Ski touring course Level 1
Ski touring or backcountry skiing
The ski touring or ski mountaineering, is a type of skiing that allows us to ascend and descend with them. Enjoy a wonderful experience as this sport is, with a Mountain Guide or Technician. Do not worry if you do not have a great level, ask us without obligation, the technician or guide will know how to adapt the activity for you to enjoy it to the maximum.
Courses and guided outings with mountain skis. Both activities require an adequate ski level for each one of them.
Guided outings can be an easy route of 2 to 3 hours approx., approach to a mountain refuge or ascent to a peak.
For your convenience, we have equipment rental in Benasque, more information click here.
DIFICULTAD
Media
DURACIÓN
2-4 days
PARTICIPANTES
1-6
TARIFAS
from 100€.
FECHAS
Información sobre el material:
Incluye
- Qualified mountain guide
- Compulsory accident insurance
- Compulsory Civil Liability Insurance
- Piolet
- Crampons
- Helmet
- Group safety equipment
- First Aid Kit
- Planning and management of the activity
- Taxes (VAT)
No Incluye
- Transportation
- Ski touring equipment (rental possible, click here)
- EPI (DVA avalanche victim detector, shovel and probe) Possibility of renting click here.
Material necesario
- Long pants
- Waterproof jacket
- Warm waterproof gloves
- Thin gloves
- Cap
- Fleece or Primaloft
- Cross-country skis
- Sealskins
- Canes
- Blades
- Sunglasses
- Mountaineering ski boots (consult in case of doubt)
- Headlamp with spare batteries
- Backpack (min 30L)
- Tights and thermal T-shirt (in winter)
- Blizzard goggles (in winter)
- Sunscreen
Programa
- Correction and technicalization of turns in the runway area.
- Avalanche safety protocols.
- Theoretical / Practical nivology and avalanches.
- Climbing techniques with sealskins.
- Progression on flats: sliding and skating step
- Mary turns and changes of direction
- Choice of itineraries and orientation in the mountains
- Slope progression and accentuated diagonals
- Mountain safety, introduction to the use of ropes
- Self-detection with skis
Nuestros guías
Nacho Segorbe
Director técnico de Guías Roca y Agua y de All Radical Mountain en Sierra de Guara y Benasque (Pirineos).
Xavi Rebordosa
Guía de Montaña, Barrancos, Rafting y profesor de Esquí. Especialista en seguridad en terreno nevado Nivel 2
Kike Faro
Guía de Barrancos y Osteopatía. Con una trayectoria como guía en la Sierra de Guara de más de 15 años Kike alegra cada día con su carácter a todo el equipo.
Narcis Vilá
Guía de montaña, Barrancos y Profesional del snowboard con más de 15 años de experiencia
Michel Gonzalez
Guía de montaña y pistero. Toda una vida en el valle de Benasque hasta que su trayectoria profesional le ha hecho residir en el famoso valle de Los Alpes Franceses de Chamonix.
Dani Santorens
Guía de montaña y barrancos afincado en el Pirineo Catalán
2-day initiation course
- from 100€/ pers
The price of the course depends on the number of people in the group. The prices indicated are for a group of 6 people.
PROPOSALS:
- Routes in the vicinity of the ski resort
- Routes through the mountain refuges
- Guided ascents to peaks of 2000 meters.
- For the most demanding, guided routes to peaks of 3000 meters (see menu for ski ascents).
Officially certified mountain guide.
IMPORTANT
- It is essential to have a ski level of parallel “C”.
- It is mandatory to carry a DVA, shovel and probe.
- Maximum groups according to the level of the activity. Ratios are stipulated according to level and area.
- The guide may decide not to continue the activity for the safety of the group due to weather, terrain conditions or physical condition of any of the group members. In case someone cannot continue“the whole group will turn around” and the activity will be considered completed.
- Participants will be able to use their own technical equipment if they have it under previous evaluation of the guide. The price of the activity will not vary.
- Although the participants are insured by our accident and liability insurance, we recommend to be a member of a mountain federation.
- Equipment rental, click here.
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