Past events

Igloo Building Weekend at the Fondei (3/3/2024) - 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 Felix and Arnd led this "skill transfer workshop" with the… ...
Iceclimbing Workshop Cogne (2/1/2024) - 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, an alarmingly warm weather forecast for the Aosta Valley threatened… ...
Ski Traverse Parc Ela (1/14/2024) - 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 ski traverse. Thus, nine Huttli signed up for a traverse… ...
Weihnachtskneip 2023 – Fondei (12/9/2023) - On the ridge to Mattjischhorn. 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 usual discussions whether Skis,… ...
Skills Transfer Workshop – LVS Training (12/2/2023) - 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: Perfect conditions to practice in a realistic bad weather scenario… ...
Alpstein Weekend Climb&Hike (10/28/2023) - 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 into a great weekend. When we arrived in Wildhaus by… ...
Stiftungsfest 2023 on the Windgällenhütte (9/30/2023) - 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 preferences the journey was planned very differently. Some got… ...
GV 2023 – New Elections and two Honorary Members (6/16/2023) - 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, new Quästor Our long-standing President Gregor Dürrenberger has decided to… ...
Ötztal climbing trip June 2023 (6/10/2023) - In June 2023, a group of 10 climbing enthusiasts flocked to the granite cliffs of Austria's Ötztal for a week of rock climbing, trail running and lavish evening cook-offs. While Huttli are often found in smaller teams and in more… ...
Bike&Ski to Chaiserstock (4/22/2023) - 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 in late April to do a one-day human-powered tour from… ...