Catskiing and Freeride Touring in Kosovo

Kosovo's Accursed Mountains offer Europe's last untracked frontier. Join our expedition-level freeride trip for experienced riders, featuring a hybrid cat-touring approach to access virgin descents, high-altitude lodging, and true solitude. Only 12 spots.

Group

Balkan Mountains

8 Days

Feb

High

Advanced

Highlights

Experience truly virgin descents in Kosovo’s Accursed Mountains, far from the crowded circuits of the Alps.
: A unique approach combining snowcat power for massive vertical with strategic touring to reach otherwise inaccessible, pristine terrain.
Designed for experienced riders, featuring a diverse arsenal of technical chutes, sprawling alpine bowls, and old-growth glades.

Description

In the high heart of the Balkans, towering slopes and deep lines await those born for the backcountry.

Deep in Kosovo’s Accursed Mountains, untracked descents and hidden features wait beyond the reach of casual riders. This is not just a sightseeing tour—this is expedition-level freeriding, designed for the experienced rider.

Our hybrid approach unlocks terrain impossible to access by conventional means. We combine cat-powered mobility for rapid access to remote sectors with strategic touring to push beyond all boundaries and claim virgin descents. You will face a stunning diversity of terrain, from technical chutes and sprawling alpine bowls to old-growth glades, with each day meticulously designed to build upon your technical arsenal.

Stay at Gacaferi Guest House (1,840 m), the region’s only high-altitude winter outpost. Surrounded by ancient pines and local cuisine, it’s your refuge after each demanding day.

While the Alps are tracked out, Kosovo’s Accursed Mountains offer untouched lines, massive vertical, and true solitude—for the price of a standard guided week elsewhere.

This window of opportunity won't stay open forever. Join the select few who will return with more than photographs; they will carry the quiet confidence of having ridden where others only dream of. With only 12 positions available, the question isn't whether you should join—it's whether you can afford to miss it.

Price includes

Price details

Included
* 6 full days of professional backcountry guiding
* Avalanche safety gear provided
* Technical coaching with video feedback
* All ground transport, including airport transfers
* Fullboard meals featuring authentic Balkan cuisine
* Accommodation at Gacaferi Guest House
Not Included
* Ski or snowboard rental (available on arrival)
* Travel to and from the destination
* Ski/snowboard insurance (can be purchased separately)
* Drinks

Details

Accommodation

Perched at 1,840 meters, the Gacaferi Guest House is your exclusive mountain refuge in the heart of the Kosovar Accursed Mountains. As the only guest house operating at this altitude in winter, it offers direct access to pristine, crowd-free terrain.

You'll enjoy comfortable accommodation and authentic local cuisine in a classic high-altitude hut setting, surrounded by pine forest. Daily included transfers (30-40 minutes) bring you to the slopes.

The adventure concludes with a guided visit to the historic city of Peja, where you'll explore cultural sites and savor traditional food. This is a complete package, offering both remote backcountry immersion and a taste of Balkan culture.

Equipment you will need to bring

Helmet

Poles

Ski equipment

Sunglasses

Goggles

Avalanche eqmnt

Climbing skins

About the guide

Snowbusters

Guide Agency

Snowbusters is a skiing and snowboarding community of guides and coaches that have grown out of a genuine passion for gliding snow on any possible terrain, at different locations around the world. We love and live what we do. That’s why we don’t just sell skiing or snowboarding holidays. We don’t just provide instructors and guides.

Our aim goes far beyond that. We strive to introduce people who decide to join us to the whole culture behind what we love to do most in our lives. We try hard to maintain the motivation high. Our lifelong dedication is the best proof that we are good at it. We know what it gets to internalize the right habits that will lead to continuous progress.

We are a community of equally passionate skiers, snowboarders, and mountaineers. Having different educational and professional backgrounds, we provide complex and revealing insights into skiing and snowboarding in its various forms, as well as into skiing and snowboarding lifestyles. Ours have been crafted in a way that allows for as much riding as possible. We have a lifelong affair with the sport and are able to employ multiple approaches to passing on the necessary skills that will help you become a better skier or snowboarder.

In our view, growing up as a skier or snowboarder entails growing up as a person. We live and work in natural environments, and an important part of what we do is sharing our positive attitude towards nature. We promote partnership and respect to all living and non-living elements of our world. At the start of the new year, we will be joining the 1% For The Planet project.

Languages

Swedish | Russian | German | English | Czech

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