Piz Bernina — Local services in Pontresina

Piz Bernina is a true giant! Standing over 4,000 meters, it’s the highest peak in the Eastern Alps and the only “four-thousander” in the region. If you’re lucky with the weather, its snow-covered summit will leave you speechless. Just seeing it from a distance is a thrill – climbing it is a whole different story. For seasoned mountaineers, it’s a serious challenge, but for us regular folks, it’s perfectly fine to admire it from the comfort of various viewpoints, maybe with a nice cup of coffee in hand. 😄 (instagra...

Highest and only 4000m peak in the Eastern Alps and in Swiss canton Graubünden. Magnificent, surrounded by glaciers and fine ridges. Even the easiest route from Rifugio Marco e Rosa over Spallagrat is fairly difficult and not undangerous - climbing with short sections up to AD, lots of loose rock, sharp exposed snow ridge at the top. When we were up, there was a helicopter rescue due to a...

Great hike, but there were a bunch of vampires fighting Germans while these two really fit guys raced horses in an arena. I had a great time but it was very unprofessional trying to fight my way through the brawl to the peak of the mountain in the middle of the night. Definitely go during the day,...