Ski touring taster weekend | at the Berghotel Gemmi Schwarenbach with mountain guide

• Course content and meeting point

  • Meeting place

    09:00 am, Kandersteg, Talstat. Sunnbüel

    We meet in the morning at the car park and bus stop in Kandersteg, Sunnbüel valley station. From here we take the cable car up. We start immediately into the matter of ski touring. We reach the accommodation with touring skis only. We carry our own luggage to the accommodation, so it's worth packing compactly and only taking the essentials in your touring rucksack.

  • Day 1 - Learn and apply

    800 metres altitude

    800 metres altitude

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    The Gemmi and the Berghotel Schwarenbach are situated high up and are already snow-sure at the beginning of winter. After the cable car ride, we immediately start familiarising ourselves with the ski touring equipment. We take our skis to the Berghotel Schwarenbach and then go on a leisurely short tour to familiarise ourselves with the safety equipment. We take time to look at and discuss everything we need for a successful start to ski touring. As always, we are out and about with our eyes wide open, looking for the best snow and looking forward to a beautiful descent. In the evening we enjoy a get-together in the cosy parlour and look forward to another ski tour!

    Daily destination: You learnt a lot of new things, your questions were answered and you received individual support in the terrain. This allowed you to gain your first valuable experience of ski touring.

    Material and equipment

    • Ski touring boots
    • Ski touring binding
    • Ascent skins
    • Shovel and probe
    • LVS - Avalanche transceiver

    Ski touring technique

    • Ascent movement
    • Climbing aid
    • Sweeping on the ascent
      • Turn a corner
      • Hairpin bends
  • Day 2 - Apply and consolidate

    800 metres altitude

    800 metres altitude

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    Once again, we go on a leisurely ski tour together, look for the best snow for a rewarding descent and enjoy our time together outside.
    We will deepen your knowledge, consolidate what you have learnt and expand your practical ski touring skills.

    Daily destination: You build on what you have learnt, become more confident in its application and get a clear picture of what makes a ski tour and what is important on the way.

    Repetition previous day

    • Material and equipment
    • Ski touring technique

    Communication and organisation

    • Mountain guide to customer
    • Safe islands
    • Safety distances
    • Single travelling
  • Conclusion

    approx. 15:00 hrs Sunnbüel valley station

    After a last great descent, we end the tour days together at the same place.

• Requirements

  • No previous ski touring experience required.
  • Experience in skiing on the black piste.
  • Stamina for ascents of around 800 metres at a leisurely pace (~300 m/h)

• Price and services

  • CHF 525.-
  • Small group with 4 - 8 guests per mountain guide.
  • Including professional planning and realisation with a mountain guide and his travel expenses.
  • Including overnight stay in a hotel with half board
  • Excluding travel expenses, possible train tickets, personal consumption.

  • We also offer great deals on ski tour hire equipment:
    • Ski Rental Zueri
      • Complete equipment, i.e. skis, boots, safety set, rucksack and poles
        Flat rate of CHF 100 for 2 days and CHF 160 for 4 days.
      • You can add this to your shopping basket and collect it from Ski Rental.
    • Sport Trend Shop Hinwil
      • Touring ski package (touring skis incl. skins and crampons, touring boots, touring poles)
        CHF 60 for one-day courses and CHF 80 for two-day courses
      • Package Safety (avalanche transceiver, avalanche shovel and probe):
        CHF 20 for one-day courses and CHF 25 for two-day courses
      • You can collect this from the Sport Trend Shop with our booking confirmation and pay there. Please contact STS in advance to reserve the equipment. Collection on Friday and return by Tuesday.

• Material and equipment

  • We have for you a detailed packing list with packing tips compiled.
  • For this tour you need the following material from this PDF. We carry our equipment with us all the time. Pack only what is necessary.
  • The equipment for the days is carried to the mountain hotel by yourself. Pack compactly and preferably only the essentials in your ski touring rucksack
  • Towels and down duvet available (no sleeping bag required)

Impressions: Taster ski tours Gemmi

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