Meetings at summit
Gilles Sierro the skier who dances with the slopes of the impossible
There are men who push the limits of what is possible. Climbers who endlessly explore the most vertical faces of the Alps. Gilles Sierro is one of them. A mountain guide, ski instructor and steep slope virtuoso, this gliding enthusiast has made the Alps his high altitude kingdom. Known in particular for his ... Read more
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Ascension Chronicles
The Spaghetti Tour Ascent of Monte Rosa through Italy
June 2023. I'm ready to set off and meet Mount Rose. From the valley of Zermatt, the high summits of this massif catch my eye. Now it's time for me to climb them. At the start of this summer, I've decided to do part of the Spaghetti Tour, the famous Italian side of the Monte Rosa giants. On the program: the ascent of Punta Giordani, Pyramide Vincent, Corno Nero and Ludwigshöhe. Thanks to the sound advice of my guide, Johann Filliez, my expedition will then take me to the summit of Parrotspitze, Zumsteinspitze and ...
History of the Alps
Alexandre Calame
Alexandre Calame (1810-1864) is one of the most important Swiss artists of the 19th century. He is closely linked to the Alps, and it is obviously as such that he interests us here. Together with François Diday, he is the main representative of the Geneva school of painting.
Alpine locations
A cable car to the Matterhorn
In an article Previous we mentioned the project of a railway to reach the summit of the Matterhorn and the opposition it raised between 1906 and 1907. Despite the outcry in Switzerland and in Europe, this was not the last attempt of this type, as one might have expected, on the contrary: at the beginning of the 1950s, a cable car was planned on the Italian side to reach the summit of the famous summit. This is the subject of this article, which will deal mainly with the oppositions raised by the project.
History of the Alps
Ferdinand Hodler
Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918) is undoubtedly one of the best known and most important Swiss artists of the early 20th century. An artist with a varied and prolific production who painted in different styles, a painter of all kinds, the mountain is never far from his brush.
Lifestyle
Mountain photos for a unique interior design
It is in the international city of Geneva that Julien and his partner receive us for the hanging of 6 prints of art. Pictures of summits and Alpine mountains that they acquired during one of my exhibitions in Switzerland. This modern and design wall decoration brings this extra warm soul that the couple was looking for for the interior decoration of their new house.
Alpine locations
The railway of the Jungfrau
In an article Previous we mentioned the project of a railway and funicular in the Matterhorn in 1907. Faced with the scandal provoked in Switzerland and in England, the concession was never granted. A no less audacious project had been imagined - and started - a few years earlier: the Jungfrau railroad.
