SwissMountainLeader

Walking and Snowshoeing Holidays and Tours

SwissMountainLeader is the mountain adventure business of Ian Spare an International Mountain Leader (IML) living and working in Switzerland all year round. We offer a range of walking holidays based in Switzerland either based in the valley or using the alpine hut network of the Swiss Alps.

We also run the Bed & Breakfast L’Épicea in Leysin offering B&B accommodation and acting as our base for other trips. Read more about L’Épicea here

Around the Leysin and Les Diablerets area we run moonlit snowshoe trips, these are short journeys by the light of the moon & stars usually finishing with a fondue.

Year round we offer a series of day hikes, on snowshoes in the winter, starting from Leysin, Les Diablerets, and Villars, you can find our flyers in the local tourist offices or just get in touch via the website.

Some weeks, depending on demand, we run these day trips from Gstaad, Château-d'Oex, Rougemont, the Portes du Soleil including Châtel, Morgins, Les Crosets and Champery, Ovronnaz and the Val d'Anniviers including Saint-Luc, Zinal, Grimentz and Vercorin.