The Summit Foundation joins the list of WEMountain partners. Our shared values of environmental sustainability and wildlife conservation made this partnership a natural fit, and a further commitment to the sustainable practice of mountain sports.
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.
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.
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.
By signing a partnership with one of France’s first ski lift operators, a prestigious company committed to social, economic and environmental sustainability, WEMountain further establishes…
Born in La Chaux de Fonds, in the Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Marc-Antoine Schaer belongs to a generation that grew up on skis and snowboards. He came to mountaineering as a teenager and developed a passion for the Patrouille des Glaciers race, competing at a high level in eight editions. Also an adept of kitesurfing and paragliding and a Microtechnology Engineering graduate of EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, he was perfectly placed to combine the best of both worlds. And that is how this dynamo invented and marketed Alpride, one of the world’s best-selling avalanche airbag systems.
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