt is a very special experience.
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Haute Route beginning of April 2025

  The first Haute Route of the year starts exactly on the day the time changes to daylight saving time. Accordingly, a bit of "spring fatigue" is starting to set in. But the wonderful weather and almost perfect conditions spur us on.…
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Ski touring training at the Lizumer Hütte, 1-3 February 2024

In the beautiful surroundings of the Wattener Lizum, we were able to cover the relevant teaching content of ski touring in three days and put it into practice with some beautiful summit tours.
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From the Arlberg to the Great St. Bernhard (the story of the kind weather god)

After what felt like an eternity of bad weather and postponements twice, my guest and I finally set off on our annual spring ski tour on May 1st. First tour destination: the Hohe Riffler in the Verwall. We start in Flirsch am Arlberg at 3:15.…