Climbing on frozen water

Climbing up huge icicles or icy rock faces with sharp irons in your hands and on your feet has its own special appeal. Ice climbing is not only much more strenuous and challenging than it looks, it also provides a real thrill. But there is one catch to this sport: you will freeze at least once. The best advice is to contact the mountaineering schools, as they offer great taster courses.

Not everyone likes a tight binding

Snowboarding doesn't need to be explained, nor does surfing (wave riding). Why not combine the two? Snurfing is actually nothing more than snowboarding in its original form, without any bindings. Gliding through the deep snow on specially built boards brings the surfing feeling to the mountains. The ascent on foot trains your strength and stamina and the descent is a technical challenge. Once you get the hang of it, snorkelling is great fun.

Make the monkey

Take to the gym for a change: Ninja Warrior is RTL's TV hit par excellence. Here, the contestants jump from platform to platform, shimmy on rings and try to balance somewhere without falling off. Incidentally, this used to be called "Der Boden ist Lava" or "Affen-Fangis" in Switzerland. Much better than watching is swinging yourself like a monkey from one scaffold to the next. It is the perfect group activity and is now offered in many places. It challenges dexterity and agility and leaves you aching the other day to feel the muscles you've neglected in recent years - all of them!

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Wanna bet that the following sport gets more adrenaline pumping through your veins than all of last summer's trail runs put together? Interested? Then travel to St. Moritz and plunge down the ice channel. Simply thundering down the Olympic Bobrun is of course not an option. But there are cab rides on offer in St. Moritz where you can be piloted down the ice channel. You have no influence whatsoever on what happens and everything happens far too quickly for you to process it. You will never forget this ride!

Gone for a ride

Want more sore muscles? Then grab your buddies and venture out onto the ice again, but this time armed with sticks. Don't get into mischief with them, but try to play the black hard rubber disk into the opponent's goal. Ice hockey requires skill, speed and team spirit. If you can barely stay on your skates, you can use the field hockey stick as a support, but you will hardly score any goals. We promise, you'll have a lot of fun and every single muscle fiber will ache the next day - yey!

The "finale bonus"

If you can't do anything with any of these suggestions and are inseparable from your bike, then here's a bonus tip: do yourself and your fellow riders a favor and simply travel to Finale. You can also enjoy great biking there in the winter months, unless Ms. Holle is also on a biking vacation in Liguria ;)
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