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Tour Soleil Ski Tour

"The Tour Soleil is a brilliant and varied ski touring week, starting and finishing in Switzerland, but travelling into the Italian Formazza Valley - home to the Walser people. Reliable snow and good weather, combine with small friendly huts and non of the crowds of the better known areas. Most days it's not unusual to have a classic peak or great descent all to yourself."
  
5 days
Intermediate
6:1
Dates: By Arrangement
Price: Private Guiding Rates
Ski Ability: 3+
Fitness: 3+
Experience: You need some previous multiday ski touring experience to join this tour.
Included: Guiding Fees.
Other Costs: Hut nights, food, travel and uplift during the tour ~ £400
 
Summary
This is a great quiet touring area with plenty of accessible ski summits and good varied descents, on both powder and spring snow. Their are several ways to traverse through the range, linking up the hut system. We may do the tour East West as described, or the other way round depending on snow conditions.
We offer this itinerary as a private guiding special - with dates by arrangement from March to April . Prices are as per our private guiding rates, up to a maximum of 6 skiers per guide.
Recent Trip Reports - Mar 2007, Mar 2008, Mar 2010
 
Starting Point
We start and finish in Brig on the southern edge of the Bernese Oberland. Brig is easily reached by road or by train direct from Geneva, Zurich or Basel airports.
 
Sample Itinerary
Subject to weather and snow conditions, the plan for the week is as follows:-
tour soleil ski tour itinerary
Day 0- Sun
PM, meet in Brig - discuss plans, sort food and kit, overnight in valley.
Day 1 - Mon
Early train to Realp, from where we ascend the Witenwasseren Tal to the Rotondo hut.
Day 2 - Tue
Traverse the Witenwasseren pass and Rotondo pass, before making the long descent to All' Acqua for lunch. PM skin up into Italy and down to the Maria Luisa Hut (hot showers).
Day 3 - Wed
A steady ascent and final climb on foot takes us to the summit of the Grieshorn, before a great ski down for lunch in the valley below. PM ascend to Lago Sabbione and the Mores hut (hot showers).
Day 4 - Thur
Skate across Lago Sabbione, before climbing the Offenhorn for a magnificent panorama and great descent back to the Mores Hut.
Day 5 - Fri
Big climb to our final summit the Blinnenhorn, before a great descent down to Munster.
tour soleil ski tour
 
Food and Accommodation
We run all of our tours on a guiding & instruction only basis. Our recommended hotel in Brig is the Hotel Europe *** which is just 80m from the railway station. You are however free to make other accommodation arrangements if you choose (Brig has various other hotels available). The guide will book all hut accommodation for the tour, which you pay for direct as we go along.
 
Travel
Brig is easily reached by reliable Swiss public transport direct from Geneva airport - check out the Swiss Federal Railways website for timetables and information. If you are arriving by train, then you may be able to save some money on this tour by purchasing a swiss travel pass (various options are available - click on the English version of the website).
 
Ability and Experience
You need to be a good off piste skier (see ski ability level 3), with previous multiday ski tours already under your belt in order to join this tour. The week includes 6-8 hour days and some big (1000m+) climbs, so you can expect to be skinning for 3-5 hours a day (see fitness level 3).
 
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 Backcountry UK, who provide excellent service and advice as a leading retailer of ski mountaineering equipment in the UK.
 
     
 
 
 
         
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