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Group
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Mountain Huts
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5 Days
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Breakfast & Dinners
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Moderate
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Friends
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Ski Holidays
Your small team and guide will work together to enjoy the mountain environment and stay at secluded high mountain huts.
Itinerary
Meeting in Villars at 09:00 we will check equipment and then head into the ski system to warm up our legs and revive our skiing skills. We will swing by the avalanche training venue to practice transceiver searching . We will then traverse the skis area, skiing on and off-piste to Les Diablerets and pick up the bus to Col de Pillon. From there we will take the Glacier 3000m cable car, enjoy the Peak Walk before a skinning ascent of Les Diablerets summit,the highest point in Canton Vaud. We will then descend to the Diablerets Hut for dinner and our first night on the mountain.
An early start will allow us to take the first lift back to Sex Rouge. Then we will ski down to the foot of the Tsanfleuron glacier to the Col de Sanetsch. We will be following the ridge of Arete de l’Arpille. This is a very varied ascent with skinning, and some ice axe /crampon hiking to reach to the stunning Arpelistock (3035m).
We will then be rewarded with a wonderful North facing descent to the Gelten Hut (2002m).
The day starts with reclimbing our descent from yesterday for 500m. A nice morning warm up! Before we turn away towards the Col du Brochet, on to the Audannes glacier and then up to the Wildhorn summit (3247m).
Descending on the East side will ski around the crevasses to reach the hut at Wildhorn refuge at 2303m.
This day has two peaks in it but has some of the least climbing of the tour.
The Schnidehorn (2937m) is our first objective. We need to carry skis and probably put on crampons for this short ascent. More skills to develop and learn.
From the summit, we can ski nicely to the Plan des Roses and on to the Rawil alpage. This leads to the Wlidstrubel Hut (2791m) where we can refresh before knocking off the Weisshorn (2948m).
This day has several options depending on the weather, conditions and energy of the group. However, the aim is simple, make the most of it before descending to one of the resorts on the Northside of the Rhone Valley before catching the bus back to Sierre and the train home to complete a fantastic tour.
