Ski touring & freetouring in the Dolomites, starting from a hotel with a spa | To where the best snow is

• Procedure and meeting place

  • Meeting point and day 1

    around 11 am, Sargans railway station

    We’ll meet at Sargans railway station and travel from there together in car-shares via the Arlberg, Innsbruck and the Brenner Pass to the Puster Valley. We expect the journey to take around five hours. We’ll split the travel costs between the participants.

    You are, of course, also welcome to make your own way here, regardless of which direction or country you’re travelling from to South Tyrol. In that case, we’ll meet at around 5.00 pm directly at the Hotel Christof in Welsberg and set off together on our week-long ski touring holiday.

    We’ll check in at the hotel and get to know one another over our first dinner together.

  • Day 2 – Day 6

    approx. 1,000–1,200 metres of elevation gain

    approx. 1,000–1,200 metres of elevation gain

    WS+

    Starting from our hotel, we go on a variety of ski tours every day in the various valleys around the Upper Puster Valley. We have a wide range of tour options to choose from, covering different levels of difficulty. We decide which tour to undertake depending on the snow and weather conditions – always on the lookout for the best conditions.

    In the afternoon, we’ll head back to the hotel, where we’ll treat ourselves, relax in the sauna and recharge our batteries for the next day’s tour.

  • Day 7 (Sunday): Journey home

    Return at around 4 pm, Sargans railway station

    After one last leisurely breakfast at the hotel, we pack our things and check out. We then set off together on our journey back to Switzerland. We’re taking home with us many wonderful ski-touring experiences and memories of a varied week in South Tyrol.

• Requirements

  • You have mastered the basics of ski touring, including using skins and performing kick turns.
  • You can ski confidently in open terrain and cope with different types of snow.
  • You have the stamina for ski tours covering around 1,000–1,200 metres of elevation gain at a normal pace (approx. 350 metres of elevation gain per hour). Depending on the tour, the ascents may be slightly longer or shorter.
  • The Dolomites offer a wide variety of touring options, including couloirs and cirques. For some tours, you will therefore need to be sure-footed on more exposed sections, for example when carrying your skis or when descending steeper, narrow gullies with gradients of up to 35 degrees.
  • We organise the week-long tour so that we can pace ourselves well and enjoy our shared experiences to the full.
  • Splitboarders are welcome, provided they are experienced in using their equipment and are familiar with off-piste terrain.

• Price and services

  • CHF 2190.-
  • Small group with 5 - 7 guests per mountain guide.
  • Including hotel accommodation at the Hotel Christof in Welsberg, including breakfast and dinner, and a spa area.
  • Including planning and realisation with mountain guide and his travel expenses.
  • Excluding travel expenses, possible train tickets, personal consumption.
  • Travel costs for the journey there and back when carpooling are shared amongst the participants, and this is important to us. We really appreciate it when a guest agrees to drive for the group.

• 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.

Highlights: Ski touring week in the Dolomites