Bernina “Haute Route”, 4-day Ski touring with ascent on Piz Palu

Join me on this exciting and rewarding 4-day ski touring adventure through the Bernina “Haute Route” in Switzerland and you will access some of the most breathtaking and exquisite views in Europe, as we scale the various summits on the mighty Piz Palu and look out over the sweeping, dramatic and vast valleys and mountain tops of the alps.

Piz Palu is located between Switzerland and Italy, with most of its peaks being on the Swiss side, and has long been renowned as an excellent climbing mountain. Its location and climate mean there are perfect climbing conditions for much of the year.

We will begin on the morning of the first day at our office, before driving to the Bernina Pass. We then start ski touring in earnest as we go up the Piz Minor, before riding the cable car up to Diavolezza, where dinner will be eaten with the backdrop of fantastic panoramic views of the Bernini Mountain Range.

The second day is where we hit the highest and most challenging part of the trip, the ascent of Piz Palu. Past mesmerizing glaciers and huge crevasses, we will ski tour as far we can up the mountain before switching to ice picks and crampons to reach the Eastern summit, and if the weather is clear, the main summit.

From here it seems as thought the whole of Europe stretches out before you, with the valleys below going out to the horizon, the snow-capped peak of the Alps dotting the landscape.

The subsequent two days are spent ski touring up Piz Tschierva and Piz San Gian, before we finish up back at our start point, having packed so much in to this 4-days.

Ski touring around the Bernina area is a fun and unique experience – book now to give it a try!

For those who want a shorter experience, try our 3-day ascents of Bernina and Piz Palu, here!