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Hi
I am going to Cervinia next week. My friend and I are now good skiers and have decided we want to learn some off piste skiing. Inghams run a 3 day piste to powder course that culminates in a full days off piste excursion to Zermatt. That sounds perfect, but I am booked with crystal:(
Are there courses run by the the local ski schools that are similar? I have seen that the heliski cervinia run off piste excursions to zermatt, but I cant see any off piste lesson courses offered. I am possibly thinking of getting a private lesson and then doing the excursion to Zermatt. Will I be up to the required standard after that? I emailed the ski schools in Cervinia but non got back to me.
Thanks
Rick
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Agent57, welcome to Snowheads! 
I've never skied in Cervinia, and am only just getting to grips with off-piste myself. I'm a bit surprised none of the ski schools got back to you - can Crystal help? You could also investigate the Cervinia website/contact the tourist office to see if you can find some independent mountain guides. While not able to comment on standards, I'd suggest that you not do the excursion to Zermatt without a guide - there will probably be different trails of different difficulty, and you won't know if something's too tough until you're stuck!
Try going into Forum Search - top of the page, left hand side - and entering different combinations of terms e.g. "Cervinia off piste" or "Cervinia mountain guide" I reckon you have a good chance of finding something helpful.
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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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In fact, just found this on the Cervinia website - ALPINE GUIDES SOCIETY OF CERVINIA, +39.0166.94.81.69, info@guidedelcervino.com
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Hi Vetski. Thanks for the help. I will email crystal and do some searching! long time lurker so good to finaly join and see whos' who 
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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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oops. posted before I saw your second reply! thanks a lot for that. I will email them now. cheers
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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Agent57, lots of odd (in a good way) features around here - when you reply to someone, after you've made sure the cursor is in the Quick Reply box you can just click on their name on the left - that's why yours comes up in bold on my posts. You've clearly already figured out emoticons! There's a big thread in "The Piste" about avalanche gear - you might find it interesting to read given your plans.
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It all depends on the standard of the group but you don't learn how to ski off piste in a day so I think you should just join people with the same amount of experience. Join a ski school off piste class (private lessons are extremely expensive on your own). In places like Val d'Isere there are several independent guides/ski schools which specialise in off piste, but I don't know about Cervinia.
In my experience Cervinia isn't very good for off piste - though I expect there is enough for a beginner so long as there has been recent snow. Old snow off piste is generally very difficult - assuming there is any that isn't tracked out.
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