Val Feret & Rifugio Bonatti Ski Touring Weekend – Feb 2022

This is a very popular weekend featuring an intro to ski touring in the wonderful Italian Val Feret with a base camp at the superb Rifugio Bonatti.   A ski touring treat not to be missed!   This weekend is designed to give you a fun and informative insight into the magical world of ski touring. It picks up from our January weekend course and offers 2 action packed days, featuring satisfying ascents on skins, remote off piste skiing, technical training and generally enjoying the atmosphere of this fantastic area where the Monte Bianco Massif meets the upper Val d’Aosta.

We run three separate weekends in January, February and March and whilst each course is an intro, with no prior touring experience required, doing all three would give a great opportunity to learn, practice, consolidate and develop your ski touring skills in 3 superb different locations.  The February and March weekends are both quite physical and all touring takes place without the use of lifts – just skinning power to truly earn our turns in these wonderful areas…

Our January course makes the most of the deep winter snow pack and is based in Chamonix to take advantage of the lifts, trees and hopefully ski some great powder. The February courses heads to the scenic south side of the Mont Blanc range and tours in the lovely Italian Val Feret with the comfortable Rifugio Bonatti as Base Camp. In March the spring touring season is underway and the weekend is based at the remarkable Grand St. Bernard Monastery run by the hospitable monks. This gives a great opportunity to explore this classic ski touring area on the Swiss – Italian Alpine border.

Course Aims

• Enjoy 2 days ski touring in the superb Val Feret in the Italian Alps
• Spend a night in an Italian mountain hut
• Complete practical introductory training in the essential skills for ski touring & complete some good physical tours in the process
• Spend a sociable weekend in the mountains and meet other like minded skiers

Each of our intro touring weekends blend a great mix of satisfying ascents on skins, fun & remote off piste skiing and completing some fine journeys whilst undertaking some important training along the way…

Check out our report from this course in 2020

16 February 2020, Val Feret, Bonatti and Chamonix Ski Touring Update