Tour Reports

April 14th-20th 2019, On Backcountry Skis across the Dauphine

Incredible weather luck we had at this year's Dauphine crossing. Both ascents and descents are steep and demanding. The firn is a must here, because if the snow is too hard, many downhills are almost impossible. Also too much snow is suboptimal;…

Valais Alps

Weisshorn North-Ridge, July 31st 2018

What a mountain! The line of the north ridge, which can hardly be surpassed in boldness and elegance, runs razor-sharp to its highest point. An opportunity to climb this line is not very often; only when the rocks are clear of snow, but the…

Valais Alps

Matterhorn, 5th of August 2018

Once again a beautiful summit experience with a happy guest on the Matterhorn. The pictures speak for themselves.

Berner Alps

Blümlisalp Traversing, 26th of July 2018

For me it was the first time that I had the opportunity to take a tour in this corner of the Bernese Oberland. The landscape off the well-known Bernese peaks inspired me: daring, glacier-covered Limestone-3000ers, which surround the beautiful…

Chamonix

Mont Blanc, July 2018

The moment you enter the Col Mont Maudit, you see it: the immaculate white mountain, above it nothing but a deep blue sky with an infinitely wide, green land at your feet … I thought at that moment that I have never seen anything better on…

Hohe Tauern, Stubaier Alps

Sonnenwand, Olperer and Großglockner – Tours in Tirol, June 2018

At the beginning of the summer season 2018, thanks to the goodwill of the weather god, I led these three beautiful tours in my native Tyrol: Vordere Sonnenwand, 3159 m, in the Stubai Alps: This beautiful peak flanks the left side of the Gleirschtal…

Hohe Tauern

Großglockner Northface, Mayerl Rampe, 28th of May 2018

Actually, it is already summer end of May, at least in the valley: it is warm, frankly hot, then humid and thundery. Nevertheless, my guest and I had fixed this time window for more than a month to wrest the North wall of the highest mountain…

Chamonix

Le Courtes Northface, Austrian Route; Mont Blanc Group, 20th April 2018

Stable weather and good snow conditions enabled us to climb this impressive line in the northeast face of the Courtes in the cirque of Argentiere.