Tour du Soleil Haute Route
TicinoTour du Soleil – with the infrastructure of some very nice Italien and Ticino mountain huts with lovely service and food, we ski through beautiful and some what forgotten terrain.
This area is less crowded than other parts of the alps and generally has a good snow cover. Also, as the name of the tour suggest – always sunny weather!
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Program
There’s many variations of this tour. One of the original routes starts in the small village of Binn in Wallis and follow the old smugglers route through the Formazza valley in Italy to Bedretto and ending in Realp. Making an elegant and varied traverse through different cantons and cultures. Below suggest an alternative route staying entirely in the Italien speaking canton Ticino and north parts of Piemonte, Italy.
DAY 1
Meeting in the morning at the end of the road of Bedretto Valley, All’Acqua. Easy warm-up day with skitouring up to Capanna Corno-Gries. Its possible to have warm-up days in Andermatt or Airolo before the tour and take the train/bus to Bedretto, about 1h travel.
DAY 2
Skinning southwards direction Grieshorn, 2967m. From there we have many possibilities to ski. We will end the day at the Italian hut Rifugio Maria Luisa. Lovely food and service!
DAY 3
Skitouring up to Basodino 3273m, highlight of the skitour with skiing huge north facing glacier down to Capanna Basodino. Here is food not a problem…And you can treat yourself with a shower!
DAY 4
We put on the skins outside the hut and start moving north. Either we will summit Cristallina 2912m or Cima di Lago 2832. Our hut for the night is just below, Capanna Cristallina.
DAY 5
Many different opportunities of beautiful north facing ski runs awaits! We end the day back in the Bedretto valley. Possible to travel back home in the afternoon.
Dates for season 2025
7-11/4, Tour du Soleil Haute Route
Note:
Please feel free to contact us about requests other dates. Mars and April is good period of the season to do this tour.
Travel
Flight to Zürich. Train and bus to Bedretto valley. Possible to warm-up and stay in Andermatt, All’acqua or Airolo days before the skitour. Short transfer with bus/train to get to the village of All’acqua.
Accommodation
4 nights in mountain huts. Before and after the skitour you can sleep either in All’acqua, Airolo or Andermatt.
Level required
Offpist & ski-touring skills.
Guide/Client ratio
We ski in private groups up to 6 clients per guide. Generally we ski with two groups. All trips is led by UIAGM mountain guides. If you are alone and want to take part of a mixed coordinated group this is the perfect trip to join.
Length
5 days ski-touring.
Period
Mid Mars to mid April.
Assurance
The skier needs a travel and accident insurance for the implementation of this activity.
Price
1300 CHF/person. Including five touring days with UIAGM mountain guide.
Not including:
Travel to All’acqua. Hut costs (around 350CHF including breakfast and dinner). Lunch and drinks. Insurance.
Guide fee depends on
- Type of activity and where
- Course seriousness and difficulty
- Course length (day tour or bivinights included)
- If going alone or in a bigger group
- If booking a single day or several days
- High season or low season
Note
The price is based on the recommended daily fee by the Swiss Bergführerverband, SBV.
Tour du Soleil equipment list
Please contact us if you need to rent anything of the list below.
Technical Equipment
- Ski-touring equipment; skis, skins, ski-crampons, poles, ski-touring boots
- Transceiver, probe, showel
- Crampons, harness, ice-axe
Other Equipment
- Backpack 35-40 liters
- Headlamp
- Warm hat & sunhat
- Warm jacket
- Underlayer, mid layer, extra socks
- Jacket (wind and waterproof)
- Trousers (wind and waterproof)
- Thin and warm gloves
- Ski-googles and sunglasses
- Water bottle 1 liter
- Thermos
- Snacks, Bars
- Blister kit & painkillers: Including Compeed blister plasters and elastoplast or similar
- Sunscreen
- Earplugs: If you sleep together in the dormitory at the mountain station and there is a lot of movement.
- Sleeping sheet for the huts