21 Oct

Events, Athletes, Culture, People & Profiles

Bonnet’s Vertical Kilometre Breakthrough

October 22, 2025
By timAdmin

The Rhône Valley in the Swiss canton of Valais has a peculiar feature near the village of Fully: an old funicular line that poses a stark question—how fast can a human move straight up? The answer, on 18 October...

21 Oct

Alpine & Mountaineering, Athletes, Culture, Explore, Routes, Ski, Ski & Splitboard

TWO WEEKS, TWO DESCENTS ON EVEREST

October 21, 2025
By timAdmin

High on the South Col, the wind doesn't stop. On 22 September 2025, Polish ski-mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel stood at 8,848 meters and committed to a line that would redefine what's possible on Everest. He'd climbed without supplemental oxygen. Now...

12 Oct

Athletes, Alpine & Mountaineering, Climb, Culture, Explore, Routes

Speed, Exposure & Redemption: Hojac & Brugger’s North Face Trilogy

October 12, 2025
By timAdmin

The Redbull Fastline project. Prologue: A Line Across Three Shadows At one o’clock in the morning on April 5, 2025, two headlamps cut across the base of the Eiger’s north face.Above them, 1,800 meters of dark limestone and ice rose into...

12 Oct

Athletes, Culture, Dispatches, Explore, Routes

The Fastest Known Times on the Alps’ Legendary Routes

October 12, 2025
By timAdmin

Pushing the limits of speed in the mountains: FKTs in the Alps Fastest Known Times are a modern lens on an old instinct: testing speed against terrain and weather. Whether the field is trail running, ski-mountaineering, ultra-cycling or alpine climbing,...

30 Aug

Athletes, Events

UTMB The circus comes to town

August 30, 2025
By timAdmin
utmb

“It’s a circus,” murmured a Chamonix local as crowds of runners surged through town. The morning air sat heavy, veiling the bustle of footsteps with mist, but the familiar din of coffee cups and animated conversation punctured the tranquility....

23 Jul

Culture

Hope in the Thin Air: Rega’s New Rescue Helicopter Arrives

July 28, 2025
By timAdmin

Switzerland’s iconic red rescue fleet begins a bold transformation, as Rega’s five-blade Airbus H145 D3 enters service across the Alps.

16 Jul

Culture, Environment, People & Profiles, Sustainability

From Forum to Fieldwork: Moving Mountains’ Pragmatic Blueprint for a Resilient Alpine Future

July 16, 2025
By timAdmin

From Forum to Fieldwork: Moving Mountains’ Pragmatic Blueprint for a Resilient Alpine Future Les Diablerets, Vaud – July 2025. Not many sustainability conferences are founded by someone who happily calls himself “the world’s most cynical environmentalist.” When British clean‑energy investor Michael Liebreich launched what...

23 Sep

Athletes, Culture, Events, Explore, Heritage & Ethics, Magazine, Routes, Trail, Trail Running

5 decades of Sierre-Zinal

July 8, 2025
By timAdmin
Sierre-Zinal

Sierre Zinal is regarded as the “New York Marathon” of mountain running. And certainly can be considered one of the most beautiful and challenging trail races, attracting top athletes from around the globe. The race covers a distance of...