Unwrap the Gift of Travel this Holiday Season! As we approach the holiday season, the pursuit of the perfect present takes center stage. This year indulge in the extraordinary by... read more →
Over the years here at Ryder-Walker Alpine Adventures, we have been asked for advice on pre- and post-hike activities in gateway cities from Buenos Aires to Munich. As guides, we often... read more →
Ryder-Walker takes good eating as seriously as we take good hiking. No region of Europe offers dining opportunities quite like the foods in the Italian Dolomites. The Italian Dolomites have... read more →
How do we know that you'd like to be in the Italian Dolomites right now? Because WE'D like to be in the Italian Dolomites right now. Just look at... read more →
These would make awesome gifts!!! Ryder-Walker commissioned award-winning artist Wayne McKenzie to paint three of our favorite hikes in Europe, the Val Ferret (Tour du Mont Blanc), the Val Travenanzes... read more →
Daniel Sundqvist sent these photos from a private Dolomites hike that he's guiding in Italy. One of our guests wanted to celebrate her 50th birthday in style, so she, her... read more →
What better way to celebrate spring than with this picture of dandelions blanketing a rolling green meadow in the Italian Dolomites! This meadow is called the Alpe di Siusi, or Seiser... read more →
Lots of them! The bucolic meadows keep rolling and rolling in the Italian Dolomites. The meadows are called "Alms" in this part of the world, and the Alms that you... read more →
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Ryder-Walker. We have a lot to be thankful for! Photo: Decanting the red wine. Italian Dolomites Trek, 2013.
Because they're just so friggin' awesome! Note the hikers in the lower left part of the image. Ryder-Walker guide Ken Fuhrer captured this image during one of many Italian Dolomites hiking tours... read more →
...on our Italian Dolomites Trek. Built in 1903, and restored after WWI by the C.A.I. (Italian Alpine Club), the Rifugio Vicenza invites hikers to warm the bones and refresh the... read more →
It's pictures like this one, of the people that we meet along the trail, that remind us of the many reasons that we do what we do. Ryder Walker guides... read more →
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