Every year the Muveran Trophies mark the finalrace of the backcountry ski season in Switzerland.Nothing's left to chance when it comes to safety.Patriarch Philippe Bonnet heads the team ofvolunteers ...

Step into the daily grind of high-mountain rescuers in Valais, Switzerland. At the Air-Glaciers airbase in Sion, specialized crews are on their toes 24/7, ready to come to the aid of mountain ...

Bruno Jelk and Gerold Biner are key figures of high mountain rescue. Over the years, they realized that the Nepalese had to be autonomous to perform their own rescues. The generous project took a ...

Denis Bertholet was among the vanguard of alpine guides and filmmakers who first took mountaineers to the Himalayas. Among them was Benoit Maury, the father of this documentary’s director. Through ...

Born in Zermatt, the Anthamatten brothers are exceptional mountaineers. All three trained guides, they have climbed the highest peaks in the world alongside the greatest. The elder of the three ...

Discover the splendor of a rough diamond of nature lost between India and Africa, a jewel case sculpted by the raw energy of volcanoes. Walking through Reunion Island along the ...

4 x 42' - The experience of a lifetime!Eleven candidates from various backgrounds and of different ages take up the daunting challenge of the Grand Traversée des Alpes. Bound by a fierce passion ...

Immersion into the dark and blurred world of men and women who challenge their visual disability through skiing. Some are blind from birth or following an accident. Some only perceive vague shapes, ...

This is the story of a free man, an extraordinary climbing pioneer who single-handedly opened hundreds of routes. His life reflects his personality. Fame never interested him. Instead defining ...

Dédé Anzévui is a pioneering steep skier who descended the most beautiful North faces in the 80s. This pioneer of extreme skiing, a mountain guide in Arolla, in Switzerland's Val d'Hérens, is now ...