LA DOLCE VITA

At 6pm there will be a welcome meeting and briefing with the lead course guide at your Hotel. 

Your guide will have the latest weather forecast and will go through the planned itinerary, explain any changes and check your equipment. The meeting is an opportunity to ask any questions, check your kit and run over all the information you will need for the week.

Your guide will pick you up from the hotel after the breakfast. You will go skiing where the snow is best. Your guide will check the groups overall ski level, refresh your safety skills in the back country, running through the basics of avalanche search and rescue skills.

Ripping around the Italian backcountry looking for great snow and epic descents!

Check out from the hotel  before 11h. 

The Courmayeur Off Piste Week comprises of 5 full days of guided off-piste skiing with a qualified and experienced UIAGM Chamex mountain guide. The itinerary has been specially designed to show you the very best Courmayeur backcountry ski runs. It will be a busy, exciting and tiring 5 days and you will need to be a competent off-piste rider to make the most of it.

•  You regularly practice backcountry skiing and have a solid repetoire
• You must be capable of skiing parallel and controlling your speed on all types of snow
• You ski confidently in all types of backcountry snow, and are comfortable in couloirs (gullies) up to 35°.

If you think that your standard of skiing is not sufficient then we recommend that you join our Chamonix Off-Piste Introduction Course, which will give you an excellent grounding in the essential off-piste skiing and safety techniques.

Alternatively, you could book a private session with one of our Chamonix Experience  Ski instructors, who will give your personal instruction on improving your technique and gaining confidence off-piste.

You are in very good physical and cardio-vascular shape. You backcountry or sidecountry ski for 3 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the afternoon without taking long breaks, over consecutive days, with a backpack and off-piste essentials. 

We can help you to organise your transport to/from Chamonix. We work with well established airport transfer companies using new and comfortable vehicles, which have the capacity and know-how to handle everything from delayed and cancelled flights, to unexpected traffic jams with professionalism and efficiency.

To book your transfer, we will need the following: 

• Your full name 
• Mobile phone number 
• Email address 
• Your destination address 
• Your flight details (date, time and flight number)

SHARED TRANSFERS: 

This is the most economic and ecologically friendly way of travel. The driver will meet and greet you at the airport, gather you and the rest of the passengers together and then head off to your chosen destination. The door-to-door service means that you will be dropped off and picked up right at your hotel /chalet / apartment. 

Please contact us to recieve a perosnalide quotation.

PRIVATE TRANSFERS: 

Private Transfers are the quickest way to get to and from the airport. Your driver will meet and greet you at the airport and guide you to your vehicle. There is no waiting for other passengers. Private transfers are available for one to eight person bookings and travelling together and you are guaranteed sole occupancy of the vehicle for your transfer. And, of course, it's a door to door service, so you won't be lugging any bags very far. 

Please contact us to recieve a perosnalide quotation.

We don’t include mountain rescue insurance in any of our courses but we strongly recommend that you have it. Mountain rescue may be very expensive, particularly if helicopters are involved. Check with your travel insurance provider if you are covered for the specific activity you are going to do with us.

However, we can organise the mountain rescue insurance for you. The cost is 8€ per person per day for EU residents and 12€ per person per day for non-EU residents. Details of the insurance cover are different for EU and non-EU residents; please contact us for more information.