Coaching, Snowshoe, Igloo Experience
Step out of your day to day business, take time for reflection and empower yourself!
Are you yearning for inspiration and expansion through meaning exchange with others, but the idea of another online self-mastery training does not appeal to you? Then we have just the thing for you. An Alpine Azure retreat is a personal development program in a scenic location in Switzerland that comes with outdoor activity in combination with group coaching practices. It is surely a transformational adventure that you will think back to with joy.
Our winter programs allow you to reflect and gain new perspectives. They help you gain clarity as you playfully try new experiences (like sleeping in an igloo!), and allowing new possibilities to emerge for your future.
Feeling curious? Learn more about the program in a free 30-minute discovery call.
As your shovel bites into the icy snow, adding one block onto another to build your igloo with your peers, you will be confronted with the inner connection to yourself as you open up to others around you. On an expedition with us, you will be challenged both mentally and physically aiming to learn more about hidden parts of yourself. You will part of a group of likeminded people taking home memories that you will inspire you for the time ahead.
Our 4-day immersive programs are designed to offer you space for reflection and clarity on where you are in your life while expanding your perspectives. Each day provides a mix of group coaching practices, individual reflections and outdoor experiences. Under guidance of our mountain guide we will engage as teams in igloo building and apart from learning and practicing your leadership skills, you will actually get the chance to sleep in your igloo if you are feeling bold enough to embrace the cold. At any time, you will have your room ready in the hut, if the cold doesn’t let you sleep. The physical highlight of the experience is our famous “peak day”, where we set out early for a nearby summit under the leadership of our mountain guide. The stunning vistas of endless mountains offer new perspectives you can take home and apply to your life or work, to augment both your joy and your impact.
Our winter programs take place in Turren, Obwalden where we explore the snow fields and nearby peaks. We will reside in the gorgeous Berghuis Schönbüel from where we have a fantastic view onto the Bernese Alps.
2025 DATES – coming soon
We are playing out in the snow in the winter 2024 – see you in 2025!
How you’ll benefit:
- Room for reflection through led practices
- A new sense of clarity regarding where you are in your life
- Energized outlook toward your future
- Awareness of the limitation of your own horizons followed by expansion
- Enhanced mindset to face new challenges at home and work
- Compassion and new felt empathy for self and others
- Playfully try something new
- Snowshoe experience you can enjoy in the future
4-Day program overview
Here we have a list of relevant information relating to our 4-day winter retreats. If what you are looking is not featured here please feel free to contact us.
Daily itinerary
Thursday: Arrive at the beautiful Swiss Alps to the village of Lungern where the Alpine Azure team will meet you. After introductions, we take a short ride up the Lungern-Turren-Bahn cable car. At the top station, we put on our snowshoes and begin our hike to the Schönbüel hut. After arriving at the hut, we will get settled, enjoy a traditional dinner and close with our evening discussion.
Friday: Wake up early for meditation and reflection. After breakfast we enjoy a walk in the nearby landscape. We will return to the hut for lunch, then the afternoon includes guided group discussions, followed by open time before dinner. Evening includes meditation and close with our evening discussion.
Saturday: Once again, we start the day with meditation followed by breakfast. Today our mountain guide joins us and we head outside to have some fun building our igloo and enjoying the sweeping views. Late afternoon includes open time, group discussions about the igloo- building group experience. We close early after our evening meditation, and those that choose to go sleep in the igloo.
Sunday: Wake up super early to start the Peak Day, where our aim is a nearby destination that we will reach via snowshoes. After a return to the hut for lunch, we close the program then head back down to catch the cable car.
We may adjust specific activities based on the weather.
What to expect
A unique 4-day mountain experience in the Swiss Alps: A development experience designed to move you into your growth zone while exploring the alpine environment. Expect to be challenged holistically in a supportive environment.
Personal development coaching: Deepen your self-awareness with daily group coaching, discussions and activities, both individual and with the group. Proven exercises from leadership and embodiment training will support you to explore what matters most to you and in which direction you want your life to go.
Introduction to Snowshoeing and Igloo building: Learn to walk and hike in snowshoes. Get trained in the basics of avalanche safety. No experience is needed. Work as a team to build an igloo (and sleep in it if you want!). Gain confidence with new winter outdoor skills that will stay with you for future adventures.
Experienced leaders: Our leaders bring their knowledge and enthusiasm from their years of diverse experience in their fields. Also accompanied by a certified mountain guide, their combined experiences are leveraged to build your confidence and sense of courage.
A licensed mountain guide for our time in the snow: Your safety is our top priority. Our experienced guide will lead the climb on our peak day experience. But even before that, she will guide us to complete an introductory safety training to teach the mountaineering basics you’ll need to do the snow show safely.
A chance to disconnect from the day to day and invest in YOU: Feel yourself come alive as you experience the restorative beauty of nature and the wonder of a glacier up close. The program aims to help you connect and build awareness in yourself, others and the environment around you.
Daily reflection & meditation: We start and finish each day with meditation practices, enabling calm and centeredness, and helping you reconnect with your best self.
Traditional mountain accommodations: Part of the alpine experience is staying in a Swiss mountain hut. We will stay in gorgeous Berghuis Schönbüel. Meals prepared daily at the huts include local specialties. Vegetarian options are available.
Small, intimate group size: We intentionally keep the group small to create a trusting and supportive environment that enables reflection, connection and growing together. Max 14 participants, 2 leaders and mountain guide.
Your investment
The price for this one of a kind 4-day experience is CHF 3’250.–
Includes:
Pre-retreat group call
Group tailored program consisting of group coaching, embodiment and mindfulness practices
Accommodation, food, drinks in a shared mountain hut dorm
Mountaineering guide
Follow up group connect after the retreat
Not included are:
Transport
Gear
Alcohol
Meeting point
We will meet in Lungern outside the Lungern-Turren-Bahn (cable car station). This is a lower cable car station with parking. There is also a toilet here.
Lungern and the cable car mountain station can be easily reached by public transport, train and bus, or by car. Please read more here: https://turren.ch/en/how-to-find-us
Public transport schedule: Link to SBB >
From Geneva (approx. 4. hours):
- Train to Lucerne
- Connecting regional train to Lungern
From Zürich (approx. 2 hours):
- Train to Lucerne
- Connecting regional train to Lungern
The walk between the train station and the valley station takes approximately 15-20 minutes. On request at the valley station (+41 41 679 01 11) a shuttle bus is available for the route between the train station and the valley station.
Car:
From Lucerne: A8 direction Interlaken, exit Lungern.
From Interlaken: A8 direction Lucerne, exit Lungern. Turn off at the church in the direction of Obsee.
Parking:
There is parking available at the cable car station at CHF 5.– per day.
COVID-19
Alpine Azure will comply with all federal and local regulations. Due to the dynamic nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting impact on policy, we must accept that we live at a time during which what applies today may longer apply tomorrow. As a result, we are currently unable to confirm absolutely that the program will not be affected by COVID-19 nor are we able to provide definitive information on the protective measures that will apply during the event. We will remain closely informed and will adapt our program policy as needed according to regulations. We will inform all participants of the respective protective measures one month in advance of the event.
Karoline (31, DE), Physicist
“Right from the beginning I felt like being part of the Women on Ice family. I will always remember these 5 days in the Swiss Alps where I tried many things for the first time and got to know myself much better. I was inspired by the other women and profited from their experience as much as I profited from my own.”
