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Mountain Guides and Riders
Mountain guides
Cédric Dorsaz
July 1986
Aspirant guide since 2023
“Not good at staying on the beaten track” Coquin Dors
Michel Carron
April 1987
Guide since 2011
“The mountains are there to remind us that life has its ups and downs. One advantage of freeriding is that it brings us back to the top effortlessly after the descent. But the most important thing is to understand and appreciate the value of the moment! “
Patrick Guillaume
Mars 1991
Guide since 2017
“Skiing and freeriding is the purest form of joy for me. The mountain is a big playground!”
Hervé Bolliger
June 1995
Aspirant guide since 2021
“Since I was a kid I’ve been walking in the mountains in summer and winter, whatever the weather, and now I can pass on this wonderful passion to anyone who wants to.”
Nathan Monard
February 1996
Aspirant guide since 2021
“Mountains are a source of inspiration”
Grégoire Hattich
September 1989
Aspirant guide since 2021
“Flat is boring”
Felix Maurhofer
January 1964, mountain guide since 1997
«Freeride is for me like dancing on snow. It’s got everything, from Tango to Rock’n’Roll.»
Romain Wuilloud
April 1989
Mountain guide since 2017
Passionate about ski-touring, Freeride & Heliski.
Serge Thélin
February 1979, mountain guide since 2006
« What I like about freeriding is the speed and beauty of the lines in good company »
Nicole Grange-Berthod
Born in the heart of the Alps, I was immersed in the world of mountains and mountaineering from an early age. The youngest of a family of four children, I used to take advantage of my eldest’s absence to sneak out and borrow their climbing equipment and take my first steps in the Borgne gorges, just a stone’s throw from the family home.
What started out as a simple hobby soon became a passion! UIAGM mountain guide since 2013
Meet Nicole
Nicolas Vuadens
Riders
Milon Favre
A steep slope snowboarder with many first runs through the Alps, Peru and Pakistan. And now also Powsurfer with 4 years of experience.
Milon is also the founder of the Milon Snowboards brand, which this year will merge with the other local Diablerets Forest Snowboards brand.
Meet Milon
Xavier Schumacher
Conocido por hacer las cosas siempre diferente a otras personas. Adicto a la nieve, esquiará en cualquier condición! Según él, mayo-junio son los mejores meses porque comienzas a esquiar en la nieve y terminas en la hierba 🙂
Meet Schumi
Kevin Guri
Kevin’s route can be seen as the mirror of his path, relaxed but effective. Therefore, although not yet an athlete in the soul, he finished third in the SFR Tour race, thanks to his hard work, so he decides to test himself with freeride by entering the Freeride World Qualifier… which he amazingly won. So, he was launched towards the Freeride World Tour. After two seasons on the circuit, even if he did not reach the limited number, he benefits from a Wild Card… and won at Verbier, in honour of the invitation. Eventually, after so many years of being in awe of the starting line, Kevin hangs up his competition boots, to follow in the footsteps of his predecessors at the sports club. He manages and trains Les Ménuires freeski school, Freeski Belleville, which he supervises with Antoine Diet and Victor Galuchot. He always keeps shooting, in front of or behind the camera. Thus, Sur leur Trace, a film made in 2018 and released in 2019, was awarded at the Tarbes freeride film festival, and was voted as favourite at the High Five festival in Annecy. Clear evidence of this man’s ride.
Meet Kevin
Pierre Guyot
Free skiing has found his bard. Pierre is a hymn to good company, sometimes with a thin slice of bacon and other times as poet of the ordinary. Communicating the joy of skiing while laughing about yourself, transmitting beauty without bothering about the great exploits, Pierre is unique as he has the ability to lift skiing from its ridiculous gravity status.
Meet Pierre
Sven Mermod
Sven is the ultimate ski freerider. He embodies smooth riding, speed control and aggressive movement.
Born in the heart of the Swiss Alps, he grew up between the forest and the peaks. Like a mountain goat, he climbs to the summit and goes down faster than ever.
Sascha Schmid
Sascha grew up on skis, his parents had a holiday home in the mountains, the next lift was not far away. So it came that Sascha completed his first ski race at the age of six. 15 years later, with some FIS races in his backpack, it was crystal clear to him that the best skiing would not take place on the slopes but next to them.
Since then some snow has fallen and melted, Sascha became Freerider Pro, started at some Freeride Worldtour (IFSA) and Redbull Snowthrills in Europe and North America and skied cross on WC level. Since 2004 Sascha also runs his own Bike & Freeski shop „Free-Mountain“ in Thun
Meet Sascha
Arnaud Ader
For him, Freeride doesn’t just mean skis, DVA, shovel, probe and Magic Pass… you need a big bag!
Since 15 years in Les Diablerets with the practice of ice and rock climbing, ski touring, and paragliding, he realizes that the possibilities are infinite…!
With the taste of the effort, and a beautiful transmission of the knowledge by the buddies of rope of Les Diablerets, he could ride lines of anthology, in skis, snowboard or powsurf!
Ranja Schlotte
There are only 2 seasons for Ranja: kite surfing and skiing. Sport is 365 days a year!
Meet Ranja
Constantin Gross
Meet Constantin
Sylvain Streuli
Not born but pretty much raised in the valley ! Passionate skier and snowboarder as well as an occasional freeheeler. I am deeply in love with the beauty of a nice curve drawn on a blank canvas … With or without an ice axe in the hand, dream pow or shitty crust, I am always the happiest guy when I can glide !
Meet Sylvain
Sylvain
Sylvain Nicolier or Suisse moi, is a traveller who makes video challenges all over the world. After winning traditional wrestling matches in Togo, eating the most improbable things in the world, rollerblading down the Gilbraltar rock and finally snowboarding in Lausanne, he will be in Les Diablerets, because the glacier is after all the best place in the world to be.
Meet Sylvain
César Pittex
Former alpine skier turned freerider several years ago. I’ve often trained in ski moutnereering on the Oldenhorn and perfected my alpine style at the bottom of the Olden slope. I love fast freeriding, but also steep slopes and being able to combine mountaineering, skiing and “performance” (on the way up).
Meet César
Noé Pittex
As a lover of the Ormonts valley, I love discovering its secrets. Whether skiing, PowSurfing or paragliding, there’s always something special to explore. A line, an image or an encounter punctuates my rides!
Meet Noé
Tim Beinert
Highly addicted to the natural force of water – frozen or liquid. In the winter time, freeriding is for me the most rewarding way to constantly challenge myself in a new way. No day is like the other and there are always new things to discover.