Ski tours and avalanches | Training weekend with mountain guide

The weekend takes place in central Switzerland, in the Maighelshütte or the Lidernenhütte. Both areas offer varied ski touring terrain and plenty of opportunities and good training terrain.

Maighels:

• Meeting point: 9.50 Oberalp Pass (car park for vehicles in Andermatt)
• Finish: approx. 15.00 in Tschamutt or Andermatt
• Overnight stay in the Maighelshütte

Lidernen:

• Meeting point: 7.45 am at Sisikon railway station, onward journey together to the Chäppeliberg valley station
• Conclusion: approx. 15.00 at the same location

We organise the course according to the needs of the participants. The aim is to deepen your knowledge of avalanche awareness and decision-making and to refresh what you already know. We organise the training in a practical way and find a good mix of a great ski tour and training. Possible topics and content are

• Planning
  • Tour planning with 3×3
  • Key points and alternatives
  • Avalanche bulletin interpretation
• Avalanche awareness
  • Typical avalanche patterns
  • Assessing the avalanche danger in the terrain
  • Decision-making toos: Graphical reduction method and Go or No-Go
• Rescue
  • Damage site exercise with search & shovel
• Ski touring technique
  • Route selection & organisation of the departure
  • Hairpin bends

• Mastering the ski touring technique with its basics (skins, hairpin turns).
• Safe downhill technique in open terrain and in different types of snow.
• Stamina for short ski tours with an ascent of around 800 - 1000 metres at a leisurely pace (~300m/h).
• Splitboarders are welcome.

• Takes place with 4 - 6 guests per mountain guide.

• CHF 490.-
• Including planning and realisation with mountain guide and his expenses.
• Including overnight stay in a hut with half board.
• Excluding travel expenses, possible train tickets, personal consumption.

• We also offer great deals on ski tour hire equipment:
  • Ski Rental Zueri
    • Complete equipment, i.e. skis, boots, safety set, rucksack and poles
      Flat rate for CHF 100.
    • You can add this to your shopping basket and collect it from Ski Rental.
  • Sport Trend Shop Hinwil
    • Touring ski package (touring skis incl. skins and crampons, touring boots, touring poles)
      CHF 60 for one-day courses and CHF 80 for two-day courses
    • Package Safety (avalanche transceiver, avalanche shovel and probe):
      CHF 20 for one-day courses and CHF 25 for two-day courses
    • You can collect this from the Sport Trend Shop with our booking confirmation and pay there. Please contact STS in advance to reserve the equipment. Collection on Friday and return by Tuesday.

• 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.