Hiking Switzerland's Via Alpina

Traverse the ‘Top of the Alps’ through the best sections of the Bernese Oberland

Leaders

Here are the Trip Leaders scheduled for this journey (please note that leader assignments are subject to change).

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Gill Browder

Gill Browder is British by birth, but has made her home in the alpine capital of Chamonix, France, for almost 30 years. She has explored destinations throughout Europe, Central Asia, the Far East, Africa, and Alaska, but delights most in the discoveries to be found in ...

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Mike Browder

Departure Dates: July 19-28, 2023

Mike Browder leads WT adventures from Corsica to the Alps and northward to the fjords of Norway. He has worked in outdoor settings all his life, directing parks and recreation programs in Bend, Oregon, coaching ski teams, and mountain climbing in North America and ...

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Marian Gibert

Marian Gibert has been a world traveler from a young age. She was born in Bilbao, Spain, grew up in Venezuela, and later lived in Britain, where she studied Business Administration at Cambridge. She also lived and worked in a resort in the Swiss Alps, picking up the ...

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Tanya Perret

Tanya Perret has had a passion for the mountains for as long as she can remember, feeling a great sense of freedom and pureness with mountain travel. Originally from Bath, England, she fell in love with the Alps and the Himalayas and since 1997 has led over 200 trips, ...

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Clive Roberts

“My biggest passion in life is the mountains,” says Clive Roberts. “Climbing them, traveling through them, working in them, living in them.” Since 1995, Clive has led groups on every continent, and often brings his guitar along on the hikes, ...

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Hashmat Singh

Departure Dates: July 19-28, 2023

Hashmat Singh has led over 180 journeys on three continents for us since 1990. He holds a BA in History from Delhi University and is a noted photographer. His book, Trekking in the Himalaya (Roli Books), features photographic essays from Ladakh to Bhutan. Born an army ...