3-day steep skiing program in Bedretto Valley, Ticino

Are you an experienced skier seeking to hone your skills in a challenging mountain environment? Then this 3-day steep skiing program in Bedretto Valley is perfect for you! 

Bedretto Valley is nestled in the Swiss Alps, surrounded by two massifs: Gotthard and Cristallina. It’s located in the north of Ticino, which is the only Italian-speaking and southernmost canton in Switzerland.

The valley receives lots of snow during winter, so it’s a great destination for ski mountaineering in an almost untracked terrain.

This 3-day ski tour makes an excellent preparation if you intend to practice some extreme skiing on some of the greatest walls in the Alps, such as Marinelli gully (east face of Monte Rosa), the west wall of the Eiger and the north of the Lenzspitze, among others.

The starting point of this trip will be All’Acqua, in Ticino. After crossing the top of Marchhorn (2962 m), we’ll ski down a 600 m long canyon in San Giacomo Pass, with slopes of 40°.

The second day, our objective will be Chüebodenhorn (3070 m). This time, we’ll descend from the east to Rotondo Pass. Here, we’ll enjoy slopes up to 45°.

After spending the night on Piansecco Hut, we’ll climb to Rotondo Pass again and then up a glacier towards Sabbioni Pass (3000 m). This beautiful canyon will allow an endless ski descent to Ronco, another village in the Bedretto Valley.

This is a demanding ski trip of high technical level, so an intermediate-advanced level of skiing is required.

If you want to take your skills further and be able to tackle some really hard ski descents in the future, send me a request! I’ll be happy to be your guide in this incredible section of the Swiss Alps.

In case you’re looking for some less-demanding ski trips, check out this 4-day ski tour in the Bernina massif.