SWITZERLAND ANDERMATT/ENGELBERG FREERIDE SKIING OVERVIEW

Freeride skiing…it’s what every backcountry skier who comes to Europe wants but just didn’t know it. Our Swiss free ride off piste trip visits the top free ride destinations in Switzerland - Andermatt & Engelberg. The Engelberg/Andermatt region of Switzerland receives the most snow in the Alps and, on the good days, the best powder skiing in all of the Alps.

Freeride skiing is mostly a European term that describes a style of backcountry skiing that Europe is famous for. You could call it “lift served backcountry” but that just doesn’t give it justice considering the massive difference between European and North American ski resorts. Freeride skiing means using the extensive lift systems in the Alps to access massive amounts of backcountry ski terrain with perhaps some skinning and ski mountaineering involved. We are talking backcountry runs with up to almost 7,000 feet of vertical!

We base out of the small Swiss resort town of Engelberg, considered perhaps the best freeride skiing destination in all of Europe. Engelberg boasts some of the most famous off-piste or freeride runs in all the Alps including the Galtiberg, the Laub, the Steintal and the Titlus Roundtour. Just a short ways down valley there’s the secretive freeride only area known as the Haldigrat with a private chairlift accessing even more great powder terrain. We will also bump over to nearby Andermatt which is also known for its big freeride descents such as the famous Guspis. Some descents are out of bounds right from the lifts and some require some short skinning.

Join us in late winter for big descents on fantastic terrain and some great apres ski. IAG director and IFMGA ski guide Dave Miller leads most of the Engelberg freeride tours himself.

 
 
 
 

ENGELBERG/ANDERMATT FREERIDE SKIING SKILL & EXPERIENCE LEVEL

Expert level skiers and split boarders with some previous backcountry skiing experience using skins. Should be comfortable skiing steep double black diamond runs at a resort in most any conditions. No previous mountaineering experience is required. Very good to excellent physical condition is required.

SWISS FREERIDE SKIING GROUND TRANSPORTATION & LODGING

On the Swiss freeride Skiing trip we include all of your lodging with breakfast and all lift tickets as well as two private shuttles between Engelberg and Andermatt.

 

 

2025 DATES:

February 23 - March 1st

Custom dates also available in February & March

COST:
$3495

INCLUDES

  • All lift tickets

  • All lodging with breakfast included

  • Private transportation between Engelberg and Andermatt

  • Logistical travel support to help you get from and to the beginning and end of the tour

  • 6 days of skiing with American IFMGA/UIAGM ski guides and all the guide's expenses

 
 

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