- Highlights
- Description
- Example Itinerary
- Included / Not Included
- Prerequisites
- Equipment Required
- Availability & Prices
- Book Now
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- Improve your off-piste / ski mountaineering skills in the Italian Alps
- Excellent training and attention to detail
- Fun and friendly approach
- Tailor made courses according to your level and needs
Advanced Ski Mountaineering Course
Highlights
Location : Ponte di Legno
Ratio : 1:2
Available during : Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr
- steep skiing
- avalanche awareness
- use of crampons and ice axe
- bootpacking
- crevasse rescue training
- off-piste skiing coaching
- skiing and skinning glacier travel roped up
- making anchors with skis, ice axes and ice screws
- short roping and abseiling on mixed terrain (snow, rock and ice) ridges
Full Description
Like all our courses, together with you we will prepare a personalised program according to your level, your needs and the amount of days. These are some of the objectives that we can combine into the course:
Stay with us in Ponte di Legno in our cosy b&b and during March and April, in one of the huts on the Adamello Glacier
Example Itinerary
It is for you and your guide to decide the exact makeup of your booking however, these itinerary days shown below are an example of how a booking for this activity could be structured.
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Day 1 : Off-piste skiing technique and avalanche rescue training |
We will spend the day skiing using the lift system to ski some of the best off-piste runs. We will be working on your technique with video analysis. At some point we will make a break and look at the videos of you skiing. |
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Day 2 : Off-piste skiing technique and steep skiing |
Today we will be fine tuning your off-piste technique and skiing a couple of the steep couloirs in the resort. We will also familiarise with some orientation skills that are always useful in the case of bad weather and rope work training if you are interested in this topic. |
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Day 3 : Glacier travel and bootpacking |
The Adamello glacier is the largest in the Italian Alps and is the ideal terrain to learn how to ski mountaineer safely on glaciers and deal with bootpacking on steep snow and mixed terrain ridges. |
- Services of IFMGA Mountain Guide
- Liability insurance
- All food and drinks for clients and guides
- Travel, accident and cancellation insurance for clients
- Hut costs for clients and Guides
- Guides travel expences
- Cable cars and ski lifts for clients and guides
- Accommodation (more info)
- Transfers (more info)
- Off-piste skiing equipment (more info)
What's Included
What's Not Included
Optional Extras
Prerequisites
You can ski fluidly and autonomously on all terrain. Your aims are to fine tune your skills or prepare for a challenging hut to hut trip.
- Technical equipment (these items can be rented): ski touring skis, ski touring boots, climbing skins, ski crampons, poles, avalanche transceiver, shovel, probe, backpack, boot crampons, ice axe, harness, 2 screw gate carabineers, daisy chain or 120cm dyneema sling.
- Personal equipment: 1 litre thermos, provisions for during the day (energy bars, chocolate, dried fruit, sandwiches), first aid kit, sun glasses (protection factor 3 or 4), goggles, gore-tex jacket and overpants, windstopper vest, ski touring pants, fleece jacket, breathable base layers, lightweight gloves, thick gloves or mittens, wool hat, bandana, sun screen factor 50.
- For the hut (if planned): sleeping bag liner, change of socks, head torch, toothbrush & toothpaste, small towel, wet wipes
Equipment Required
Availability & Prices
This activity is available to be booked for any date/dates within the availablity periods shown below. Because we tailor your booking to suit your exact requirements you can book this activity for as many days as you like. The recommended duration for this activity is between 1 and 3 days. If your group size is more than 2 please contact us for a bespoke quote. Special prices for families and children: please contact us.
| Period | Starting | Ending |
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| Availability period | from : 01/01/2025 | to : 30/04/2025 |
| Number of people | Price (€) |
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| 1 Pax | €400.00 per person per day |
| 2 Pax | €200.00 per person per day |
Book Now
Enter your start date, end date and number of people and we will check availability and prices for you. The recommended duration for this activity is between 1 and 3 days. However, you can book as many days as suits your requirements. If your group size is more than 2 please contact us for a bespoke quote. Not quite ready to book? Send us any questions (click here for contact details).
Advanced Ski Mountaineering Course Reviews
steep skiing
"Passo Tonale is a great destination for steep skiing. With our Guide, we skied Canale del Dito (1500m descent) the first day and Canale di Casamadre (1700m descent) on he second day. We really appreciated all the technical advice and professional approach from the Mountain Guides Italy team. "
Giovanni and Francesco
