From February 3, 2019 till February 9, 2019 this Crazy Snow Camp took place in a wonderful winter sports resort in Switzerland. Skiing, snowboarding, crazy group games, meditation, yoga and massage…
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This event has taken place in January 2019 and is history. So you can not sign up for this event anymore.
Activities
We’ll have a mountain hut just for our group at an altitude of 1.400m, high above the village and you can only get there by going up with the cable car and then ski or snowboard to the hut. In the daytime we will be skiing and snowboarding in this beautiful area with ‘on top of the world’ feeling. In the evening we will organise crazy group games, we’ll cook and eat vegan food together, we’ll relax in the unique Crazy Camp Mountain Sauna, have massage, yoga and meditation sessions etc. In the daytime a lot of snow fun, obviously. The Crazy Snow Camp will be an unforgettable snow adventure!
Natural High
Let’s enjoy this amazing adventure high in the Alps without any external stimulants! We will refrain from consuming alcohol and drugs. Our body will take care of generating adrenaline, endorphins, serotonin, dopamine and lots of oxytocin to get us high :) Read more here. All food will be vegan.
Location
Our mountain hut is at an altitude of 1400m and right at the slopes (ski-in/ski-out). The ski area is not super big and not super small. There are several skilifts, chair lifts and a cable cars. Mainly blue and red slopes but also some black and ski routes. Total vertical drop is around 1.200m (1.700m if the slope all the way to the village is open but that’s not all to often) The hut can be reached over a black slope, a red slope and over an easy ‘skiweg’.
Mind & Body
Although just being in this absurdly beautiful, remote mountain valley is already a good reset for your stressed brain, we will be actively working on bringing back balance to your life. Every day there will be yoga sessions and meditations – in the hut, but in the snow around the hut as well…
And there will be the unique Crazy Camp Mountain Sauna – with jump in the fresh powder snow afterwards! as well as guided massage sessions.
There are uncountable moments of fun, feelgood and laughter at the Crazy Snow Balance Camp. And there are moments of emotional release. One of the house rules is “Feel happy at all times – except when you don’t feel happy.” All feelings are welcome and the intention is to not judge any of them. And you are invited to welcome all feelings that might arise in you. We will be doing plenty of exercises and games (eye gazing for example) to connect with ourselves and with the others. If you are not ready to engage in those exercises and games, or you are only interested in the “light & fun” side of reality, then please choose another Crazy Camp :)
I’m happy to announce that Dieke (see photo below) will be our main yoga facilitator. You might know her from her “Love & Accept” Women’s Nude Yoga Journey. I really like her style: she’s clear and keeps a good eye on people’s levels and abilities. She received her Yoga teacher trainings in Europe and Asia. Dieke about herself: “My vision is freedom; freedom of my mind, freedom of judgement, freedom to make your own choices, freedom to walk your own path and most of all freedom to be totally yourself. Yoga provides me with the strength to chase this believe and makes me come back to myself every time. Yoga gives me the freedom to be me. This is why I teach yoga, to inspire others and to give them this feeling of freedom that I experience when I practice yoga myself.”
What if I love mountains but don’t want to join all that sharing and yoga and massage stuff?
Then please choose a different Crazy Camp :) Of course you can opt out of certain activities if you had a bad day in skiing, but if all these mind and body things are not your kind of thing, then the Crazy Snow Balance Camp is not your kind of thing.
Please notice that there is no ‘leadership team’ or ‘staff’ at the Crazy Snow Balance Camp. The yoga facilitator and Klaas will participate in the Crazy Snow Balance Camp activities just like the other participants. At best they are ‘primi inter pares’. We’re all in it together :) (faq)
Accommodation
The mountain hut is simple and with a very natural feel. The beds are bunk beds in group rooms. There is a kitchen with a wood stove. There is a toilet and an improvised washing facility with warm water from the wood stove. Please do not expect luxury things like comfort, tv or wifi. In the house clothing is optional, except in the sauna (faq). In general you will have very limited personal privacy. You will be surprised how fast you will feel at ease with everybody, in a place where you can simply be who you are, far away from your day to day environment and habitudes. No smoking in the house or in the sauna. Bring a sleeping bag. Target number of participants is 15.
