Alagna Ski Guides

Day by day program Pizzoccheri Tour Cevedale:

1st day: Transfer from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bormio and Santa Caterina, Valtellina, Lombardia Region, in the centre of The Italian Alps. At your arrival we will check your climbing gear and what we need for the week. Any gear you still need or is missing we will rent in S.ta Caterina in the afternoon or the following morning. We will stay for the night in the cosy Hotel Sport, right in the centre of Santa Caterina Valfurva. A big plate of Pizzoccheri (local delicious dish) and a couple of glasses of the tasty Inferno wine will make special our evening!

2nd day: After a short transfer to Baite dei Forni (2176 m) we park the car and we get ready with skis and skins. The program of today is to reach the Ghiacciaio dei Forni, leaving behind the extra things we climb up to Pizzo Tresero (3594 m) with light gear. On the way back after a great descent we collect the extra luggage and we easily reach the well located Rifugio Branca (2493 m) on the side of the Forni Glacier.

3rd day: A nice and easy climb with a short steep climb at the top to reach Monte Pasquale (3553 m). From the summit we’ll enjoy the beautiful descent of the Vedretta di Cedec Glacier and we will end the day at Rifugio Pizzini (2700 m), good beer and good food!

4th day: Climb up to Monte Cevedale (3769 m), the main summit of the area. To climb Cevedale we will do a round trip through Vedretta del Cevedale and Vedretta di Cedec Glaciers. Back to Rifugio Pizzini where we stay for the night.

5th day: Climb up to Cima di Solda (3376 m) and a really long descent to the traditional Village of Solda (1907 m). We stay at night in the beautiful Hotel Cristallo (or similar if Cristallo is not available) where a good sauna and an excellent dinner will restore the energy.

6th day: After a good morning of freeriding in the ski resort we’ll ski down to Val Madriccio, climb up to Cima Madriccio (3265 m) and ski again down the valley to reach Rifugio Nino Corsi (2265 m) or Rifugio Martello (2610 m).

7th day: Long flatish climb on Verdetta del Cevedale Glacier to reach Cima tre Cannoni (3300 m) and ski back down to Rifugio Pizzini and to the car. Drive back to the Airport after another good dish of Pizzoccheri, for not forget the taste of The Italian Alps!

This is the “classic” program but other options are available and we can also tailor a program to suit you.
We can also adapt the program to the weather and the itinerary is not strict, can be very flexible and for all levels of skier…

Cevedale Area has over 50 classic itineraries, a big choice for every weather, snow condition and level of the group. The ones listed here in the day by day program are only a few of them… The program will be updated every day by the guide according with the group members. The program can also be a day shorter if you have an early flight the last day.

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Detailed Pricing and Booking

Our guiding prices for this all-inclusive are based on the group size (I’ve seen it, take me to the BOOKING FORM)

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Price Includes
– 6 days guiding with UIAGM mountain guide.
– 1 nights accommodation half-board in Hotel Sport in Sta Caterina, 1 nights accommodation half-board in Hotel Cristallo in Solda, 4 nights half-board in mountain huts.
– lift passes for all trip
– Taxi Milano Malpensa to Sta Caterina and back and transfer in the valley are included.

Not included
– Lift passes and extra transfer if we have to change the itinery in case of bad weather.
– Lunches and drinks in the huts/hotels.
– Mountain rescue insurance:

– Avalanche transceiver, shovel, probe, backpack and glacier equipment if required.
– ABS backpack and the ski touring gear is not included but we can arrange for it.

We also recommend that you wear your ski protection helmet.

Group size: max. 7 people per guide. Private groups only.

This is the “classic” program but other options are available and we can also tailor a program to suit you.

All of these programs must be booked in advance in order to secure hotel and huts accommodation.

Program in collaboration with OVERALP Tour Operator.