Vanoise is probably one of the wildest and most beautiful wilderness areas in Europe. This is a 4 day on glaciers’ hut to hut ski-tour To the ski tourers and mountaineers, it’s a remote paradise!
Four days of intensive and highly rewarding ski-touring with big ascents and ‘out-there’ descents, and nights in some of the most stunning huts in the Alps like the refuge Col de la Vanoise at the bottom of the huge highest peak called Grande Casse (alti 3852 m)!
This tour, ideal for experienced ski tourers and mountaineers, takes place in the heart of La Vanoise and makes us cross the glaciers of the crown of the Vanoise national park. This is a short hut to hut ski-tour, in which we will skin up and ski some high passes and big summits of the central Vanoise range, a traverse of the central Vanoise glaciers from Val Thorens-col de Gébroulaz pass, through Champagny, and back to Val Thorens through Chavière glacier opass.. We will ascend and ski down for example the summits of the Gébroulaz pass (col) and peak, the Réchasse peak, sometimes other peaks….
We will also enjoy the pleasure of the big off-piste skiing in virgin and protected spaces.
This ski-tour includes A LOT OF SKIING and is accessible to very experienced ski-touring skiers. Need to be also compulsorily in good physical condition.
The key points of this week ski-tour
- We will do a lot of skiing, § A drop in the heart of the massifs of Vanoise and Gran Paradiso (4061 m), several summits and glacier passes of more than 3 000 m.in middle of magnificent panoramas of glaciers.
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Level
Skilled skiers used to ski-touring & able to ski off piste everywhere with a rucksack, even in altitude
Need to be also compulsorily in good physical condition
To take advantage completely of your ski-tour, we recommend strongly to practise a sports activity developing the endurance: walks of 20 km with minimum 400 m OR running for one hour x 2 or 3 times a week.
Group
5 to 7 participants /5 persons/ clients minimum per group
Duration
4 days/ 4 nights (or 7 days/ 6nights upon demand, even better with 7 days)
Guiding by
UIAGM mountain guide.
Often guided by an UIAGM mountain guide of SAVOIE-Mont Blanc
Period
March, April, until mid-MAY
Dates: a tour every week from mid-Mars to mid-May,
Price
770 euros per person (including half-board accommodation for a 6 day-5 night tour) with a minimum of 5 participants/clients per group
We will provide and lend you: DVA transceivers, shovels, pprobes, harnesses (and walking crampons for going down the ridge).
Our price includes only: guiding-ski coaching, the loan of collective safety gear like a DVA transceiver for each of you, an a shovel for every 2 persons, plus a probe.
Doesn’t include: skis and personal gear rental, the insurance (R.C. + rescue), the possible fares in taxis,Ski-passes (if any needed), and gear/skis rental at your own expenses
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