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Mud and sweat in black and white: this is as close as you can get to the heartbeat of the National Park Bike Marathon. It's not perfection that counts here, but determination. My camera was right in the middle of it all.

A three-day ski tour in the middle of the well-developed Swiss Alps without crossing a single other trail – total solitude. Far away from fashionable ski tours, comfortable huts and crowded summits, there are still some quiet, almost untouched spots in the Swiss mountains. Packed with tent and food, the search for solitude leads to the Lower Engadine.

After our well-earned beers last night, we sleep in until 8.00 am...