
A cosy little hut high in the mountains. Surrounded by bizarre granite towers, walls and glaciers. However, the short walk required to reach it makes it ideal for day-trippers, mountaineers and climbers alike.
www.sidelen-huette.ch
Boot Control On The Kleines Kamel
Hot on the heels of the Mammut fans who traveled from all over Europe to Bernese Oberland to test our Alpine Underwear, we now turn to a team of professional mountain guides. Their Job: To test Mammut’s new mountain boots. The team of mountain guides assembled on a hellishly narrow ledge providing a spectacular setting for Mammut’s advertising campaign.
How could we do this? Watch our making-of movie here:
First came the search for a spectacular location. Our initial idea was the Pilz on the west flank of the Eiger, but a geological survey we had commissioned dissuaded us. We carried on looking, turning down both the Lobhörner and the Gspaltenhorn. It fi nally came down to the Kleines Kamel in the Furka region, using the Sidelen hut as an operational base. We needed to determine the proportions involved. Mammut team member Stephan Siegrist was dispatched up the Kamel pillar alone. After a thumbs-up from photographer Röbi Bösch and art director Gabriel Peisker it was time for the creative phase...
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Location: 2,900 m | Furka, Bielenlücke | Uri canton | Switzerland
Mission: to test the new Mammut alpine boots!
Testers:
Daniel Arnold | Rinaldo Borra | Robert Bösch | Denis Burdet | Nina Caprez | Hansruedi Christen | Tobias Felber | Albert Gasser | Christopher Fischer | Lorenz Frutiger | Christian Garbani | Stephane Guex | Christian Haug | Sem Hediger | Gabriela Hodel | Werner Hofer | Tinu Hostettler | Hampi Hug | Ernst Immer | Michael Jakopp | Cedric Lachat | Andres Lietha | Gabriel Peisker | Louis Piguet | Jutta Römmelt | Stei Steurer | Marco Zemp
This text is based on the Furka Pass article in the free encyclopaedia Wikipedia Wikipedia and is under the GNU Free Documentation License. A list of the authors is available on Wikipedia.













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