Hut to Hut Freeride Touring in Kosovo, Albania and Montenegro
Join certified guides for a week-long backcountry ski adventure through the pristine, untouched powder of the Albanian Alps.
Group
Balkan Mountains
6 Days
Jan, Feb
High
Intermediate
Highlights
- Discover expansive, untouched terrain in the Acursed Mountains of Kosovo and Albani
- Make the most of your time on snow with long, diverse descents
- Enjoy authentic Balkan hospitality in cozy mountain huts
Description
Join experienced, certified guides for a hut-to-hut ski touring week-long expedition in the mysterious Acursed Mountains of Kosovo and Albania!
The adventure begins in a cozy mountain hut, where the aroma of fresh coffee blends with the crisp alpine air. Stepping outside reveals a sea of pristine powder, untouched and waiting for the first tracks.
Our expert guides will lead you through a series of challenging ascents and thrilling descents, each day bringing new terrain to conquer and outstanding vistas to admire. By night, gather around the fire in traditional huts, share stories and break bread with fellow adventurers and local hosts.
Learn essential skills to ride powder safely, including avalanche safety, first aid, and group behavior in avalanche zones. Gain knowledge of outdoor risks, big mountain riding safety, and day planning. Receive personalized ski and snowboard coaching, skinning and climbing techniques, and training in crampon and ice axe use, as well as equipment handling and basic mountain climbing techniques like abseiling and knots.
This tour is for confident black slope skiers and snowboarders, with prior touring or freeride experience recommended but not required. It’s suitable for those aged 15 and above, with high physical intensity. A minimum of three participants is required; if not met, bookings can be transferred or refunded.
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Price includes
Price details
- What's Included:
- * 6 days of backcountry ski & snowboard hutto-hut touring
- * Offpiste ski/snowboard technique coaching
- * Avalanche safety theory and practical lessons, including the use of Avalanche Equipment A, B, C and Avalanche Airbag Backpack
- * Mountain riding safety training
- * Tour planning and route management
- * Video analysis of your technique for personalized feedback
- * Individualized coaching tailored to your needs and skill level
- * Local transportation and airport transfers
- * Accommodation in traditional mountain huts
- * All meals throughout the tour
- What's Excluded:
- * Ski/snowboard rentals
- * Travel expenses
- Skiing/snowboarding insurance
- Drinks
Details
Accommodation
Accommodation is provided in shared mountain huts, where you'll enjoy full board with delicious Balkan-style cuisine.
Equipment you will need to bring
Rent on site
Helmet
Poles
Ski equipment
Sunglasses
Goggles
Avalanche eqmnt
Climbing skins
Ski or snowboard-specific clothing for extreme conditions
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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