Snow sports
In the daytime we will be skiing or snowboarding. This can be individually but we will do some things as a group also. In previous Crazy Snow Camps it turned out that the participants enjoy shredding the slopes together, teaching each other some ski/board skills, etc.
Please keep in mind that SNOW comes from NATURE so there is no guarantee for the amount of snow that will be there and for example no guarantee that these trails will be open and that all lifts will be working. In that case, we might be doing snowshoe hikes, build a kicker near the hut, or other improvisations :-)
At the end of the day and in the evenings we will be automatically together (we’re high on the slopes, there is nowhere else to go!) so we will make our own après ski. This will start with cooking, eating and cleaning together. There will be crazy group games, yoga sessions and so on. And let’s not forget the unique Crazy Camp Mountain Sauna! Basically everybody is expected to participate in the group life at the end of the day and in the evening (faq).
Video shot at the same location:
Workshops
There is space and time for workshop-like activities, so if you would like to share some of your knowledge or skills, feel free! Maybe you want to teach us some capoeira, do a photoshoot or make us sing the traditionals of your native culture? Just some ideas… it really can be anything. And if you don’t want to, that’s fine as well!
Food and Drinks
Cooking will be done by the group and for the group; no à la carte service :) Because we are high in the mountains, our resources are limited and we’ll all have to be flexible. If you are very precise/specific with your food, then this is not the right experience for you, sorry. Read Details About Diets And Restrictions
All food is vegan. Read Food Details
This is an alcohol free event. Read Alcohol Details
The deal
Your participation in the cost for these 6 days and nights is EUR 395 per person for accommodation, vegan food (that we will cook together), guided yoga sessions, guided meditations and tourist taxes.
or EUR 335 if you are female and you choose to use the Gender Pay Gap Compensation (faq)
That is cheap! However, don’t come if you are only interested in an affordable holiday. The Crazy Snow Balance Camp is all about the group, spending fun evenings together, doing crazy games, and enjoying the mountains together!
What is included/provided and what is not?
+ Guided yoga and meditation sessions
+ Accommodation
+ Vegan breakfast
+ Simple vegan lunch (sandwiches, leftovers of yesterdays dinner)
+ Vegan dinner (we will cook together)
+ Coffee, tea, water, juice
– Snacks, fruit, energy bars, soft drinks etc.
+ Tourist taxes
– Sleeping bags
– Towels
– Skipass, equipment rental
– Parking fees in the village if you come by car
+ Unforgettable fun
Should the exchange rate between EUR and SFR change dramatically, I will have to adapt these amounts.
Couples
If you are a couple, please understand that in the Crazy Snow Balance Camp you can not behave like a couple. In general the beds are allocated through a lottery (faq) and we’re all sleeping in one big space. And you are expected to participate in all activities and group life as individuals and not as a couple. Yes you will be hugging – in the numerous group hugs! So be prepared to sit each at opposite sides of the table during dinner, and accept that someone else than yourself might be giving your partner a salt scrub in the sauna.
How to get there
We will be in the east of Switzerland. Distance from Zürich airport is 120km, Basel/Mulhouse airport at 200km; Milano Bergamo airport is 280km, same for Munich airport. Can easily be reached by train.
From The Netherlands/Belgium/Luxemburg there is a ride share available, approx. EUR 90 two-way per person (faq)Most probably, as time passes by, ride shares from other directions will be added.
Switzerland is member of the Schengen agreement. If you can travel in any other Schengen country, you can travel in Switzerland.
Don’t miss these 6 nights of epic snow fun!
LET’S MAKE IT HAPPEN TOGETHER!
Interested?
If you want to participate in this event, then you’re out of luck… It is a past event! Please check out the other upcoming Crazy Camps or sign up for the newsletter and I’ll keep you updated about new Crazy Camps.
