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Valais Alpine Bike: A Sidetracked Guide
The Valais Alpine Bike (route 41) is a thrilling seven-stage mountain biking adventure that stretches across 317 km of Switzerland's most breathtaking landscapes. This route offers an unparalleled blend of climbing, technical descents, and picturesque villages, making it a great choice for keen cyclists....
Through the Heart of the Alps
Mountains have always felt like home to Jenny Tough, and the Valais region of Switzerland has to be one of the most idyllic mountain regions on earth. If you imagine classic snow-capped mountains, the image your mind conjures up is likely exactly what Valais looks like....
Together
While on a mountaineering expedition in Pakistan, Fay Manners receives the devastating news that her best friend, Line van den Berg, has died in an avalanche....
The Wild Waters of Schladming
Austria Uncovered: Schladming-Dachstein. Among the great mountains of the Alps, the sharp peaks, the high mountain passes, the forested trails, it is still water that defines Schladming-Dachstein....
The Timeless Alps
In Valais, as summer gives way to autumn, Sami Sauri look for adventure and discover fresh perspectives in a timeless landscape....
Planning the Unpredictable
Though Eloi and I had already experienced a variety of conditions – blissful to miserable – since our departure from Catalunya, none of them would be as trying as our Ausangate Loop experience....
Austria Uncovered
'Lebensgefühl' is the conscious feeling of being the centre of life, feeling life, and taking part in life. ...
Light Lines
Norwegian nature is under threat. Is it possible to blend art, action sports, and environmental activism to bring this issue to the top of the political agenda? By Calum Macintyre & Vegard Aasen....
Couloir de Glace
'Climbers with their glinting ice axes and clinking karabiners, trekkers with their bright rucksacks and hiking poles were all heading for the high peaks, along trails that had been used by nomads for generations.'...
Thrawn
In the heart of the Cairngorms National Park, a group of snowsports enthusiasts and storytellers explore what it means to be thrawn. By Hannah Bailey & Patagonia....
A Delicate Line
Anna Tybor struggles with choices and consequences high on Manaslu, driven by her desire to become the first woman to make a ski descent without supplementary oxygen....
A Baffin Vacation
Sarah McNair-Landry and Erik Boomer go looking for whitewater and granite towers on Baffin Island – a place where the line between expedition and vacation is a thin one....
Storms and Silence
A dream project, 3 years in the making. With less than a week to go the weather gods are in a capricious mood....
Shades of Alpine White
Over four days, Jess Clark experiences many of the winter adventures the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland has to offer....
Flow State
Jenny Tough embarks on a gravel bikepacking journey through the Tirolean Alps in Austria, seeking the elusive flow state....
Taking Flight
There are destinations whose name alone conjures dreams in the mind. Wadi Rum, a desert valley in southern Jordan, is one of them. And some adventures arise spontaneously, born from friendship and a passion for adventure itself....
Valais
In this guide to Valais we introduce all this – and much more – while Jessica Clark explores Valais from mountain to valley, finding peace in her glacier wanderings as well as a new hobby when she takes to the trails by mountain bike....
From Mountain to Valley
The landscapes and nature of Valais are undeniably its greatest assets, from larch forests across Alpine hillsides to boundless glaciers shadowed by towering 4,000m peaks – and all enjoyed in a Mediterranean-like climate....
Vaud // Alpes vaudoises
As we showcase the best of the Alpe vaudoises region, Ebba Forsgren gets a new perspective on her life in the mountains by exploring a new area for her, from canyoning to e-biking....
Mountain Perspectives
Ebba Forsgren visits the Vaud Alps with few expectations, and takes the time to reflect on what the mountains mean to her, and how her perspectives have changed over the years....
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