Fast and Light – Alpine Sports Journal

INTRODUCING OUR MAGAZINE

Mountain stories, stunning photography, and gear insights from the Alps.

Mountain Stories, Gear, and Culture

Welcome to Fast and Light Magazine

From Alpine ridgelines to singletrack descents, Fast and Light explores the culture, gear, and people who move through mountains with speed and intent. Based in Switzerland and rooted in editorial storytelling, we publish features on climbing, trail running, gear innovation, and the philosophy of lightweight movement.

Our stories come from guides, athletes, designers, and writers who know the terrain—whether it’s testing kit in a snowstorm or descending a granite ridge at dawn. You’ll find field reports, dispatches from remote valleys, and interviews with the people shaping outdoor sport today.

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Culture, Environment, People & Profiles, Sustainability

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

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...

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