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CONT<strong>EN</strong>TS<br />
Editorial 5<br />
Winter events<br />
Events calendar<br />
10<br />
Guardian of the glacier<br />
Felix Keller‘s utopian plans for glacier rescue<br />
8<br />
12<br />
PEOPLE<br />
17<br />
“We have an understanding, the glacier and I”<br />
How Saas-Grund‘s glacier piste comes to be<br />
“You need nerves of steel”<br />
A day in the life of Saas-Fee‘s head of mountain rescue<br />
The trials and tribulations of an ice master<br />
Otto Zengaffinen and the natural ice rink in Saas-Fee<br />
18<br />
28<br />
24<br />
SAAS VALLEY<br />
33<br />
A new chapter in an eventful story<br />
The re-opening of the Walliserhof Grand-Hotel & Spa<br />
The Rex reborn<br />
37<br />
When a cinema becomes a cultural centre<br />
An impressive spectacle<br />
Experience the Saas Valley Ice Hockey Club<br />
Saas-Fee’s magical Christmas market<br />
The tireless pastor<br />
More anecdotes about Johann Josef Imseng<br />
Christoph’s column<br />
46<br />
40<br />
34<br />
44<br />
42<br />
CUISINE 49<br />
Eating in the Saas mountains<br />
50<br />
Valais pear fondue with air-dried beef<br />
Beetroot and ginger soup<br />
53<br />
Pumpkin gnocchi with sage butter<br />
How a poor man’s soup became a gourmet classic<br />
52<br />
56<br />
57<br />
ACTIVE<br />
59<br />
High up the ice wall<br />
Ice climbing in the Saas Valley<br />
The ever-changing path<br />
A special experience: glacier trekking<br />
Snowshoeing on glacial moraine<br />
62<br />
60<br />
64<br />
FAMILIES 66<br />
Kian the Dragon’s Adventureland for kids 68<br />
Kids’ Days/Kids’ Week<br />
69<br />
MOUNTAINS<br />
71<br />
Events by the cable car companies 72<br />
140 kilometres per hour on ice and snow<br />
The Glacier Bike Downhill experience<br />
The greatest ski race in the world<br />
The 38 th Allalin race in Saas-Fee<br />
Nothing is impossible<br />
The Mentelity Games Saas-Grund<br />
82<br />
80<br />
76<br />
86<br />
Piste map<br />
Community 88<br />
Impressum<br />
90<br />
6<br />
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