Ski tour: Crossing the Aletsch area with mountain guide
From the Jungfraujoch over the extensive glaciers with breathtaking view peaks and rewarding descents.
Mountain guide: Jonas Schwarz
The Aletsch region is incredibly vast and impressive. So it's worth discovering this area in spring and completing the long routes comfortably on skis. In May, the conditions are perfect for ski touring up there. The tour starts from the Jungfraujoch. The train takes us up here and so we can put on our skis straight away. After a short tour on the Trugberg to get used to the altitude, we spend the night at the Konkordiaplatzhütte and enjoy the view of the big Aletschhorn. Afterwards we cross the Grünhornlücke in breathtaking scenery and reach the Finsteraarhornhütte after an additional summit detour with a cool downhill run. We stay in this hut for three nights and do a varied tour to a different corner of the area each day. On the last day we leave the area via the Galmihorn, from where we enjoy another brilliant sunrise and view of the Finsteraarhorn. On the other side there is the contrast: the summery green Goms. A rapid descent brings us back to spring, as long as there is still snow. We walk down the rest of the way on a comfortable forest road and end the tour days with an ice cream and flip-flops.
Group size: takes place with 4-6 participants
Date: 11-15 May (Wednesday-Sunday)
Accommodation: Konkordiaplatz Hut, Finsteraarhorn Hut
Costs: 900.- CHF including planning and implementation with mountain guide and his expenses
In addition, there are your accommodation costs (approx. 80.- per night with half board), personal consumption and travel costs.
Requirements
- Mastering the ski touring technique with its basics (skins, hairpin turns)
- Safe downhill technique in open terrain and in different types of snow
- Fitness for 1000m ascent at a leisurely pace
- Splitboarders are welcome, provided they are experienced.
Material and equipment
A detailed recommendation of the equipment can be found at here. We carry our equipment with us all the time. Pack only what is necessary.
- Clothing suitable for ski touring
- Wind and rain protection, warm jacket, jumper, thermal underwear
- Hat, headband, thin and thick gloves
- Touring rucksack (approx. 35l) with the possibility of tying on skis
- Touring skis with ski poles, skins and crampons, touring boots
- Avalanche, shovel, probe
- Ski helmet, not mandatory but recommended
- Ski goggles and sunglasses
- Sun cream
- Antistoll ice axe and crampons
- Gstätli with 2 screw carabiners, 1 webbing sling 120 cm
- Thermos or drinking bottle
- Lunch for the tour days. Snacks or sandwiches can be bought at the huts.
- Headlamp
- Silk sleeping bag and toiletries (inform the mountain guide in case of important medication).
- Little spare linen
- Cash for consumption at the hut
Some of the missing equipment can be rented from Ruedi Bergsport. You can find further information on rental equipment here.
If you have any questions, please contact the responsible mountain guide directly.
Venue & meeting point
Requirements
- Mastering the ski touring technique with its basics (skins, hairpin turns).
- Safe downhill technique in open terrain and in different types of snow.
- Condition for ski tours with around 1000hm at a comfortable pace (~300hm/h).
- Condition for 1000m of descent in different types of snow.
- Splitboarders are welcome, provided they are experienced.
Group size
- Takes place with up to 6 guests per mountain guide.
Price and services
- Including planning and realisation with mountain guide and his travel expenses.
- Excluding travel expenses, possible train tickets, personal consumption.
Material and equipment
- We have for you a detailed packing list with packing tips compiled.
- For this tour you need the following material from this PDF. We carry our equipment with us all the time. Pack only what is necessary.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us, preferably via the Contact form.
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