HEADS’s global reach and high-end design excellence are qualities that we also aspire to at WEMountain. HEAD’s support will help us scale internationally and facilitate the sharing of knowledge in a universal language.
Dominique Perret is a freeride legend who helped pioneer the sport in the early ’80s. Fondateur de WEMountain, He gives us the inside scoop on his passion for snow and speed, WEMountain, and how it all began.
Robert Bolognesi is truly passionate about snow. As an avalanche specialist with doctorates in geography (Université Grenoble Alpes, 1991) and computer science (EPFL, 1999), he travels the Alps and mountain ranges around the world. In the 1980s, he helped develop ski resorts and has since created methods for publishing local avalanche bulletins, improved road safety (through his Meteorisk consulting firm) and laid the groundwork for whole areas of study in applied snow and avalanche modeling.
Mattia Piffaretti holds a PhD in sports psychology and heads the AC&T Sport Consulting firm in Lausanne. He has worked with many national and international sporting federations on the mental preparation of athletes, coaches and referees, and he promotes health through sport. He is a sports psychology lecturer in the University of Freiburg Faculty of Medicine. In addition, he is a devoted supporter of WEMountain and a compelling and passionate speaker.
Valentine et Noelle, runners at Patrouille des Glaciers 2024, share their experience following a year of intense training, only to see their race cancelled due to bad weather.
The climate within the Cairngorms, the United Kingdom’s largest national park, is the stuff of legend. On a high plateau, 4,000 feet above the North Sea, boulder-strewn domed summits topped with tors, or free-standing rock outcrops, attract the most severe and changeable weather in the UK.
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