Ski mountaineering | Dauphiné - Barres des Écrins - La Grave
Around and on the southernmost 4000 metre peak in the Alps in the spectacular and wild mountain world of the Dauphiné - a challenging and impressive ski tour crossing!
The Dauphiné is a wild mountain range. Together we will undertake a magnificent week of ski touring around and on the southernmost and westernmost four-thousand metre peak in the Alps. The mountain range is surrounded by peaks with gullies and couloirs. We undertake two ski tour rounds in this impressive area. On the first tour, we ski around the impressive massif of La Meije. We cross some steeper passes and have some magnificent descents. The second tour leads south to the Barres des Ecrins. Here too, longer ski tours with up to 1500 metres of altitude difference are on the programme. The view from the Dome de Neige des Ecrins is unrivalled! We spend the night in rustic mountain huts and walk from hut to hut. Longer ski tours with approx. 1500 metres of altitude and steeper passages on skis are part of this touring week! We travel together in carpools from Switzerland and back.
Venue & meeting point
- Area: Dauphiné - Barres des Écrins
- Tour itinerary:
- Meeting point in Switzerland and joint journey to La Grave short ascent to the Refuge de l'Alpe de Villar-d'Arêne
- Tour via the Pointe des Aigles to the uniquely situated Refuge du Promontoire
- Round trip (if possible around the Meije) to Refuge Alpe Villards
- Tour to the Refuge des Ecrins
- Tour of the Dome du Neige of the Barres des Ecrins to the Refuge Glacier Blanc
- A short tour to the ski resort of le Monetier and a taxi back to the car and home.
Requirements
- Mastering the ski touring technique (skins, hairpin turns).
- Safe downhill technique in open terrain and in different types of snow.
- You have experience with ice axe and crampons.
- Condition for ski tours with up to 1500hm at a normal pace (~300-350hm/h).
- Condition for 1500m descent in different types of snow.
- In addition, there are sections where we carry the skis and trudge through the snow.
Group size
- Takes place with 4 guests per mountain guide.
Price and services
- Including overnight stay in a hut with half board
- Including planning and realisation with mountain guide and his travel expenses.
- Excluding travel costs in car pools
- Excluding any 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.
That's what our guests say:
Laura Tassone
Impressions: Dauphine-Ecrins
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