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… ...
Ski Camping in the Schlappintal (3/5/2023) - 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 public huts and, even with lift-assisted access from the Madrisahorn… ...
Weihnachtskneip 2022 (12/3/2022) - 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 the Fondei on December 3rd and 4th to enjoy the… ...
Gitschen wild & fair (10/9/2022) - After the successful tour by fair means from Zurich to Tödi earlier this year, some Huttli desired a repetition. This time, the goal was to climb Gitschen (2513m) starting from Isleten or Zurich, respectively. In the end, due to the… ...
Changla Himal Expedition 2022 (9/20/2022) - The Basecamp at 4300m A detailed expedition report will be published soon here. ...
Piton Climbing in Slowenia (8/13/2022) - Climbing week 06.-13.08.2022 Matija has long wanted to bring club members to his home mountain range, the Julian Alps in Slovenia, enticing us with promises of huge walls, lonely valleys, adventurous climbing, and perfect rock. Well, maybe not the last one.… ...
Tradclimbing Workshop Göschenertal (7/22/2022) - In mid-July we met for the fourth stop of our skill-transfer workshops, a three-day introduction to trad climbing in the beautiful Göschenertal. While many people will place some cams and nuts on routes in Switzerland, the art of full trad… ...
Family Climbing at Mettmenalp (7/3/2022) - An "easy" climbing Sunday in Mettmen-Widerstein Since the 2021 family climbing day at Ibergeregg was a great success, we repeated the event on July 3rd 2022. The idea is simple: Kids are more motivated when climbing together or they just… ...
Celebrating 125 years AACZ at Zunfthaus zur Saffran (6/25/2022) - On Saturday, June 25th, 2022, the AACZ had the pleasure to hold a festive event in the Zunfthaus zur Saffran after a one-year delay. The location was not chosen by chance, as the Zunfthaus Saffran was the “Heimat” of the… ...
Piton Climbing Workshop (6/11/2022) - Following up on the first successful skill transfer workshop (Ice-climbing in Engadina), AACZ club members participated in a Piton Climbing Workshop organized by Matija Brumat. All of us clip existing pitons on alpine routes, but few know how to place,… ...