Graubünden | Ski mountaineering and couloir skiing

• Course content and procedure

  • Meeting place

    approx. 08:35 bus stop Lenzerheide/Lai, Rothorn cable car

    We meet at the bus stop Lenzerheide/ Lai, Rothornbahn, after the arrival of public transport. We get to know each other and clarify organisational matters.

  • Day 1 - Application tour to the accommodation

    After the welcome, the food needed for the next few days in the self-catering hut is distributed in the rucksacks. We cover the first metres in altitude with the cable cars and gather initial information about the conditions and terrain. Following the 3×3 planning pattern, we discuss what we have seen and the planned tour for the day. The professional decision-making processes of the mountain guides are communicated transparently and discussed together so that you have the opportunity to apply what you have learnt and ask questions.

    Daily destination: After a great and interesting ascent and a varied descent, we reached our destination for the day, the self-catering hut.

    Daily content:

    Assessment of the terrain in which we operate

    • Steepness
    • Avalanche danger
    • Risk check in the field

    Evening

    We cater for ourselves in the hut, melting snow and cooking together make this day unique and incredibly exciting.

    Tour planning

    • 3×3 tour planning
    • Avalanche bulletin
    • Avalanche awareness
    • Risk check
  • Day 2 - Application tour around the hut

    The areas in which we are travelling offer numerous opportunities for ascents with crampons and ropes. Great descents bring a smile to our faces. To complete the adventure, we use the rope to abseil over cornices or ledges.

    Daily destination: You have experienced a unique tour and learnt new techniques for challenging ski tours.

    Daily content:

    Ascent

    • Ascent track
    • Crampons and ice axe

    Departure

    • Organisation in the departure
      • Couloir
      • Steep terrain

    Abseiling

    • Improvised anchor point
    • Abseiling techniques

    Avalanche awareness

  • Day 3 - Application tour

    We undertake another exciting and varied "ski mountaineering and couloir tour"

    Daily destination: You will be challenged once again, learn new things and can already apply some of them independently.

    Daily content

    Repeat and independently apply what you have learnt and make your own decisions

  • Conclusion

    approx. 15:00

    We finish the tour together back in the valley.

• Requirements

  • Solid ski touring technique, especially safe walking with crampons and mastered hairpin bends even in steep terrain
  • Safe downhill skiing technique in open terrain and in different types of snow
  • Stamina for tours with an ascent of around 1200 metres (partly with carrying passages or technical terrain)
  • Endurance for longer descents with over 1200 metres of altitude - even in heavy or variable snow
  • Experience with crampons and moving in exposed terrain - you are not afraid of heights
  • Basic climbing skills: You can rope up independently with a figure of eight knot
  • Splitboarders are welcome if they are experienced in handling their equipment and in steep terrain

• Price and services

  • CHF 1090.-
  • Smallest group with 3 - 4 guests per mountain guide.
  • Including planning and realisation with mountain guide and his travel expenses
  • Including accommodation costs and half board
  • Excluding travelling expenses, any train tickets, personal consumption

• Material and equipment

  • For this tour you need the following material from this PDF. We carry our equipment with us the whole time. Only pack the essentials.

That's what our guests say:

Impressions: Couloir Lenzerheide

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