{"id":2339,"date":"2023-02-06T21:31:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T21:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissrockguides.airtime.design\/?p=2339"},"modified":"2023-02-06T21:42:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T21:42:42","slug":"the-tour-de-ciel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissrockguides.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/06\/the-tour-de-ciel\/","title":{"rendered":"The\u00a0 Tour de Ciel"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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At the border of Austria and Switzerland you can enjoy some great ski touring. Moderate terrain with moderate ski descents\u00a0between the two countries. An excellent experience you won't forget. Enjoy the Austrian hospitality and there great huts some with showers. Ski the great terrain and enjoy the famous Apfelstrudel with Vanilla sauce at the end of the day. Have some great meals such as a \"Graechtel\" (fried potatoes with onions and sausage) or a Williamin Schnaps. This tour is not as strenuous as others and is a great start to interduction to ski touring in the Alps. Great ski terrain in an alpine set up.\n\nIf you have the confidence and skills we can peak bag as many of the peaks as you can handle depending on your skills and physical conditions!<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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We meet in Zermatt, board a tram\/gondola to Schwarzsee Ski, descend to the Zmutt-gletscher. Skin up to the Sch\u00f6nbielh\u00fctte, 2694 m.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Climb up to the Arbenhorns, 3860m. Ski descent to the Col Durand the high Plateau des Glacier Durand. Descend to the Glacier du Mountet. Short climb up to the Cabane du Grand Mountet, 2886m.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Climb to the Blanc de Moming, 3657m. Ski descent to the Glacier de Moming. Traverse to the Cabane d\u2019Ar Pitetta, 2786 m, short climb to Col de Milon, 2990m. Descend to the high pass, 2794m and climb to the Cabane de Tracuit, 3256m.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Climb to the Bishorn 4153m. Ski descent and climb to the Adlerfl\u00fch, 2940m, descend over the Brunegggletscher, short climb to the Turtmannh\u00fctte, 2519m.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Climb to the Sch\u00f6llijoch, 3343m. Ski descent on the Sch\u00f6lligletscher to the Topalih\u00fctte, 2674m.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Encircle the Oberen Stelligletscher, and climb to the Col, 3228m from the Wasuhorns. Short peak ascent to the Wasuhorn, 3343 m. Ski descent to the Jungtaljoch, 3220m. On to the Jungtal we continue to the top tram\/gondola station of Alp Jungen, 1955m, to St.Niklaus.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Cost: CHF 3,529.00 (1 person) CHF 2,726.00 (per person with 2 person)<\/p>

Includes: hut fees, 5 breakfasts and 5 dinners, 1 liter of tea, 6 days guiding.<\/p>

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The tour de Ciel is in very demanding in high Alpine terrain and requires excellent experience in ski touring, Skiing technique and physical conditions.\n

\nCarrying only the lightest pack, you cross massive glaciers surrounded by spectacular mountains, eat homemade food and sleep in a real bed in one of the many huts along the route. Maximum comfort in the huts, maximum safety, maximum view, minimum packs: the recipe for an unforgettable experience in the Swiss Alps. This is a strenuous tour and requires a high level of physical fitness. A normal day will be 8-10 hrs. of uphill and downhill skiing in high altitude with a light backpack.\n

\nParticipants must be strong skiers, PSIA level 9, able to perform strong dynamic parallel turns with ski randonne equipment while carrying a pack in all snow conditions: powder, hard packed and crud snow.\n

\nI highly recommend doing a level I avalanche class with AIARE (American institute for Avalanche Research and Education) to have some basic Avalanche knowledge, transceiver skills as well as touring experiences.\n

\nI strongly recommend alpine randonne equipment for a trip in Europe. My past experience tells me that even an expert telemark skier will struggle and have difficulty skiing with a backpack and dealing with the always-changing snow conditions. The telemark skier is usually slower in downhill skiing, takes more falls and therefore gets tired more quickly.\n

\nAdvanced steep uphill skiing techniques, experience with ski crampons as well as excellent Euro-uphill kick turns in all conditions are required.\n

\nBasic mountaineering skills are helpful; we may use a rope, ice axe and crampons.\n

\nBring only gear you are used to (brand new, unknown gear not ideal), broken-in ski randonne boots, and the correct full skins.\n

\nIf you have any concerns about your level of skiing, mountaineering skills, please feel free to contact Swiss Guides.\n

\nAll of the above skills have to be solid and will be applied on the trip.\n

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The Tour de Ciel April\/May, On request I will work out your preferred date of the tour! At the border of Austria and Switzerland you can enjoy some great ski touring. Moderate terrain with moderate ski descents\u00a0between the two countries. An excellent experience you won’t forget. Enjoy the Austrian hospitality and there great huts some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-ski-mountaineering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissrockguides.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissrockguides.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissrockguides.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissrockguides.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissrockguides.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2339"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/swissrockguides.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2354,"href":"https:\/\/swissrockguides.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339\/revisions\/2354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissrockguides.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissrockguides.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissrockguides.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissrockguides.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}