Daniel Perret
UIAGM Mountain Guide
Wydenstrasse 32b
6390 Engelberg
Switzerland
Languages
- German / Swiss GermanFluent
- SwedishFluent
- EnglishGood
- FrenchI get by – even better after a small beer.
Get in touch.
Want to book a guided tour in Engelberg or ask a question? Get in touch. WhatsApp is the quickest way to reach me.
For quick questions and tour enquiries. I will reply when I have reception and a moment to spare.
Chat on WhatsApp nowTell me your preferred date, activity, group size and experience. If you are still choosing a route, we can find one that suits you.
dani@engelberg.guide
For detailed tour planning and multi-day trips. I am often out in the mountains and aim to reply to emails within 48 hours.
Please let me know if possible:
– Preferred date
– Activity (freeride, ski touring, mountaineering, climbing…)
– Number of people
– Your experience level
Telephone
+41 79 513 16 56
You might catch me on a lunch break. If I cannot take your call, I will call you back.
Best reached:
From 7:30 to 19:30
This is Dani
📍 Grew up in Emmetten in Central Switzerland — overlooking Lake Lucerne and the Uri Alps.
My parents took me into the mountains even as a child and taught me early on what it means to be out and about up there. Not as a tourist. As a mountain person.
🏔️ Home territory Engelberg & Uri Alps
I have known Engelberg and its valleys for decades. The slopes at Titlis, the couloirs at Galtiberg, the climbs around the Spannort — that is not just knowledge learned from books. It is lived experience.
🎓 Apprenticeship as a Geomatics Technician & Start of Computer Science Degree
After attending sports school in Mora, Sweden (2003), and completing a four-year apprenticeship as a geomatics technician, I began studying computer science. Absorbed by the screen, I missed the mountains and nature too much and successfully dropped out of school to have more time in the mountains.
⛷️ Ski & Cross-Country Ski Instructor Prime Ski School Engelberg
After a very long cycling tour through Russia and the whole of Europe, I worked the winters that followed as a ski instructor and completed a large part of the snow sports instructor training. Thanks to my mentor at the time, Armin Kündig, I was also able to learn a lot in the technical management of the Prime Ski School Engelberg. In summer, I was mainly out and about in the mountains.
🏔️ 2010 – 2026 Establishment of and collaboration with Engelberg Mountain Guide
From 2010 to 2026, I had the privilege of helping to build and shape the Engelberg Mountain Guide agency alongside Sämi Speck, Thomas Odermatt and Fredi Krummenacher. From the first day in the office as a «nobody» to becoming one of the most well-known addresses for mountain guide services in the region — I am particularly proud of this collaborative work. From the summer of 2026, it was time to go my separate ways. Let's see where this journey leads.
🧗 Mountain guide since 2015, IFMGA certified.
In 2012 I began my mountain guide training — completing it in 2015. Since then I have been an IFMGA-certified mountain guide: the highest international qualification that exists in mountaineering.
🏃 Polysport
Mountain and endurance sports were never just a hobby for me — they were a school. As an active competitive athlete in orienteering, cross-country skiing, road cycling and trail running, I learned what it really means to know your own body: pacing yourself, evaluating pain, and keeping going when it counts. That perseverance, along with the extensive network built through it, is now part of every tour that I guide.
👶 The Janosch, Malin & Laila family with partner Judith
I am the father of three children — Janosch, Malin and Laila. That changes how I see the mountains: with respect, with responsibility, but also with the joy of passing something magnificent on.
📖 Author of Engelberg Outdoor Guide and other mountain sports literature
Throughout my time in the mountains, I was allowed to publish guide literature in collaboration with colleagues on a regular basis. By now, I have sold over 10,000 copies of various print media and inspired many guests to go hiking in the mountains.
🌍 German · Swedish · English · French
I enjoy working with international guests. Besides German and Swedish, which I speak fluently, I am good at English and after a small beer I also speak French.
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Training & Network
IFMGA Mountain Guide
UIAGM — what does that mean? UIAGM (Union Internationale des Associations de Guides de Montagne) is the international umbrella organisation for mountain guide associations. The UIAGM qualification is the highest certification in the mountain guiding profession worldwide — trained in rock, ice, high alpine environments and avalanche science.
✓ Swiss Mountain Guides Association SBV
✓ Unterwalden Mountain Guides Association
✓ Occupational Safety & Work at Height Level 2
✓ Swiss Snowsports Level 3 Instructor Skiing, cross-country skiing & telemark
Network overview
Engelberg thrives on the people who know and love its mountains. Mountain guides, hut wardens and hosts – a network of individuals whom I trust and who help shape this mountain world every day.
