Ski Touring
Moderate
Ski Touring Foundations
Four days to learn the craft of touring: skinning, kick turns, transceiver search and choosing a safe line in the Aiguilles Rouges.
From, per person
€890
Guide fees, group equipment and planning included. Dates on request.
Overview
What to expect.
This course is for good piste skiers who want to leave the lifts behind. Over four days in the Aiguilles Rouges and the Col des Montets you learn to skin efficiently, make clean kick turns and ski varied snow with a pack.
Avalanche awareness runs through every day. You practise transceiver searches, dig a snow profile and learn how we read the avalanche bulletin before choosing a slope.
Itinerary
Day by day.
Plans follow the weather and the group. Your guide confirms each day the evening before and adapts the route when conditions call for it.
Day 1. Kit and first climbs
Fitting skins and bindings, then gentle climbs above Le Tour to work on rhythm and kick turns.
Day 2. Avalanche rescue
Single and multiple burial searches, probing and strategic shovelling, followed by a short tour to the Col des Posettes.
Day 3. Reading the snowpack
A longer tour in the Aiguilles Rouges reserve with a snow pit and a group discussion of the day's terrain choices.
Day 4. Your own plan
The group plans the final tour from the bulletin and the map, and the guide follows your choices unless safety says otherwise.
Practical
What is included, what to bring.
Included in the price
- IFMGA guide for four days
- Lift passes for the course days
- Avalanche kit if you do not have your own
What to bring
- Touring skis, skins and boots (rental available)
- Waterproof shell and warm layers
- Goggles, sunglasses and two pairs of gloves
- 25 to 30 litre pack and a thermos
Your guides
Who leads this tour.
Every departure is led by an IFMGA mountain guide who knows the route well. Open a profile to read about their background.
Enquire
Ask about dates for this tour.
Send us your preferred dates and a line about your experience. A guide replies within one working day with availability, a kit list and anything you should train for.
Phone
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