People & Stories

laudia Alini, a dedicated hiking trail manager in the region, combines tourism, health and creativity. With her experience, she ensures that the hiking trails remain in top condition.

Lorenz Tschenett is both an organic farmer and a butcher. He runs Bacharia Val Müstair with its own abattoir and meat processing plant. An important business in the Biosfera Val Müstair Nature Park. 

How does a cultural identity develop and what does it do to us? What influence does the past have on the present? Marco Gilly enjoys dealing with such questions. 

After many years of travelling the world as a mountain guide, Rudi was drawn to Val Müstair. As a mountain guide and secondary school teacher, he lives and works in the Biosfera Val Müstair nature par

Veit Angerer, initiator of Venosta Nordic, is creating a diverse cross-country skiing network in the border triangle, ranging from beginner routes to professional routes from the last Tour de Ski.

Doing everything the way you've always done it is not Uli Veith's thing. The South Tyrolean has been managing director of the UNESCO Monastery of St. Johann Foundation in Müstair for eight years.

Since 2021 they have dedicated themselves to the family project "Red Gold" - the cultivation of saffron.

Fabian Tschenett runs a specialist shop in Müstair with a lot of joy and verve. Fabian finds relaxation from everyday business life on the soccer fields in Val Müstair and South Tyrol or on his skis.

The «alpine addiction» gripped Aita 25 years ago and has not let go until today.  

It is the joy of movement that Manuela enjoys so much. With great passion she passes this on to her guests and thus contributes to their well-being.

As the son of a carpenter, Dario and his two brothers began working and tinkering in the family workshop at an early age. It was a similar story with music.

As a wild ranger, Jon Gross monitors, regulates and coordinates the populations of wild animals in the Biosfera Val Müstair.

When hearing the word «Ofenpass», many have asked themselves what was cooked here that gave the hill this name? Valentin Pitsch knows.

They are two worlds that could hardly be more different. Dennis, who was born in Zambia, left his homeland Kabwe behind and followed love - all the way to Val Müstair.

Nicci Tschenett feels comfortable in any terrain. Her motto: «Better too fast than too slow». As a bike guide, however, she also knows where caution is advised. And where the most beautiful trails are

Did you know that right on the Swiss border there was a relentless war between Italy and Austria-Hungary? 100 years later, you can walk in the footsteps of the First World War.

From 2013 to 2019, the convent of St. Johann in Müstair was the supreme task of the local religious sister Domenica Dethomas. During this time, she presided over the monastery as prioress.

For many years, the young man from Val Müstair used his energy to make forestry in the Val Müstair as sustainable as possible for people and the environment.

Isidor Sepp is an organic farmer and «tourism expert» with a passion. Together with his llamas, wife and children, he runs a farm in Müstair.

Sergio Tschenett is a really good and elegant biker. The Val Müstair and the surrounding Alpine passes have shaped him.

Augustin Oswald has been a ski instructor in Minschuns for 30 years. For him the most beautiful place in winter: Great slopes, winter hiking trails, cross-country ski trails and sun.

Freshly groomed trails, blue skies, warming rays of sunshine - conditions like these put Curdin Bott, Val Müstair's long-time cross-country ski instructor, in a good mood.

As a previous venue of the Tour de Ski and two top local athletes, the tranquil valley has very prominent cross-country ambassadors. We meet Gianluca Cologna on the famous sprint track in Tschierv.