📆 March 5th, 2027 |
👨 Dave Nettle |
🏫 Olympic Village Events Center |
🕕 Doors at 6PM. Show starts at 7PM |
📺 Streaming Live |
💵 $15,000+ in Prizes |
🎁 Two Giveaways: Online & In-person |
💛 100% for Truckee Roundhouse |
🍗 Food from MOGROG |
🍺 NA, Wine, and Beer |
Europe is famous for its hut-to-hut routes, which link some of the most spectacular terrain in France, Italy, Austria, Germany and, of course, Switzerland. The huts themselves range from small rustic cabins to near-luxurious lodges, and they offer a uniquely comfortable way to travel through sweeping valleys and high alpine peaks.
By day, you carry little more than a day-tour pack, plus a toothbrush and a few essentials. By night, you're welcomed with warm mountain hospitality and hearty food, sharing stories and laughter with skiers and climbers from around the world, all under one roof.
Meet Dave Nettle
Dave Nettle, cofounder of the Alpenglow Sports Winter Speaker Series, and often touted as one of the best storytellers alive, rounds out our 21st annual season with a new show about ski touring in the Swiss Alps.
When Dave is on stage, he makes you feel as if he is a dear friend hanging out in your living room, sharing stories from his latest adventures. Equal parts humorous, educational, honest, and encouraging, he leaves you with the urge to travel, and the sheer excitement that only adventure can induce.
Swiss Bliss: Hut-to-Hut Ski Touring in the Swiss Alps
Join Dave Nettle for an evening of stories and images from a six-week ski touring trip to Switzerland in spring 2025 that strung together four different hut-to-hut tours:
The Silvretta High Route, starting in Austria and weaving in and out of Switzerland
The Urner Alps High Route, from Andermatt to Engelberg
The Albula Alps Traverse, from St. Moritz to Davos
The Berner Oberland West, from Les Diablerets to Crans-Montana
Each tour, shared with a different group of friends, brought its own terrain, weather and snow, from some of the best ski days of Dave's life to a few "type 2 fun" stretches where simply reaching the next hut was the goal.
Most American backcountry skiers know the classic Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt, but hundreds of lesser-known hut-to-hut itineraries wind across the Alps. Since first skiing the Haute Route in 1984, Dave has made a point of returning each year to explore new routes and huts with good friends. Travel and adventure fuel his passion, but what keeps him coming back are the lifelong friendships forged through the joys and challenges of the trail.
Dave's Nonprofit Beneficiary: Truckee Roundhouse
