8-day splitboarding traverse in Saas Fee

Let Martin, an IFMGA- mountain guide, show you the amazing Saas Fee backcountry terrain with this 8-day splitboarding traverse.

Alpes

8 Days

May - Jul

Intermediate

Description

**This 8-day splitboarding traverse in Saas Fee is an excellent initiation program to start enjoying the Alpine touring world!**Known as “The Alps Pearl”, Saas Fee is a village located in the Saas Valley, in the southern Swiss Canton of Valais. During winter it becomes a big ski resort with amazing snow and great hospitality.So the help of its lifts is ideal to make a first contact with the splitboarding world. We’ll be surrounded by mountains over 4000 meters high, climbing up with our skins and enjoying amazing powder runs.During this program we’ll reach incredible summits like Allalinhorn (2027 m), Weissmies (4023 m) and Strahlhorn (4196 m). We’ll also spend some night in traditional mountain huts, where you’ll learn what it is to enjoy a quiet night in the Alps, with skies full of stars.And of course every day you’ll be able to ride slopes with pristine deep powder snow!

This 8-day splitboarding traverse in Saas Fee is a great way to discover these beautiful mountains while you enjoy amazing powder runs. Send me a request now and we’ll start organizing your trip!

And if you feel like doing a mountaineering program in Switzerland, please also check my Weismiess-Alallinhion-Bishorn mountaineering week.

Price includes

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival

Arrival in Saas Grund, hotel accommodation and gear check.

Day 2: Training in Saas Fee

We will train on how to use the Arva, glacier rescue and off piste snowboarding.

Day 3: Allalinhorn

We will ascend through the ski slopes all the way to the untracked terrain. We’ll continue to summit the Allalinhorn (2027 m). Descent to the valley and night in Saas Grund.

Day 4: Weissmies Peak

We’ll take the Hohsaass cable car from Saas Grund. Then we’ll climb the Weissmies Peak (4023 m). Descent to the valley and night in Saas Grund.

Day 5: Langfluh

Transfer to Saas Fee, where we’ll take a Cable Car and then climb to Langfluh (2800 m). Then, instead of going down to the village, we’ll put our skins again to ascend to the Britannia mountain hut, where we will spend the night.

Day 6: Strahlhorn

Ascent of the Strahlhorn (4196 m). Night at the Britannia hut.

Day 7: Rimpfischhorn and Saas Fee

Traverse back to Saas Fee, going by the summit of the Rimpfischhorn. Finally, descent to the valley.

Day 8: Departure

About the guide

Martin

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Mountain Guide

Martin Elorza Alday (Donostia,Basque country,1967)
Although I was born near the sea, I started very young to enjoy the nearby mountains.
This hobby gradually become a passion, which led me to be a UIAGM Mountain Guide
To share and trasnmitir everything the mountain had given me.
During several years I have been practicing my passions:
Traveling all over the world,mountaineering, climbing and skiing.
. Actually I’m a full profesional High Mountain Guide UIAGM
Since 2000 I lead my own clients around the world as a freelancer Mountain Guide.
. I have take part in many expeditions to The Alps, atlas (Morocco),Andes (South America) and Himalaya,
I’ love showing the Pyrenees to all peolple who likes mountaing:all the year.
In Winter,ski touring is my especiality, but in summer, rock climbing in Pyrenees is amazing!
I would like to guide you till de top of Mont Blanc, Matterhorn (Alps),Monte Perdido and Aneto (Pyrenees), Naranjo de Bulnes (Picos de Europa) and other mountains.

You can contact me and know what others activities we can do together

Languages

French | English | Basque

Certificates

UIAGM

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