It is a small detail, rarely omitted from the story. The brothers Branger, Tobias and Johann, ski pioneers in Davos c1890, conducted their experiments under cover of darkness in order to avoid the mockery of their fellow Davonians. The Brangers’ … Continue reading
Believe in better …. Every little helps …. Welcome to wonderful … Pursuit of more … Invented for life …. In modern marketing …. three-word slogans …. seem to be ….. where it’s at. Coming up with these catchphrases must … Continue reading
Winter sports is a competitive business, and rivalry has been a powerful spur to its development. In the early days of alpinism the arch rivals were Chamonix and Zermatt. “The Matterhorn after all is not so fine a thing as … Continue reading
Can’t get enough of those Swiss trains. Leaving the first tracks brigade to their morning devotions on the 8.10 cable car to Schilthorn, we took the Monday morning train in the other direction for an excursion to the Jungfraujoch – … Continue reading
The by-train ski holiday has been likened to a jigsaw puzzle, with the difference that the challenge is not complete when you have fitted the pieces together. The key piece this year was the direct train from Paris to Interlaken: … Continue reading
Switzerland’s third largest cable car has opened, bigger than many a ski chalet in the vieux village and only five weeks late. At a cost of 32 million francs (£23m), the new lift links the neighbouring ski areas of Zinal … Continue reading
The news that Arosa and Lenzerheide, close neighbours in the Grisons canton of south east Switzerland, are to reach out across the summits and link their ski areas came as a surprise. What took them so long? The key … Continue reading
Of course Bond skis. Half Swiss by birth, he is a citizen of the world, the go-to can-do man. Which is your favourite Bond skiing sequence? The Spy Who Loved Me perhaps, when James slaloms through crevasses and skis off … Continue reading
I would like to make it clear from the start that I love Grimentz, the prettiest ski village in Switzerland. Like many others, I fell for it at first sight which in my case was on an excursion from Crans … Continue reading
I had an email from City Airport this morning, announcing the arrival of some new ski goggles. It seemed an imaginative way to advertise an airport and it worked, because I was so curious, I opened the message. I don’t … Continue reading