Alagna Ski Guides

For all this programmes will be required to have ski Touring or telemark gear (skis with Touring or telemark bindings and climbing skins). We can help you to rent your gear but we need to know it in advance to be able to book it in time.

We can provide all the safety gear needed for rent. We would suggest that you also consider renting an ABS backpack and we recommend you use a helmet.

An equipment list will be available in every program with all the things you need to have with you.

What Do our Guides do?

All our guides are expert skiers and speak good English. This is what they like to do with you:

• Teach you ski technique in off-piste and ski touring skills always with an intensive daily program.
• Guide you safely in the best runs searching for the best snow… and understanding why it is there!
• Inform you and convey all they know about weather, snow, avalanches, GPS and route finding.
• Make you learning and practice the new rescue techniques in searching in an avalanche.
• Last but not least search for the best huts, best food and the best drinks!

A typical day starts as early as you want it to start. With normal temperature we have breakfast around 7.30 and and start with “skins on” around 8.00 to be sure to not be late in the afternoon and to be able to ski down with the best snow of the day. Sometime we’ll need to have and earlier start if daily temperature get too hot or if we have longer climb to do… But could aso be that we decide to start later in some of the “recovering” days…

When getting back to the Hut in the evening we normally have a beer or two, we discuss about the program of the day and the plan for the following day, we  do some “mapping” and GPS work together to identify the right itinerary and we check all our gear to be sure will be efficient the next day. We also listen to your suggestions and we decide together the best to do: It’s your skiing holiday, we working together to make it an unforgettable one!