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Bernese Oberland Ski Tour 2012
Course overview Course dates & availability
A challenging ski tour with some of the most stunning panoramas the Alps has to offer, all made easily accessible by the famous railway that runs through the middle of the Eiger.
The ski tour is one of the highest in the Alps so good acclimatisation is essential. As the ski tour is at altitude this tour can be run later in the season than many others, and spring powder is guaranteed!
Skiing ability should be fairly good to make the most of this amazing region. You should be fairly fit with good stamina to help you to acclimatise easier and cope with five days of touring with a pack.
You are led by an expert IFMGA Guide who knows where to find the best powder and take in the best descents of the region.
As you are based in good quality comfy Swiss refuges you avoid the hustle of the valley floor and get a good a good cooked meal after the efforts of each day. The food in some of the huts is legendary. You'll eat well.
The accommodation in the mountain huts on the route is half-board throughout. This level of comfort is important, as you really need a good cooked meal after the efforts of each day of ski touring.
Dates: these are listed in the column on the right, and they show the live availability from our secure online booking system. When you book online, you receive immediate confirmation, your Alpine Information Booklet, course specific kit list and invoice.
Course Dates
Oberland Ski Tour
  • [ 2 ] 8 - 14 Apr 2012
  • [ 0 ] 22 - 28 Apr 2012
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Client feedback
'First can I thank you for organising a fantastic trip. S was just what I want in a guide, good fun, keen to teach and happy to shout at you when you do something stupid. The trip was a good mix of Skinning and scrambling, more adventurous than a normal tour. I know it is early but I will welcome more of the same next year'
Charles A, Oberland Ski Tour

So why choose Icicle?
We are true specialists in ski touring. See our blog, by clicking on the RSS logo (on the right).
Itinerary flexibility to allow you to take full advantage of the weather and conditions each day, so that you maximise the amount of time spent skiiing each day.
Our prices are fixed in £ pounds sterling, to protect you from euro currency fluctuations, so that you can budget accurately.
We have a team of over 30 IFMGA guides, and a resort support team, who all want you to have the best summit chances possible! For more details on the guiding team and qualifications, please click here.

Brief Course Itinerary
Sun Travel to Chamonix to arrive for the 17:00 check-in followed by and course safety and itinerary briefings. There is time for kit checks or rental of equipment. Briefings are over by 19:00 and the Chamonix hosts accompany the group to pre-dinner drinks. Night in Chamonix.
Mon Day 1 ski tour: drive to the village of Grindelwald at the foot of the Eiger. Take the impressive mountain railway built through the centre of the mountain to Jungfraujoch (3454m) and skin to Mönchjochhütte.
Tue
Day 2 ski tour: Alpine start from Mönchjochhütte to summit the Louroihorn, 3779m, then the exciting ski tour descent to the Lötschenhütte Hollandiaerse hut for the night.
Wed Day 3 ski tour: Ascend the Mittaghorn, 3143m, then traverse over the famous Grünhornlücke, the high pass between the Aletsch and Fiesch valleys, to summit Wyssnollen, 3595m. Ski down to Finsteraarhornhütte.
Thu
Day 4 ski tour: An early start for ascent of the highest point of the trip, Gross-Wannenhorn, 3905m. Then traverse the high plateau over to the Oberaarjochhütte for the night.
Fri Day 5 ski tour: The final summit of the week, the Vorder Galmihorn, 3517m, with a fantastic ski descent of over 2000 vertical metres to Munster. Return by train to Grindelwald, then to Chamonix for celebratory meal.
Sat Breakfast then the accommodation check out is by 10:00. Most arrange their airport transfers to leave around this time, to catch a flight from Geneva about midday. Depart for home.
ITINERARY NOTES: Where possible we follow itineraries. Mountain adventures are weather and conditions dependant, so occasionaly we are forced to alter the plans. If this is the case, suitable alternatives are offered. Please use this outline itinerary as a guide to the types of route / activity that you will attempt.

Course Prices
Standard course
5 full days IFMGA guiding, 1:6 max ratio
7 days holiday in total, Sunday-Saturday
£999
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Standard Course Inclusions: 1) IFMGA Mountain Guides for five days, 2) Chamonix course hosts for logistics & briefings, 3) Pre course information booklet, 4) Equipment discount voucher for UK shops, 5) Two nights B&B accommodation in Chamonix (inc. bedding & towels), 6) Four nights half board accommodation in mountain huts including three course cooked evening meals. 8) Free 36 page technical Course Instruction Booklet, 9) Road transport in Chamonix valley and to and from Grindelwald, 10) Chamonix office support.
Exclusions: 1) Travel to and from Chamonix, 2) Cable cars and uplift (budget on c.£90), 3) Ski hire, 4) Personal laundry, telephone calls, lunches, & any purchases in mountain huts / hotels / restaurants, 5) train ticket (budget on about £10), 6) Sunday pre-dinner drinks & Friday celebratory meal & drinks, 7) Activities insurance, & excess baggage charges.
Notes: The loan of all technical climbing equipment for each client is included* in the course price as required: ice axe, 12 point crampons, helmet, harness, ropes, ice screws, avalanche tranceiver, avalanche probe and shovel.
Upgrade options
Avalanche Skills Day
£49 (throughout the season)
To learn avalanche prediction, reutschblocks and use of avalanche tranceivers. Course is available on any day during the week (includes ARVA), details.