Off Piste Skiing Photos 5-6 Days • Inter-Adv • 6:1 Chamonix Steep and Deep   Ski Program DATES + PRICES AVAILABILITY SUITABILITY SKIING FAQs . Intro/Skills Off Piste Coaching £450 Intro Ski Mtneering £460 Avalanche Safety w/e £100 . Intermediate La Grave Off Piste £460 The Haute Route £560 Oberland Traverse £510 Tour Soleil £510 Gran Paradiso £570 . Advanced Lepontine Alps £460 Ski Bernina £570 Arctic Ski-Sail £1275 Ski Greenland £2100 Swiss 4000m Tour £570 . Bespoke Private Guiding - from £270 More Ski Itineraries...

An action packed week of glacier skiing and technical descents around the Chamonix valley for good off piste skiers after a taste of real 'all mountain' skiing. From the top of the lift systems we will be using climbing and ski mountaineering equipment to access back bowls and big verticals around the range.  As this is a flexible week, we able to travel to other areas if necessary to make the best use of daily conditions.

We offer this itinerary as a private guiding special - with dates by arrangement from mid January into April. Prices are as per our private guiding rates, up to a maximum of 6 skiers per guide.

To get a feel for what's involved, why not take a look at a few video clips: movie 1, movie 2, movie 3, or a recent trip report.

Course Base We spend the week in and around the Chamonix valley, traveling to other areas on day trips if appropriate.  Chamonix is easily reached by a flight to Geneva and an airport transfer, both of which are bookable online.

Sample Itinerary  Subject to snow and weather conditions, the plan is as follows:

Day 0	PM, meet in Chamonix - discuss  conditions and plans + sort equipment.
Day 1	Shakedown day - off piste skiing + skills refreshement/training in use of skins, touring kit etc as appropriate.
Days 2 - 5	Day Tours, Off Piste runs and Glacier Descents around Chamonix. Sample Runs : LE COUTERAZ movie   VALLEE DE TRIENT movie   COL DE BEAUGEANT movie   Typical runs may include: Col du Plan Glacier du Toule Col du Passon Glacier Mort Col du Beaugeant etc. During the week we may visit neighbouring resorts in Italy, France or Switzerland to get the best snow.

Food and Accommodation Food and accommodation must be paid for seperately. Our recommended hotel in Chamonix is the Hotel Les Lanchers ** (see photos) in Chamonix Les Praz, run by friendly ex-pat Jon Rodgers - who we will happily put you in touch with if you'd like to reserve a room. You are however free to make other accommodation arrangements if you choose (Chamonix has numerous hotels and rental appartments available at a wide variety of prices - click on 'reservation' at the Chamonix website for more details).

Fitness  Off piste skiing and ski mountaineering are strenuous activities, which require good levels of fitness.  You can expect to be skinning and climbing for 1-2 hours some days to get the best runs.  (see fitness level 2+). We advise you to prepare well in advance with regular training and ideally some skiing.

Skiing Ability  You need to be a strong off piste skier, able to make controlled turns in all snow types and be comfortable on slopes of 40 degrees (see: ski ability levels 3-5). Although some ski mountaineering experience is preferable, good skiers can usually pick up these skills with extra coaching at the start of the week.

Equipment We will supply you with a full kit list. You are responsible for bringing personal clothing, a rucsac and ski mountaineering skis, boots and kit (local hire is available).  We are delighted to be working on this tour with Back Country UK, who provide excellent service and advice as a leading retailer of  ski mountaineering equipment in the UK.