 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,
If anyone has names of guides in Andermatt for off piste, would appreciate them. Am looking of course at all the ski schools, but prices there are high (600CHF per day roughly).
Maybe that is just the going rate, and is so, so be it, but just thought I would see if anyone had any insider knowledge!
Thanks.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Guiding in Switzerland is expensive. I've used both the local guides bureau and Dan Loutrel's outfit. Both have been good but Dan, being American, is slightly easier to deal with if your German is not great.
If you are proficient in dealing with avalanche hazard then the main routes in Andermatt are not hard to navigate. If that's not the case then I would strongly recommend a guide as it would be easy to get into trouble straight off the lift.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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nope, not proficient in dealing with avalanches or eyeing up the hazards, so it will be a guide all the way for me.
Will look into Dan Loutrel also.
thanks for the advice
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ps happy to accept any other tips and info you are happy to share about Andermatt also!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Basecamp is a nice place to stay.
Andermatt sucks in bad weather and can be ferociously busy at the weekend due to its proximity to Zurich. If it is busy then get on the train and go to Disentis. Time wise, Disentis is about as far as you can get from Zurich without actually leaving the country. Disentis also has a bit of tree skiing. People rate Airolo for tree skiing but I have never been.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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thanks a million, definitely planning to head over as far as there on skis but if weather bad will take the train
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I also heard good things about Dan Loutrel - albeit from Americans!
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i've dropped him an email so hopefully he bites!
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Also take or rent touring gear. Most of the stuff is accessible without skinning but the Guspis is best accessed on skins. I have bootpacked it in 50cm of fresh powder. It was miserable and I do not recommend it.
If you get over to Disentis, Val Strem from the top of the glacier is one of the nicest short ski tours in the Alps.
Norris, who no longer posts put this up a while back. Now Norris has got some serious game but this should give an idea of the terrain that is accessible with a short walk.
https://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?p=2007536
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@coflatharta, ...yes....regret that indeed is the going rate...I know guides in Icogne and that's their day rate...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@gorilla, as someone said in that thread, I want to be Norris when I grow up!
@valais2, thanks, seems to be the case alright from my research. Need to get a better job to properly fund my leisure activities!
@jamtastx, thanks, will have a look at these also.
thanks everyone for your input, am looking forward to it and will have to make something happen (with a guide), seems terrain like this is too good to ignore!
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HI all, Andermatt is a winner! Didn't end up getting lesson in the end as there had not been much snow in a while, but still plenty to trick around on between the pistes on gemstock.
Our first day was a white out in Naschen, and it did suck. I had to come down off the mountain with motion sickness for a while, never happened to me in all my trips previously. the remainder of our trip was blue skies all the way, class weather.
We did 2 days on Naschen side and 2 on Gemstock, if i only ever skied one mountain again it would be Gemstock, and with a guide, I cannot imagine how good it would be.
Nightlife was quiet but fine, not that I was looking for anything much, food expensive but that's Switzerland, village very nice, overall it is now joint top of my list with Engelberg.
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