The People Behind Alpiveta
Alpiveta is a small, focused team of alpine travel specialists, weather researchers, and outdoor educators. Each team member brings direct field experience in the Swiss Alps across multiple seasons and disciplines. We share one standard: advice we give on Alpiveta is advice we follow ourselves.
Mara Stettler
Founder & Lead Route Planner
Mara has been guiding independent travellers through the Swiss Alps for over twelve years, with a specialisation in multi-day hut-to-hut itineraries across the Bernese Oberland and Wallis. She created Alpiveta after noticing how consistently unprepared even experienced hikers were when they crossed into high-altitude terrain. Her route guides are written to be read with a headlamp in a mountain hut.
Jonas Feurer
Mountain Weather Analyst
Jonas holds a postgraduate qualification in applied meteorology and has spent six years working with mountain rescue coordination teams in the canton of Uri. He translates MeteoSwiss high-altitude forecast data into the practical, elevation-specific guidance that underpins all of Alpiveta's weather preparation content. Jonas updates the seasonal weather briefings every four weeks throughout the year.
Nadia Blanc
Gear Research Editor
Nadia has tested alpine equipment across four continents and writes Alpiveta's seasonal equipment recommendations from a background in outdoor product evaluation. She approaches gear selection through a strict weight-to-function ratio and has no commercial relationships with any equipment manufacturer. Her benchmark is simple: would she carry it herself on a three-day route in October?
Tobias Kramer
Winter Travel Specialist
Tobias is a certified ski touring guide with over fifteen seasons of winter alpine travel experience across Graubünden, the Jungfrau region, and the Gotthard massif. He develops Alpiveta's avalanche awareness materials, winter packing checklists, and snow safety protocols in consultation with Swiss avalanche research institute bulletins. His guides are built for travellers who want to move safely in winter terrain, not just survive it.
Céline Morard
Editorial & Travel Writer
Céline brings a background in outdoor journalism and has contributed trail and destination writing to Swiss and French alpine publications for eight years. She writes and edits Alpiveta's practical travel guides, ensuring they are accurate, legible under field conditions, and free of the vague encouragements that fill most travel content. If a guide includes a time estimate, Céline has walked it herself.