We are happy to report that we received a photograph of the Mischabel Group from Thomas Crauwels in July 2024. The large-format picture is now on display in the guest…
In 1924, under the aegis of Robert Helbling, the AACZ acquired a small Valserhaus in what was then the epicenter of alpine skiing. The budget for this purchase has been…
On the first weekend of March 2024, Andrey, Benjamin, Carolin, Daniel, David, Hugues, Ilya, Jörg, Lilja and Sam set out to learn the art of igloo building. The igloo aficionados…
The long weekend of February 1st to 4th 2024 saw the newest edition of the AACZ Ice Climbing Skill Transfer Workshop. Unfortunately, in the days leading up to the event,…
The weather forecast for the weekend of 13./14. of January 2024 was great. Combined with enough snow, and moderate avalanche danger, the weekend was perfect for a hut tour and…
We suffered for quite some years, but this December we celebrated a Weihnachtskneip with huge amounts of great powder! A brilliant start to the winter prevented us this year from…
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:…
The weather was forecasted quite wet, stormy and cold for the weekend of Oct. 28th 2023. This scared off a few but four were still convinced that it could turn…
As every year, the AACZ celebrated its foundation at the Stiftungsfest on the Windgälenhütte. More than 30 Huttli came up with the occasion, many of them now with family. Depending…
On June 16, 2023, the general assembly of the Academic Alpine Club Zurich took place in Linde Oberstrass. This year there was a major change to the CC. New President,…