Tobias Liljeroth
Åre, SE
Mountain content creator
Åre-based creator who has covered every aspect of mountain lifestyle — skiing, culture, hospitality, and people — for over 20 years.
About
Compassby The Mountain Studio
A journal of mountain life — from the team and ambassadors who actually live it.
We built The Compass for people like us.
People who plan trips around weather windows. Who pack the same shell for ten years. Who care about the bakery in the village as much as the run that ends there. Who’d rather take an extra day to do it properly than three days to do it fast.
The Mountain Compass is the journal we wished existed when we were planning our own trips. It is written entirely by The Mountain Studio team and our ambassadors — skiers, guides, alpinists, designers, photographers — all based in the mountain towns we cover. The recommendations are personal. The tone is honest. Nothing on this site is paid for.
We share what we’d tell a friend coming to visit: the lift to take first, the place to eat lunch that nobody books, the room with the best window, the right base layer for a −20° morning. Some of it is technical. Some of it is just a good evening.
If you live the mountain life — or want to — this is for you.
The mountains are for everyone. How you choose to experience them is personal.
Contributors
The team & ambassadors
A small, distributed group of editors, guides, and locals. Each one based in a place we cover — so the tips you read here come from people who were on the lift this morning.
Stefan Engström
Zermatt, CH
Founder
Co-founder of Peak Performance and former CEO of J.Lindeberg — now founder of The Mountain Studio at the foot of the Matterhorn. Profiled by SNOW Magazine as ‘The Maven’.
Marcel Hirscher
Annaberg, AT
Co-founder
Eight-time overall World Cup champion and one of alpine skiing’s all-time greats. Co-founder of The Mountain Studio.
Ted Ligety
Park City, US
Ambassador
Two-time Olympic gold medallist and five-time world champion — widely regarded as one of the greatest GS skiers of his generation.
Anna Swenn-Larsson
Sweden
Ambassador
Slalom specialist on the FIS World Cup circuit for the Swedish alpine national team. Fifteen seasons at the highest level.
Mattias Hargin
Sweden
Ambassador
Former alpine racer with 10+ years on the FIS World Cup. Three-time Olympian and Kitzbühel slalom winner.
Piers Solomon
Engelberg, CH
Ambassador — Backcountry
Backcountry and big-mountain skier. Spends winters chasing conditions and pursuing big lines in the Swiss Alps.
Dani Perret
Engelberg, CH
UIAGM Mountain Guide
Swiss UIAGM mountain guide based in Engelberg — our go-to guide when we want to safely find the best snow.
Christoph Oberschneider
Salzburg, AT
Photographer
Salzburg-born photographer with editorial and campaign work across the international ski press.
Gosia Śniegórska
Poland / Alps
Snowboard Ambassador
Polish snowboarder representing the TMS family on boards across the Alps and beyond.
Oskar Enander
Engelberg, CH
Photographer
One of the world’s leading ski photographers. Engelberg-based, with magazine covers and gallery shows around the globe.
Ted Bergner
Northern Sweden / Stockholm, SE
COO - The Mountain Studio
Grew up in the mountains of northern Sweden. Fifteen years building mountain lifestyle brands, with a lasting interest in how style and culture form around an active life.
The Studio
The Compass is published by The Mountain Studio — a Zermatt-based design house making considered gear and clothing for mountain life. To learn more about the studio, our values, and the products that fund this journal, visit the-mountain-studio.com .