The weather forecast for December 2nd, 2023 was not exactly good – little visibility, snowfall all day with an expected amount of new snow of at least 50cm. We thought:…
This year’s planned fair-means bike-ski-camping weekend was canceled due to unstable conditions. However, eight of us—Alex, Alicia, Arnaud, Aubin, Chris, Elias, George, and Max—took advantage of a good weather window…
On an unseasonably warm afternoon at the beginning of March, AACZ members convened in Klosters for a weekend of ski camping in the Schlappintal. This long, dead-end valley has no…
After a two-year break, the traditional and very popular Weihnachtskneip finally took place again this year. After the usual short-term registrations and cancellations, 16 Huttli finally found their way to…
In 2022, our yearly skitouring weekend, as every year professionally organized by Christoph Schenke, had a very special motto this year. As part of the anniversary celebrations related to the…
On the last two weekends of March, three AACZ parties attempted ski traverses of the Greina, one of the largest and wildest high plateaus of Switzerland, with climbs of several…
The club’s first activity for 2022 was the skitouring weekend at the Julierpass in mid January. On Friday evening we met at the Ospizio La Veduta just below the pass…
In 2021, the AACZ celebrated its 125th anniversary. To celebrate this event, we climbed 125 summits together. The teams organized themselves, chose the mountains and routes on their own, and…
The Grand Combin (4313m) had always been in our minds, with its imposing white mass visible from the shores of the Léman. With a particularly snowy winter, we thought conditions…
After Valais and Graubünden in the last two years, this year, it was Ticino’s turn for the big annual AACZ skitouring trip. Given the fact that the winter had been…