Ski Touring

Alpine ski touring (or backcountry ski touring) combines the fun of downhill skiing with the rewarding effort of hiking. Whether on your first tour, skiing high-altitude peak, or skinning across a glacier, the excursions we organize provide everyone the chance to discover this strenuous yet exhilarating winter sport.

Ski Touring
Alpine ski touring (or backcountry ski touring) combines the fun of downhill skiing with the rewarding effort of hiking. Whether on your first tour, skiing high-altitude peak, or skinning across a glacier, the excursions we organize provide everyone the chance to discover this strenuous yet exhilarating winter sport. Alpine touring and downhill skiing differ in many ways:
- The skis are lighter and shorter to make ascending easier,
- Your heel remains unattached during the ascent to allow you to ski uphill; risers on the binding heel piece make it easier as the terrain steepens,
- Seal skins (now synthetic) are placed on the bases of your skis for the ascent to provide grip and prevent you from sliding backwards. Remove them for the descent.
With no need for chairlifts, backcountry skiers can climb and ski the mountains whenever and wherever they choose, and spend the winter enjoying certain routes primarily scaled on foot in the summer.
Ski touring goes hand-in-hand with off-piste skiing. You need to be comfortable skiing ungroomed terrain and in all types of snow, whether deep powder, spring corn, or breakable crust.

Level 2: An average of 4 to 5 hours of ski touring per day and/or 400 to 800 meters of vertical gain. For good skiers wanting to learn and progress in backcountry skiing. Wide, regular and not very steep slopes.

Level 3: An average of 5 to 6 hours of ski touring per day and/or 500 to 900 meters of vertical gain. For good skiers in all snow conditions with a first back-country skiing experience, skiing with a 6 to 8 kg backpack. Some technical passages on slopes sometimes exceeding 30 °.

Level 4: An average of 6 to 7 hours of ski touring per day and/or 800 to 1200 meters of vertical gain. For very good skiers in all snow conditions with a frequent back-country skiing experience, skiing with a 8 to 12 kg backpack. Some technical passages on slopes sometimes exceeding 35 °.

Level 5: An average of 6 to 8 hours of ski touring per day and/or 1000 to 1500 meters of vertical gain. For very good skiers in all snow conditions on difficult slopes with a frequent back-country and glacier skiing experience, skiing with a 8 to 12 kg backpack. Some technical passages on slopes sometimes exceeding 35 °

Level 6: An average of 6 to 8 hours of ski touring per day and/or 1000 to 1800 meters of vertical gain. For very good skiers in all snow conditions on difficult slopes with a frequent back-country and glacier skiing experience, skiing with a 8 to 12 kg backpack. Require the basics of mountaineering. Some technical and vertigo inducing passages on slopes sometimes exceeding 40 °.
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