Avalanche & Ski touring course - 6 days - Jostedalen

Description

This is a course aiming to develop skills needed in order to enjoy ski touring. Main themes throughout the course are:​

• Recognition/understanding of "Avalanche terrain"

• Planning/doing alpine ski tours

• Group management during offpiste skiing and ski tours

• Avalanche rescue

• Understanding snow, terrain, weather and avalanche bulletin

• Introduction to decision making in Avalanche terrain

The course starts with arriving during the afternoon/evening at "Jostedalen Camping" which is our base for the entire course, on day 1. Participants are booking their accomodation at the camping ground themselves.

After being lodged, you can shop food in nearby grocery store.

Day 2-4 is spent on avalanche rescue, recognizing avalanche terrain, understading terrain, snow and weather.

 

Day 5-7 are ski touring days. The goal here is to make all of the themes with have worked with so far come together during these days. Participants has to plan and carry through ski tours on some of the classic ski mountains in Jostedalen, and start to focus on how to make decisions in avalanche terrain, and implementing good group management routines.

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Leaving back home either during the afternoon/evening on the 28/3,or leaving after breakfast on 29/3.

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Who is this course for

This is a course for those who have done some ski touring before, but wants to have a solid foundation for developing themselves further. You do not in anyway have to be an "expert" or similar. Having some very basic experience from before, and a desire to learn more should be enough.

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In order to sign up for the course, you need to have some basic skiing experience from before. Being able to ski down blue/red runs in a resort with speed control, and having done a few backcountry ski trips should do it.

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If in doubt about whether this is the right course for you, please contact me and let's discuss further.

 

The goal is to create a systematic approach to developing avalanche skills, aswell as general ski touring skills, making it all come together in the end.

The emphasis is on making sure that all participants are getting the basics right from the start.

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It is mandatory to ski with an approved ski helmet during this course.

 

We will aim to build our skills in a gradual step-by-step way, making sure that we are never exceeding out capabilities as a group, for therein lies one of most important aspects of doing ski tours in wild mountain regions!
 

Dates & Price

Price: 6500 DKK pr. person

 

Dates 2026:

22/3 - 29/3: 6 spots available

 

​Maximum number of participants: 6

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If having any questions contact me at:

thuleexpeditions@gmail.com 

+45 52648187

If interested in booking, follow link below

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