Peer Exchange Travel

North American & European Mountain Destinations

Move beyond your own mountain range, your own state or even your own continent to learn and share ideas with other community and business leaders from across North America and Europe. In a world of virtual experiences and remote meetings, there remains no substitute for the knowledge, ideas and team building gained through travel exchanges with your peers.

Through Mountain Strategies, your staff, future leaders or your Board members and elected officials will gain lasting relationships and witness best practices in some of the most iconic mountain destinations in the world. Areas of focus during peer-visits often include; village planning and ski/gondola operations, business development, arts & culture, workforce housing projects, short-term rental policies, visitor management, multi-mode transportation solutions, and special event planning and execution.

During the trip-planning phase, Mountain Strategies will work with prospective attendees to build a trip that caters to the specific learning and experiences desired by the group.

See summary of the Town of Vail visit to St. Moritz, Switzerland in 2022.

https://www.vail.gov/Home/Components/News/News/578/

Whether for travel between communities in North America or to destinations in the European Alps and Dolomites, Mountain Strategies specializes in facilitating all travel, logistics, business meetings and adventure/cultural experiences desired between communities. Whether from the Rockies, Northwest/BC, the Sierras or East Coast ski resorts, we curate unique learning and adventure and offer fee structures that met  each organization’s needs.

Leadership exchange trips are limited to small groups to maximize learning and excursion opportunities, generally between 8-10 individuals per trip. Travel groups will be made up of attendees who have similar subject matter learning interests and a desire to learn from one another as well as have fun! Interested small groups or pairs will be matched with other small groups from various other North American mountain communities.

A European peer leadership travel exchange is currently planned for early Summer 2025 to several of the following European destinations. Final itinerary based on attendee list and desired destinations:

• Chamonix, France

• Verbier, Switzerland

• Zermatt, Switzerland

• St. Moritz, Switzerland

• Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy

• St. Anton/Lech, Austria