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Western Oberland Ski Tour

"The Western Oberland Ski Tour combines quiet summits and not overly long days, with small friendly huts and plenty of great skiing. All the descents are principally either north or south facing, so commonly hold good quality snow for much of the winter. "
  
5 days
Intro-Inter
6:1
Dates: By Arrangement
Price: Private Guiding Rates
Ski Ability: 2-3
Fitness: 2-3
Experience: You need some previous ski touring experience to join this tour. Suitable as a first weeklong hut-to-hut tour.
Included: Guiding Fees
Other Costs: Hut nights, food, travel and uplift during the tour ~ £450
 
Summary
This is a quiet multiday ski tour with several good ski summits along the way and high quality descents. The first 2 days involve 1000-1200m of skinning, but after that there is no more than 600m of ascent per day.
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.
 
Starting Point
We start and finish in Les Diablerets near the start point of the tour. Les Diablerets 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:-
western oberland ski tour itinerary
Day 0 -Sun PM, meet in Les Diablerets - discuss plans, sort food and kit, overnight in valley.
Day 1 - Mon
Early up the Diablerets 3000 lift, before skiing the Glacier de Transfleuron and climbing the Arpelistock (3035m). A great descent then leads to the Gelten hut.
Day 2 - Tue
Long morning climb to make the ascent of the Wildhorn (3247m), then a 900m descent to the Wildhorn hut.
Day 3 - Wed
A relatively short day, climbing the Schnidehorn (2937m) en route to the Wildstrubel hut.
Day 4 - Thu
A short climb over the Weisshorn (2948m) leads to the traverse of the Glacier Plaine Morte and then up the Wildstrubel (3244m), before a great ski down to the Lammeren hut.
Day 5 - Fri
A short (300m) climb to the Roter Totz (2848m), leads to the final 1600m north facing descent down to Kandersteg. PM train back to Les Diablerets.
western oberland ski tour
 
Food and Accommodation
We run all of our tours on a guiding & instruction only basis. Details of recommended hotels in Les Diablerets are sent out with your joining instructions. You are however free to make other accommodation arrangements if you choose (Les Diablerets has plenty of options available). The guide will book all hut accommodation for the tour, which you pay for direct as we go along.
 
Travel
Les Diablerets 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 2-3) with previous ski touring experience in order to join this tour - it makes a good first hut-to-hut touring trip. The first two days involve 1000-1200m of ascent, but after that there is no more than 600m per day, so you can expect to be skinning for 2-4 hours a day (see fitness level 2-3).
 
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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