Group capped at 4 participants. 4000 CHF/participant for the 1st co-hort happening on Friday 14th to Sunday 16th August
Capped at 4 participants. CHF 4,000/person — Aug 14–16.
That’s the real luxury today: the ability to be calm in any situation, even in the unknown.
By every visible measure, you’re doing well, and most days, you’d agree. But every leader who ends up here fits one of two profiles: someone who’s just come through an intense stretch and needs to let the pressure go before it costs them something they can’t get back, or someone about to enter one, who’d rather find clarity before the storm than after it. Either way, 48 hours in the Alps gives you back the same three things: a regulated nervous system, total mental clarity, and a renewed sense of what you’re building all of this for. Here’s exactly what that looks like:
By every measure, you’re doing well. But you know something’s off. 48 hours in the Alps gives you back a regulated nervous system, total clarity, and a renewed sense of what it’s all for.
People don’t need more information. They need the right environment.
Trust is everything in remote environments.
1. Qualify — A short call to confirm this is the right experience, at the right time, for you and for the small group you’ll be sharing it with.
1. Qualify — A short call to confirm it’s the right fit.
2. Immerse — 48 hours in the Valais Alps: a slow hike into the wild, a night under an open sky, several hours of true solitude, and a guided return to the chalet for a calm time to fully recharge.
2. Immerse — 48 hours in the Valais Alps: a hike, a night under the stars, hours of true solitude.
3. Integrate — A 90-day process built around four calls, so we make sure what you found in the mountains follows you in your daily life.
3. Integrate — 90 days of follow-up so it sticks.
You arrive early afternoon, share a light local lunch, and go through a quick gear check as a group. From there, phones go off and talking drops to a minimum. Mid-afternoon, you hike into the high Alps, barefoot where the ground allows. By evening, you reach a secluded spot, share a simple local meal, and close the day with a short reflection under the stars. You sleep outside, under the open sky.
The 1,000-star hotel is the new luxury.
You arrive, phones go off, and you hike into the high Alps. You sleep outside, under the open sky.
The 1,000-star hotel is the new luxury.
You wake before sunrise for a short night walk and a guided sunrise meditation. Then, four hours entirely on your own: no phone, nothing scheduled. The group regroups mid-morning and walks back together. By early afternoon, you’re at the chalet: sauna, a local meal, a real bed, and free time before the debrief. The day closes with a group debrief and dinner together.
A solo sunrise walk, hours of solitude, then the group reunites. You end at the chalet: sauna, a real meal, a shared debrief.
Some of the best ideas come after unplugging.
A 48-hour shift needs three months to stick. Each call opens with the Bring it Back (BIB) practice, then an honest, informal round on what’s actually going on since coming home.
A 48-hour shift needs 90 days to stick. Four short calls — a few days after, then monthly, ending at day 90 — keep it alive.
Time spent in nature, away from directed attention and constant input, is one of the more consistently replicated findings in environmental psychology: it’s associated with lower stress reactivity and a mind that stops running the background tasks it runs in the city.
Shared physical effort in a small group, the kind that comes from a real hike rather than a networking event, is one of the fastest known ways for genuine trust to form between people who were strangers 48 hours earlier.
All our guides are Wilderness First Responders, trained to rescue people in remote areas, and are Leave No Trace certified, ensuring complete respect of the land.
All our guides are Wilderness First Responders and Leave No Trace certified.
Army — Former reserve soldier
Business — Built and led a multi-million-euro company as CEO before founding Away Expedition
Desert — Solo crossing of the Liwa desert, 72 hours, full autonomy
Practice — Annual Vipassana practitioner
Resilience — Ice Bath Challenge winner, trained in both cold and heat exposure
Education — Master’s degree in Sport Management
Certification — Wilderness First Responder (WFR) · Leave No Trace Level 1 Instructor
Community — Member of MetalMen, an international brotherhood of entrepreneurs built on integrity and mutual support
“My role isn’t to challenge you. My role is to build the conditions where you challenge yourself, and to make sure those conditions are genuinely demanding and genuinely safe.”
Press: Arno Gazo — Challenging The Linear Life Model (HBS Blog) · Meet Arno Gazo
Business — Built and led a multi-million-euro company as CEO before founding Away Expedition
Desert — Solo crossing of the Liwa desert, 72 hours, full autonomy
Certification — Wilderness First Responder (WFR) · Leave No Trace Level 1 Instructor
“My role isn’t to challenge you. My role is to build the conditions where you challenge yourself.”
Ruta Mikulenaite knows the Valais like the back of her hand. She holds a mountain leader diploma from the Association of Swiss Mountain Guides, and trained as a forest therapy guide with the ANFT, the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy, the reference certifying body for guided nature-connection work. She guides the way a good guide should: present enough that everyone feels safe, quiet enough to let each participant find their own way through the experience.
Ruta knows the Valais like the back of her hand — a certified mountain leader and forest therapy guide. Calm, present, and lets you find your own way.
Sarah is the photographer and filmmaker behind the images on this page, based in Château-d’Oex in the Swiss Alps, known for her work with independent, nature-rooted businesses across Switzerland. She’ll be capturing the real chalet, the real guides, and the real light of this journey, so future versions of this page can retire the placeholders above for the real thing.
Don’t let the comfort zone kill you slowly.
Entrepreneur based in Dubai
“I feel like I’ve lived a full month of experience in a single day.”
Founder & CEO of a dental clinic group
“I would never try to convince someone to come. I think you attract the right people for this. It’s a special experience — it doesn’t fit everybody.”
Entrepreneur based in Dubai
“I was glad to have a guide, even though I’m usually resistant to that idea.”
You don’t need to be tougher. You need 48 hours of quiet in a natural environment, held by people who know exactly how to bring you there.
Every journey is capped at 4 people, and applications are reviewed individually.
You need 48 hours of quiet, held by people who know exactly how. Every journey is capped at 4.
Your sleeping spot adjusts to conditions: under the stars if it’s clear, a tent if rain is likely, a wooden shelter for extreme weather. The guide makes the call on the ground.
All guides are certified Wilderness First Responders, trained for remote-area emergencies, with a backup team nearby throughout. You must be free of any medical condition that could be risky far from medical facilities. If a genuine emergency requires early departure, the journey coordinator manages the extraction — your 90-day integration continues as planned.
A 50% deposit secures your spot. Cancel 30+ days out and the deposit is kept; less than 30 days out, the full fee is due — unless you transfer to a future date at no cost by notifying us at least 14 days ahead. If Away Expedition cancels or postpones for low enrollment, you’re fully refunded within 7 business days.
Right now, Arno is on every journey in person. If that changes, the protocol will be adjusted and communicated in advance.
Mostly personal clothing and shoes — Away Expedition provides most equipment, and you’ll complete an equipment checklist before departure.
Able to walk 2–3 hours on challenging terrain, and free of medical conditions that could pose a risk far from care.
No — electronics aren’t permitted and are returned afterward. Communication is limited to technical questions and emergencies. Phones and electronics will be collected after the briefing (1st day after lunch). It will be returned the next day at around 6PM after the closing circle.
Four 60-minute integration calls follow, every Tuesday: the week after, one week later, one month later, and at 90 days. Exact dates are confirmed in writing beforehand.
Yes — anything shared during the journey, debrief, or integration calls stays private between participants. Testimonials are recorded and published only with your knowledge; you can opt out beforehand.
Yes, a 30-minute video call confirms it’s the right fit and helps prepare you.
