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Ski touring between towns

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Anybody had a good experience ski-touring between towns? E.g. Wake up first day in town A, ski to town B and stay there, then ski to town C and stay there.. then ski back to town A.

Any European options considered. Guided off-piste could be an option, but I guess staying on-piste would be simpler. Occasional short bus/taxi tolerated if it unlocks an amazing route.

60-70km/day piste skiing will be ideal. Or a bit more to keep us on our toes Very Happy
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Stubai Freeride Centre are currently on a Stubai - Arlberg tour - using lifts with minimal hiking, but mostly offpiste.
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@AntonAusTirol, It really depends on your definition of ski touring to the next town. Are you thinking of 3-4 hours up to a ridge or saddle, then skiing down into a resort, or something more extreme? Are you carrying all your equipment, so effectively hut-to-hut, but staying in towns instead?

I guess the best options would have been the villages/towns that are now linked by lifts into mega resorts or area. Before the lifts they would have been perfect for your requirement.

There appear to be plenty of companies offering hut-to-hut who could probably advise, for example: http://www.alpine-guides.com/hut-to-hut-ski-touring/
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@AntonAusTirol, I thik tis is refered to some places as a ski safari as opposed to a ski tour.

Dolomites would seem like an ideal place. I have no personal experience of this other than 1 week in Selva about 1995.

Here is the Dolomiti superski website. http://www.dolomitisuperski.com/en/ski-area/dolomiti-superski

This is a fantastic idea and if anyone has a DIY itinerary suitable for a family of 2 adults and 3 kids (who are perfectly competent skiers on anty piste in more or less any conditions) with stops in refuges, hotels, hostels or anywhere really- please post.
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Would work perfectly in Dolomiti as you can only really cover 60% of the ski area from a single base.
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I can't remember who, but I am certain I have seen a company advertising a ski safari in the Dolomites.

Edit: Is this what you were thinking of? http://theskisafari.com/ski-in-italy/dolomites-ski-safari/
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There are a few places here in Austria where you can do a mountain crossing (Überquerung) from one town/resort to another

e.g.

Tauplitz to Loser
http://www.skitourengehen.info/touren/skitour/1878/OW-ueberschreitung-Totes-Gebirge

or

Dachstein to Obertraun
http://www.skitourengehen.info/touren/skitour/46178/Die-Dachstein-ueberquerung


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Colletts Mountain Holidays do some great ski 'safari' trips that explore some of the less-visited areas of the Dolomiti superski, skiing on the pistes and staying in different mountain rifugios or auberges each night. nb. these are pretty plush by any standard - more like chalet accommodation and with superb food. Great locations on the mountain too, so you get to ski straight out onto the pistes the next morning before the lifts have even opened. I did one of these last year and it was fairly fast pace with a reasonable distance covered each day. They transport your overnight kit for you, so you just ski with a normal day pack, other than the odd first or last run of the day where you have to carry your kit sack.
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I'm really interested in anyone with experience of a DIY trip of this sort. On pitse but moving from place to place- ideally around teh Dolomites- but Austria would be great too, ideally with kids...

ed
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@DB, I did Dachstein to Obertraun (Obertauern is a different place) yesterday - very very enjoyable. Take a bus from Schladming up to the glacier and 3 days a week there is a bus back to Schladming - otherwise its taxi or train - or hubby collection service. Happy days. Ange Very Happy
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Neilson do a ski safari in the Dolomites. Not cheap though. https://www.neilson.co.uk/ski/italy/dolomites-ski-safari/safari-info
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@ed123, someone did a trip report on here a year or two ago about a more DIY style safari they'd done in the Dolomites. I seem to remember that they found carrying their overnight bag all day every day between accommodation was a pain to say the least. But a lot cheaper than going on an organised trip through a tour operator.
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I have done it round the Portes du Soleil. We based in Avoriaz and made two or three day trips away carrying shoes and a change of underwear.

We were lucky doing it at Christmas / New Year as it was a good snow year. This was back in the 80s and not all of the villages were as connected as they are today.
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@CathS, cheers- I'll look for it. I think it all depends on how much stuff you take. If it's a change of pants, a t-shirt and a small wash bag in addition to your usual stuff- no problem. But it could easily get out of hand if there was an idea that you'd take a complete change of clothes and not smell really bad.
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@DB, I did Dachstein to Obertraun (Obertauern is a different place) yesterday - very very enjoyable. Take a bus from Schladming up to the glacier and 3 days a week there is a bus back to Schladming - otherwise its taxi or train - or hubby collection service. Happy days. Ange Very Happy


Hi Ange,
Yes it's great up there, did the "Rumplerrunde" a few years ago and hope to do it again before the end of March 2017. Last time the snow cover was not too good on the way down and it was a 10+ hour day, a lot of ski carrying and a ski down in the dark.

A couple of pics from the trip ...



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