Ski Touring Day Trip – with a mountain guide

Ski Touring

  • 1 Day

  • Level 2

  • 1-6 clients per guide

  • December to April

  • Tailor this adventure

Valmalenco is known for being a hidden gem for ski touring and ski mountaineering, offering everything from easy to rarely attempted, challenging terrain.

Ski touring here is a journey into the wild. It’s about the rhythmic crunch of skins on snow, the breath-taking views of the Bernina Range, and the pure freedom of drawing your own line down a pristine, untouched face. Ski touring with a local guide brings knowledge of the best snow and adventure for every skill level.

We can create a customized trip, tailoring the itinerary to your fitness and ability, from introductory on safer slopes to challenging alpine traverses.

Pricing

Pricing is for a 1-day trip. You can extend it to a multi-day.

Minimum 4 guests:

€ 115 Euro per person
(about $180 CAD)

Number of guests:
The maximum number depends on the level of skiers and terrain.

Prices already include taxes but don’t include hut stay for you and the guide. Some mountain huts offer 2-4 bed private rooms, while others have dormitory style accommodation.

Ski Touring Day Trip

Popular tours like Passo Cassandra and Pizzo Scalino are some of the objective of the Day Trip Ski Touring program. 

While trying to reach one the the many beautiful peaks of the valley we will work on refining and perfecting your skinning technique, transitions, and kick-turns, improving off-piste skiing in various snow conditions (powder, crud, crust) on steep slopes and developing the essential mental and practical skills for managing risk and making sound judgments in the backcountry.

In spring time when snowpack is often more solid and stable, Valmalenco opens up a lot of interesting steep skiing adventures.

What’s Included

As per itinerary above.

  • Expert leadership of our fully certified local mountain guide.

  • Ski equipment, ARTVA, shovel and probe for your use

  • Meals during the multi-day trek: Accommodation at the mountain huts always includes dinner and breakfast, plus a lunch bag to take with us.

Not Included

As per itinerary above.

  • Transportation to and from the arrival and departure location as indicated in the Itinerary. However, we can arrange this for you if you like.

  • Optional gratuities to trip leaders or staff.

  • Optional travel insurance. (We recommend to have one.)

  • All beverages such as beer, wine, coffee, sodas, and bottled water are not included unless specified in the meal’s menu.

FAQs and Practical Tips

We categorize all our activities — from easy hiking to challenging climbing or ski touring —  and assign them a level of difficulty, so you can easily compare them.

Access the difficulty scale by clicking this icon beside the word “Level” at top of the page for each adventure/trip:

You can tailor most of our adventures; for example, making them longer or shorter, or more or less challenging.

We recommend that you get in touch with us and we choose the best options together.

Ideas for customization can be found either at the bottom of each trip description, or can be viewed by clicking this icon beside the words “Tailor this adventure” at top of the page for each adventure/trip.

To ensure you can fully immerse yourself in the beauty of the Alps, we strongly recommend that all guests carry comprehensive travel insurance. For our adventures, please ensure your policy covers outdoor sports and mountain rescue for altitudes up to 5,000m.

We are updating our specialized gear lists and we will publish them for each adventure soon.

In any case, we will email you a gear packing list after you book your trip.

We strongly advise you to let us know about any allergies, food or others, that may pose a health risk for you during your trip. This affects your own safety as well as of the whole group.

As for dietary preferences, please let us know as well ahead of time as we have to arrange for alternatives with the hut custodians.

Details on our payment, cancellation and refund policies for 2026 are being updated and will be published soon.