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Bergschaft Winter Festival | Andermatt
Experience the mountains. Deepen your knowledge. Enjoy the community.
Andermatt
Do you love ski touring and freeriding, and want to explore winter terrain safely? Then the Bergschaft Festival in Andermatt is the perfect place for you. Four days packed with experiences, activity and new encounters await you – with a varied programme for beginners and advanced skiers alike. The Bergschaft Festival at a glance:
- Day & Evening: During the day, you can look forward to a variety of off-road tours and courses; in the evening, there’s a relaxed programme at the accommodation.
- Complete flexibility: With our one-day or multi-day passes, you can decide for yourself whether to attend just selected events or make the most of the whole festival experience.
- For all levels: Whether you’re a beginner or already at an advanced level – everyone is welcome here and will find the right activity for them. Ski touring for beginners, freeriding for advanced skiers, avalanche courses or steep skiing.
The cosy Sust Lodge in Hospental serves as our accommodation and shared base camp. Centrally located in the heart of the Gotthard region, it offers the ideal starting point for our tours, courses and evenings together. From here, we set off daily into the surrounding mountains and enjoy the variety of ski touring and freeride opportunities around Andermatt.
After a day in the snow, you can build on your knowledge in exciting workshops, share experiences with like-minded people, or round off the day with a drink in a relaxed atmosphere. The Bergschaft Festival thrives on a sense of community, learning from one another and the shared joy of being out and about in the mountains.
A particular highlight is the film night on Friday. In a relaxed atmosphere, we watch a selection of short films on the themes of freeriding, ski touring and mountain sports. There’s plenty of time for conversation, making new friends and looking forward to the next few days together in the snow.
The speciality:
You can sign up for individual days or for the whole festival. Once you’re there, you can decide on the spot the evening before which activities you’d like to take part in. A day of technical skiing? Or would you prefer powder? Anything’s possible. All courses run with a minimum of three participants. You can try out the equipment on site or bring your own. The festival takes place at the cosy Sust Lodge. Here you can stay overnight, meet other participants and enjoy the programme together.
Register now and be there when the Bergschaft meets in winter.
Good to know:
If you book a day pass, you can easily add your stay at the Sust Lodge and other offers directly in the booking system as soon as you click on «Register». This allows you to put together your own personalised festival package, tailored entirely to your preferences.
For the Bergschaft Festival, we have the option – subject to demand – of using the entire Sust Lodge as our shared base camp. Various room categories are available, ranging from double rooms to four-bed rooms. Rooms will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis once registrations and details have been received.
Of course, you’re also welcome to stay in alternative accommodation or travel in each day and still take part in the festival. However, the best way to enjoy the full festival experience – with communal breakfasts and dinners, workshops, evening entertainment and plenty of chance encounters – is right at the heart of our Base Camp at the Sust Lodge.
Our daily offer of tours and courses
As soon as you have registered for one of the festival days, you can decide at short notice (1-2 days before) which of the following offers or courses you would like to take part in. Whether it's ski touring, freeriding, avalanche or ski touring courses - there's something for everyone!
Avalanche courses for beginners or advanced participants
for more safety on the mountain
Ski tours in small groups
Leisurely, moderate or sporty - always lonely and as untracked as possible
Ski touring course
for beginners
Steep skiing course
Abseiling and safety in couloirs and steep routes
Ski technique training
Improve your off-road technique
Freeriding in Gemsstock
Experience freedom in deep snow
Adventure ski tour (weather permitting)
Thrills and adventure, steep slopes, crossings.
Our evening programme
After each tour, we meet up again at the festival site. We euphorically exchange our experiences and learnings and enjoy something to eat and drink. On Friday evening there is also the opportunity to watch the films from the Freeride Film Festival and on Saturday evening to attend various workshops!
Workshops | Andermatt Festival
The workshops can be booked free of charge and take place in line with the daily programme.
Daily, date on request
Freeride Film Festival 2025: playing with the limit - 30 January 2026
Six extraordinary films that focus on playing with the limits - in the mountains, in nature and in life itself. Arthouse poetry, documentary authenticity and big mountain action.
Daily, date on request
Meet and greet with professionals and like-minded people
Exchange ideas, get advice or simply get to know the people and guests of Bergschaft!
Eat, laugh and learn together
Thanks to the hotel's catering, we can eat and chat in comfort after the tour.
