09:15 am, Bergün staziun
FrauSein am Berg high tour course | rock, snow and ice with a mountain guide
The fascination of alpine tours: learning and experiencing by women for women!
Technics
Endurance
Kesch hut
The area around the Keschhütte is an ideal place to learn the skills of mountaineering. Impressive mountains, extensive glaciers and an excellently situated hut as a starting point await us. In this course, we will work together on the techniques of alpine touring in a practical way, directly in the terrain and on varied tours. On the first few days, we repeat and consolidate the basics on shorter tours and discuss what is important when planning tours. We then apply what we have learnt on longer tours in the area, always adapted to the group and the conditions.
There is a special focus on being on the road in the women's rope team: we create a supportive framework in which trust, exchange and shared learning take centre stage. Personal topics such as self-confidence, decision-making and dealing with uncertainty are deliberately given space.
We spend the night at the Keschhütte, which serves as a cosy base during the course days and offers ideal opportunities for training and tours.
Procedure and meeting place
We meet at 09:15 in Bergün at the railway station (Bergün/ Bravuogn, staziun). The IR 38 from Chur arrives at 09:12. In Bergün we will split up into the cars and drive together to the Chants car park, from where we will start the ascent to the hut.
We start the course and explain the exact procedure and go into detail about the course content. We will get to know each other and clarify your expectations. On the first day we will learn a lot of new things, applied and practice-orientated.
The ascent to the hut takes about 2.5 hours
Daily destination: You will learn the basics of mountaineering and gain your first experience on a rope. You will acquire knowledge of techniques that you can use to secure yourself and your rope partner.
Course content:
Rock training
- The most important knots
- Roping techniques and belaying
- Short rope
- Abseiling
Materials and equipment
- Ropes
- Carabiner
- Crampons
Theory Meteo (evening)
- Which apps and tools do we use
Tour planning (evening)
- Tour planning for the next day
During an application tour in alpine terrain, we repeat the contents of the previous day, deepen them in a targeted manner and expand them to include further central elements of mountaineering on rock, snow and ice.
Daily destination:
Application and consolidation of rock and ice training, gaining experience and building safety in alpine terrain.Course content:
Short rope in the application
- Level 1 - Walking together on the short rope
- Stage 2 - Over short difficult sections
- Level 3 - Micro rope lengths
- Level 4 - Climbing together on a stretched rope
- Level 5 - Secure entire rope lengths
Stands
- Single fixed point - serrated sling
- Two bolts
- Extended stand
Abseiling
- Abseiling on high tours
Walking with ice axe and crampons
- Crampon techniques
- Pimple brake
- Ascent and descent in snow and firn
Roping up on the glacier
- Rope distance
- Knots in the rope
- Behaviour on the glacier
Tour planning & reflection (evening)
- Feedback round and clarification of open questions
- Reflection on the experiences made
- Tour planning for the next day
- Orientation with map, compass and altimeter
Focus on women's rope team
Travelling in the women's rope team with a focus on trust, communication and independent decision-making.At the end, a challenging tour tailored to your needs awaits us: ice, glacier and rope technique once again. Here you can apply and deepen your knowledge and gain new confidence. We will support you individually so that you can deepen your knowledge and apply it directly.
Daily destination: Your expectations are fulfilled and you go home satisfied and with a lot of joy.
Repeat what you have learnt
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Repetition: ice axe, crampons, glacier techniques
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Crevasse rescue (self-ascent, team hoist)
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T-anchoring & simple pulley block
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Individual coaching on the road
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Feedback & reflection: What do you take away? How can you continue?
Orientation
- Reading maps in the field
- Compass
- Altimeter, contour lines and slope
Reflection
- Feedback
- What happens next?
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We get back to the cars together and finish the course together.
Requirements
- No previous experience is necessary.
- Experience in hiking and walking in pathless terrain is an advantage.
- Condition for high altitude tours with around 1000hm ascent and descent at a comfortable pace (~300hm/h).
Price and services
- CHF 850.-
- Small group with 4 - 6 guests per mountain guide.
- Including accommodation costs with half board.
- Including planning and realisation with mountain guide and his travel expenses.
- Excluding travel expenses, personal consumption.
- Rental equipment: crampons, helmet, ice axe, climbing harness can be hired for this offer from the Sport Trend Shop in Hinwil can be hired at a special price of CHF 55. You can also get other mountain sports equipment there with the best advice.
Material and equipment
- For this tour you need the material from this PDF. We carry our equipment with us the whole time. Only pack the essentials.
- General material and packing tips we have also put together for you.
Bergschaft tours and courses are conducted in German as standard. However, our mountain guides speak good English, as do many of the participants. If you speak English, you are of course very welcome. Depending on the tour, it may be worth asking us in advance whether the guide and the group are comfortable speaking English.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us, preferably via the Contact form.
Accommodation
Kesch hut
The modern yet cosy Keschhütte is perched on a rocky ridge above the Val Tuor with a fantastic view of the mighty Piz Kesch. It is known for its comfortable infrastructure, its ecological construction and not least for its excellent cuisine. As an ideal starting point for impressive high-altitude ski tours in the region, the hut combines alpine originality with cosy hospitality.
Impressions: FrauSein am Berg high tour course
How to join us on the women's high tour course
- 5–7 June 2026, Friday–Sunday, 3 daysNur noch 4 freie Plätze, mit 2 weiteren Buchungen ist die Durchführung gesichert.
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