6-day Freeride skiing tour of Cervinia and Zermatt

Come and experience a 6 day freeride skiing tour of Cervinia and Zermatt in the Alps of Italy and Switzerland with one of the certified guides from the Azimut Montagne team.

Group

Alps

6 Days

Jan - Apr

High

Intermediate

Highlights

Spend 6 thrilling days ski touring in Cervinia and Zermatt.
Enjoy a new spots every day, from the Theodule glacier to the Cresta di Furggen.
Admire several incredible peaks, including Pollux, Breithorn and the Matterhorn.

Description

Cervinia, Italy and Zermatt, Switzerland offer some of the best, most beautiful and exciting descents in the Alps. And on this 6-day expedition, you will get to visit, explore and enjoy some of the best spots in those areas.

Our trip will begin in one of several different predetermined places. From there, we will go through an important equipment check before hitting the slopes of Valtournenche. This area will provide you with some great and relatively unknown slopes that will take you right into the area’s beautiful forest.

Over the course of the rest of the days on this trip, you will get to visit some truly amazing skiing spots. Those spots include Chamois freeride routes, slopes under the Testa Griggia in Cervinia, descents on the Theodule glacier, the Cresta Di Furggen and the Schwarzgletcher. As a result of the varied locations, you can be assured that every day will open up a unique and thrilling ski touring experience. Furthermore, you will get to admire some of the most amazing peaks in the Alps during this trip. Some of those peaks include Breithorn (4,164m), Pollux (4,092m) and the legendary Matterhorn (4,478m).

In order to participate on this trip, you should be an experienced skier. And because we will be ski touring all day, every day on this trip, you should also be in good physical condition.

Not one, but two amazing areas in the Alps await you on this 6-day ski touring adventure. So, if you want to join me on this trip in Cervinia and Zermatt, please send a request. I have no doubt you’ll have an amazing time.

I also offer a 4 day glacier trekking expedition in the Vallee Blanche.

Price includes

Accommodation included
Guiding fee
Breakfast
Dinner
Mountain guide expenses

Price details

In addition to the guiding fee, the price also includes halfboard accommodation for 5 nights in a hotel, meals, guide expenses and a loan of collective safety equipment.
The price does not include personal equipment, transportation to meeting points, insurance, lunches, drinks, lifts and other extra expenses.
If you do not have necessary equipment, we can rent it out to you at the following prices: complete skiing pack (ski, shoes, skins, poles, knives) 225 Euros. Skis - 180 Euros, splitboard- 275 Euros, shoes - 75 Euros, Airbag - 120 Euros, helmet - 35 Euros and sling - 35 Euros.

Itinerary

Day 1: Valtournenche station

Today, we will meet at one of the selected meeting points. Afterwards, we will perform an equipment check then enjoy some warm-up skiing at the Valtournenche station. From there, we will take a mini-bus to our hotel, where we will spend the night.

Day 2: Chamois Freeride routes

Today, we will enjoy the Chamois Freeride routes before switching to the Valtournenche slopes. Afterwards, we will return to the hotel for the night.

Day 3: Cervinia

Today, we will ski in Cervinia. We will enjoy the slopes under the Testa Griggia and at the foot of the Matterhorn before returning to the hotel for the night.

Day 4: Theodule glacier

Today, we will descent the famed Theodule glacier from the Klein Matterhorn cable car station (3,883m) before returning to our hotel for the night.

Day 5: Cresta Di Furggen

We will enjoy skiing at the Cresta Di Furggen, under the Matterhorn before returning to the hotel for the night.

Day 6: Schwarzgletcher (3,731m)

On the final day of the trip, we will enjoy the Schwarzgletcher, which rests at the foot of the north faces of Breithorn (4,164m) and Pollux (4,092m). At the end of your skiing, you will then be transferred to one of the predetermined starting points.

Details

More info

Participants should bring the following items with them: lightweight hat or buff, glacier glasses, ski mask, technical underwear long sleeves and short sleeves, light fleece jacket, synthetic down jacket with hood, waterproof jacket, warm and waterproof gloves, pantyhose and warm undergarments, gourd, waterproof pants, hiking socks, headlamp with spare batteries, swimsuit, 35-40 liter backpack, duffel travel bag, toiletry bag and basic emergency kit. Participants should also bring necessary skiing equipment as well.

Meeting point

Briançon railway station or Oulx-Cesana, or directly at Gressoney-Staffal

About the guide

Azimut

4.2

(15)

Mountain Guide

We enjoy very much discovering and rediscovering the most beautiful spots in the world, in the Ecrins mountain range but also all around the planet.

Together with the guides in the team, we will share with you unique moments and an amazing journey. From les Ecrins to Chile, from Morocco to Greenland, from Les Gorges du Verdon to Japan, from Italy to Norway… tons of destinations offering all types of mountain activities, different every season. It makes us so happy when I can share them with my friends and clients.

Languages

French | English

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What people are saying about Azimut

Thierry

Awesome experience, knocked another item from my bucket list.

Yogesh

Well organised trip with excellent guides and admin support Highly recommend 😊

jozsef

The Guide did not even know I'am on splitboard. Everyone else was on skis, I was the only one on board. Guide has no experience on board, so the daily trips was designed for skiers, not borders. I would like to know which company is responsible putting me in a ski group, Azimut or Explore-Share? If you don't know the difference between what is doable with skis and splitboards, you would not sell trips for splitboarders! In the only day I could enjoy somehow, I did very hard time to stay on my feet on icy steeps, because I should have had a crampon, but I did not have it, because the list of necessary equipment does not mention it. All the skiers had one. The guide anyway did what he could to help me, all the respect for Rafael. But the whole trip was a fuckup for me that way. I really want to know who is responsible!?

Yelena

the trip did not correspond program description which forced me to leave on the second day, with huge financial losses. the guide checked and confirmed ny capabilities to ski - indeed after it was failed off road asked me to make a decission to give up. When I asked the agency to organize a transfer at least back to the meeting point (from the middle of nowhere) they pretended they can't do it (indeed, it was included to the program...) the worst every trip in my life. And explore and share instead of any invistigation simply did not care.

Raphael

Had a great trip. Unfortunately the guide was not fluent in English as written in the description. That is something that could lead to a very tricky situation if there would‘ve been a dangerous situation. The selection of the group by azimut was not the best as at least one person was physically not capable of doing this trip. However, the service by explore-share was great!