Procedure and meeting place
When you book, you can choose your preferred tour or course. Groups consist of 4–6 participants per mountain guide. If snow conditions are excellent, we’ll offer you the chance to change your choice at short notice. So, for example, if it’s snowing at the time, you’re welcome to switch to a freeride day.
You can choose from the following courses:
- Ski touring basic training
- Avalanche Course for Beginners
- Advanced Avalanche Course
- Skiing techniques for deep snow
- Steep skiing course – abseiling and skiing steep runs
… and tours:
- A leisurely ski tour
- Intermediate ski tour
- Challenging ski tour
- Freeriding in Gemsstock
- Adventurous ski tour featuring traverses and exciting routes (subject to conditions; a surcharge may apply)
For our tours, we often use the cable cars or the train up to the Oberalp Pass so that we can enjoy plenty of descent with minimal climbing. We seek out secluded terrain and fantastic runs!
For guests arriving by train, the meeting point is at 09:10 at Andermatt railway station.
For guests staying at the hotel: 8.00 am, after breakfast at the hotel.Depending on the circumstances, we may adjust the meeting point slightly.
Head out into the terrain all day with your guide. You'll fortify yourself from your rucksack, gather lots of new input, enjoy the powder or really switch off in the great outdoors. The group will be put together to suit your ability and fitness level.
At around 3.00 pm, we gradually wind down for the day. We have another coffee together, meet up again at the festival site, or set off for home.
A varied evening programme awaits you every evening. On Friday evening, there will be short films from the “Freeride Film Festival”, and on Saturday evening there will be workshops.
Venue: Andermatt
The Gotthard region around Andermatt offers the ideal conditions for our Bergschaft Festival. Thanks to the modern cable cars, extensive freeride slopes and numerous ski-touring opportunities, beginners and experienced winter sports enthusiasts alike will find terrain to suit them. Whether it’s freeriding on the Gemsstock, freetouring around the Schneehüenerstock or classic ski touring in the surrounding valleys – the possibilities are endless.
The region also offers an ideal training and practice area for avalanche training, rescue techniques and developing in-depth knowledge of ski touring. The varied mountain landscape allows us to adapt the programmes flexibly to the conditions and the needs of the participants.
With the Sust Lodge in Hospental as our shared base camp, we have the perfect starting point for our activities. This is where we meet up after a day in the snow, share our experiences, attend workshops and enjoy the special atmosphere of our festival.
We look forward to discovering the diversity of the Gotthard region with you and spending some exciting days in the snow together.
Our base camp, the Sust Lodge in Hospenthal
The Sust Lodge in Hospental is the heart of our festival. This cosy mountain hotel combines modern comfort with alpine charm and offers the perfect setting for spending time together in the mountains. After the tours and workshops, we meet here to chat, reflect on the day’s experiences and enjoy the relaxed atmosphere amidst the Uri mountains.
The stylish rooms, warm hospitality and central location make the Sust Lodge the ideal base camp for our activities around Andermatt. Whether it’s breakfast before a tour, dinner together or a drink after an eventful day, this is where the special sense of community that defines the Bergschaft Festival comes to life.
We have pre-booked rooms for participants. Of course, you’re also welcome to stay in your own accommodation or come for just one day. However, if you’d like to experience the festival to the full, we recommend joining us at our shared base camp at the Sust Lodge.
Price and services
- Festival days: 225.- per day, discount for multi-day passes
- Including professional planning and organisation with a mountain guide and his expenses.
- Including festival area, limited test material.
- For an adventure ski tour in a small group of 4 guests per mountain guide: CHF 290 per day.
- Hotel accommodation: CHF 140 per person per night, in various room types (from double rooms to four-bed rooms)
- Breakfast and dinner included.
- The availability of a single room needs to be checked.
- Tip: When booking a multi-day pass, you can select your overnight stay and other options at the same time.
- The workshops are free for festival-goers on Saturday evening.
- The short films of the Freeride Film Tour cost CHF 25, Friday evening
Requirements
Whether beginner or professional, there are various groups and offers so that we have the right thing for everyone!
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us, preferably via the Contact form.
Highlights: Andermatt Winter Festival
Here’s how to join us at the Bergschaft Winter Festival in Andermatt:
When booking a pass, you can select your accommodation and other options when you register.
Multi-day passes
Day passes
Thursday, 28 January 2027
BookCHF 225.-Friday, 29 January 2027
BookCHF 225.-Saturday, 30 January 2027
BookCHF 225.-Sunday, 31 January 2027
BookCHF 225.-
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