Verbier Off
Piste adventure 2022 
Shred the pow - 5
days ski guiding - Includes Verbier
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Verbier
is famous for being the town in the centre
of one the biggest ski areas in the world.
The Four Valleys have over 400km of runs,
with plentiful off piste providing challenging
runs for intermediate to expert skiiers.
It is the home of free skiing with the off
piste made accessible by efficient cable
cars or very short walk ins. |
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During
this week you will challenge and enhance your
skiing ability, with long descents down steep
gullies and couloirs, or through deep powder
down into hidden valleys. |
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For
this course you should have done at least
one full week of off piste skiing, such
as a structured off piste course, such as
previously attending the Icicle Chamonix
Level 1 course. |
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Your
expert IFMGA Mountain & Ski Guide will
show you some of the most remote regions of
the Verbier region, whilst improving your
technique and looking after your safety. As
with all our courses, you are taught important
skills such as avalanche awareness and tranceiver
searches, digging snow pits, essential Alpine
ropework, route finding over glaciers, and
crevasse rescue systems. |
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The
level of the runs is only limited by your
previous off piste experience and the conditions.
You do not need to be super fit, but good
stamina will make the days easier and allow
you more breath to enjoy the scenery. Our
aim is for you to enjoy a challenging, thrilling,
great off piste week. |
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On
demand: If
our scheduled dates are full, or you wish
bespoke dates, we operate this course on demand,
on any dates from December through until the
end of April,
for a minimum of four people booking together.
Get in contact if you would like to book,
and we will upload a date on the online system. |
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Dates: these
are listed in the column on the right, and
they show the live availability from our secure
online booking system. When you book online,
you receive immediate confirmation, your Alpine
Information Booklet, course specific kit list
and invoice. |
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Brief
Course Itinerary
The
itinerary of this course is adapted daily to cater for
the best snow conditions, and your improving ski level,
but these details should give an idea of what you can
achieve during the week. |
| Sun |
Travel
to Verbier to arrive in the hotel for the 19.00
meeting with your Guide and the rest of your group.
There is an itinerary briefing and time for equipment
checks. Briefings are over by 20:00 and the Guide
usually accompanies the group for a drink in the
bar. Night in Verbier. |
| Mon |
Based from the Savolyres lifts, today is a day to
ski the powder on the Northern slopes. It is a day
to get your ski legs back, build your confidence,
test your equipment, and run through the key safety
techniques of avalanche prediction and transceiver
searches. Night
in Verbier. |
| Tue |
For
over 25 years the runs from the top of Mont Gele
have provided some of the best and wildest skiing
in Verbier. The lifts have the highest elevation
in the valley at 3030m. From the top there are some
exposed ridge sections, but with drops into fantastic
powder filled couloirs. Night in Verbier. |
| Wed |
Today
is a day to experience the hidden gems of the Verbier
region. This could be based from Torta or Gentianes,
to access the famous runs of Stairway to Heaven
or Rock Garden, or to enjoy the deep powder on Marlene.
Due to the altitude base at 1500m, powder in the
region stays untracked for many days which offers
free skiing down challenging chutes and through
hidden valleys. Night in Verbier. |
| Thu |
The
aim of today is to reach the highest summit of Verbier,
Mont Fort at 3330m, and to ski the long 2000m vertical
descent run via the Glacier de la Grand Desert to
Siviez. The cable car takes us up to just 30m below
the rocky summit ridge, and from here there is a
short exposed climb over the iced up rock which
is protected by a fixed rope, and a helpful rope
from your Guide! From the summit the panoramic views
are amazing, with the towering peaks of the Matterhorn
and Mont Blanc. The long descent down the backside
of Mont Fort is adreanaline packed and should not
to be missed! Night in Verbier. |
| Fri |
This
is either a day for more challenging runs in the
region, or for the opportunity to upgrade to try
a day of heli-skiing (see upgrades notes below)
- weather and conditions dependent). There is also
the opportunity, if the group would like to try
a day of ski touring, of the short climb on touring
skins to reach the stunning Col du St. Bernard with
its famous Monastery and great views. Final celebratory
dinner & night in Verbier. |
| Sat |
Breakfast,
then depart for home. It is also possible to extend
your stay in Verbier for an extra night so you can
enjoy a day of extra free skiing unguided, and depart
on the Sunday (supplement payable). |
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| ITINERARY
NOTES: Where possible we follow itineraries. Mountain
adventures are weather and conditions dependant,
so occasionaly we are forced to alter the plans.
If this is the case, suitable alternatives are offered.
Please use this outline itinerary as a guide to
the types of route / activity that you will attempt. |
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| Course
Prices |
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Standard
course |
5
full days IFMGA guiding, 1:6 max ratio
7 days holiday in total, Sunday-Saturday |
£1299 |
Live
availability |
Click
on the planner logo to the right to
see the real time live course availability
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Secure
online booking system |
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Course Inclusions: 1) IFMGA Mountain Guides
for five days and all their lift passes and fees, 2) Pre
course information booklet, 4) Equipment discount voucher
for UK kit shops, 5) Accommodation in the Verbier ski
area (includes linen, bedding & towels), 6) Free 36
page technical Course Instruction Booklet. |
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| Exclusions:
1) Travel to and from Verbier, 2) Cable Cars & uplift
(ski pass for the week), 3) Ski / boot hire, 4) Personal
laundry, telephone calls, lunches, & any purchases
in mountain huts / hotels / restaurants, 5) Transport
outside the Verbier valley, 6) Sunday pre-dinner drinks
& Friday celebratory meal & drinks, 7) Activities
insurance, excess baggage charges. |
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| Group
sizes: 3 - 6 people per IFMGA
mountain guide. For group sizes of over 6 people, there
are multiple guides, and the teams travel independently
of each other. |
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| Upgrade
options |
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Avalanche
Skills Training
£75 (throughout the season) |
To
learn avalanche prediction, reutschblocks and use
of avalanche tranceivers. Course is available on
any dates, either scheduled or private, details. |
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