Category: Hiking & Mountain Tours

The Verzasca valley north of Locarno is famous for the exceptionally clear, emerald-green water of the river Verzasca. Its landmark is the double-arched stone bridge Ponte dei Salti at Lavertezzo, often called the Roman bridge. At the valley exit, the 220 m high Verzasca dam holds back the lake, known…

Founded in 1914, the Swiss National Park in the Engadin is the oldest national park in the Alps and a strict total reserve: nature is left entirely to itself, and visitors may not leave the marked trails. On around 170 km² live ibex, chamois, red deer, marmots and bearded vultures….

The Lauterbrunnen valley is a deeply cut trough valley with almost vertical rock walls, over which around 72 waterfalls plunge. The best known is the Staubbach Falls, which drops nearly 300 m freely into the depths. The valley is considered one of the most beautiful in the Alps and inspired…

Saas-Fee lies at 1,800 m at the head of the Saas valley, surrounded by thirteen four-thousand-metre peaks, among them the Dom (4,545 m), the highest mountain lying entirely on Swiss soil. The car-free village is regarded as the Pearl of the Alps and is known for its year-round glacier ski…

The Great Aletsch Glacier is, at around 20 km long, the longest and largest glacier in the Alps and the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch. From the Aletsch Forest and the viewpoints Eggishorn, Bettmerhorn and Moosfluh you look out over the mighty stream of ice,…

The Wimbachklamm lies at the mouth of the Wimbach valley in Ramsau, in the Berchtesgaden National Park. Since 1847 a roughly 200 m path has led over walkways and bridges through the gorge carved out by the Wimbach. Highlights Roaring Wimbach with eddies, pools and waterfalls in a tight space…