Helpful Links

Professional Organization:

• IFMGA / UIAGM: International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations
• AIARE : The American Institute For Avalanche Research And Education
• AMGA : American Mountain Guides Association

Travel Information:

• Visa Information: worlwide information, travel documents.
• Travel insurance, including trip insurance, medical, accident, cancellation.
• Evacuation Insurance: Medjet assistance.
• Hiking Forums Open forum about gear, hiking and trails

Weather:

• IPS Meteostar, worldwide.
• Chamonix weather
• Valley D’Aosta

Transport:

*Services that provide transport from and to airport, resorts, support along treks in Switzerland.

• Taxi Follonier: Les Hauderes. Geneva – Zermatt. Chamonix-Zermatt. Arolla
• Gatwick Airport Parking

Travel Service: US/ Canada

• Your Ski Vacation: Colorado ski vacation specialist
• San Francisco tour: vacation, wine tour, yosemity tour.
• Sunnycove: Alaska Sea Kayaking and adventures.

Lodging: Recommended Hotels, Huts, Inn, Mountain lodges.

• Hotel Bella Tola, St Luc. Switzerland. Beautiful, Romantic, exceptional. You must experience it. From jean.
• Hotel du Glacier Arolla. switzerland the perfect hide away, from arolla great hiking, mountaineering, skiing
• Hotel Faucigny, Chamonix, France. A great, simple, friendly hotel in the center of Chamonix
• Hotel Jaegerhof Zermatt, Switzerland. Avery nice 3 stars hotel, very comfortable, with great view, fantastic breakfast buffet.
• La Casa Sol Quito, Ecuador.Very clean, simple,safe Hostel, great staff , located near the center
• Hotel Cafe Cultura, Quito, Ecuador. Located in A beautiful, old colonial house, a first class hotel in the center
• Boston University Hotels offers great rates on over 50 hotels near Boston University. All of our hotels have been approved by AAA and the Mobile Travel Guide, the authorities in hotel inspection.

Travel services/ Travel Directory-General Tour, Adventure Tours, Outdorr activities.

• Maxlifestyle: Plan your outdoor vacation, snowboarding, skiing, yoga, fitness meditation
• Infohub: Plan your vacation, hunting, wildlife, scuba diving, railway tour
• Turntotravel: Find great travel bargains
• Travelingniche: Worldwide travel web directory and tourist guide
• Biztravel guide: Informations and resources of travel, tour operators, disabilities
• Backcountry Logistic, Powder Cutlrure Adventure
• Boardzone.com: Snowboard & skateboard gear and clothing
• Usoutdoorstore.com: climbing, camping, hiking, equipment.
• K2skis.com
• taigaworks.ca : Taiga camping gear and outdoor clothing. Taiga Works is an outdoor gear & sports clothing company producing leading edge outdoor gear including waterproof Gore-Tex jackets, down jackets, fleece apparel, cycle wear, gaiters, hats, gloves, tents, sleeping bags, backpacks and kayaks.
• African safari: African safari for family vacations, mobile camping, senior travel and wildlife African safaris.

Travel Directory/ Guide Services- West / East Europe.

• Sielok : Information about slovania / slovakia skiing,
• Leysin Mountain guide service: Mountain guides service offering day tour,, rock climbing, via ferrata tour, ski tour, ski
• Swiss ski school Leysin: ski lessons, snowboard training, Telemark , snowshoeing.
• City Breaks: take a break, enjoy a city get away.
• Travelsiteofeurope: Travel directory of Europe websites.
• Ski holidays in krippenstein – Austria: The essential resort for adventures holidays.
• Xavier Fane: Great Photographer, backcountry skier, mountain biker.
• Alpineismski, Wanaka, NZ: Gary and Iris offer you alpine ascent, ski touring, trekking, avalanche courses.

Important links, medecine, non-profit organizations, information about high altitude.

• Room to Read: World change starts with educated children, room to read partners with local communities throughout developing world to establish schools, libraries…
• Explorers web: high tech equipment for expeditions. satellite phones, PDA, and much more, information about expeditions organization, websites, progress. all you need ! very good details information.
• Sport Medecine: Information about Hydration, sweat and much more.
• Craig and Kelly: Heart transplant Kelly Perkins climbing story, Matterhorn, Kilimanjaro, El capitan.
• High altitude medicine: information about “HAPE / HACE/AMS” Lake Louise score and more.
• High altitude medication: Information about Diamox, Nifedipine, dexamethasone.