For English Speakers: Ski/Snowboard tours for beginners Andermatt
Get a taste of the touring world! (CH) | 2 days
Want to experience a pleasant ascent on touring skis, enjoy a well-deserved break at the summit and carve your own track in fresh powder snow? Discover the beauty of touring with the help of this course. You will take part in simple beginner tours, where you will be given valuable information regarding avalanches as well as tips on skiing and touring techniques.
This course is suitable for ski tourers and snowboarders and is held in English.


- Interpreting dangers using avalanche forecasts and applying this information on a planned tour, introduction to the 3 x 3 method
- Ascents using skins
- Tips for powder snow skiing so that descents become something to enjoy
- Use of emergency equipment (avalanche transceiver, avalanche shovel, avalanche probe), rescue procedures
- Learn how the avalanche airbag backpack functions
Depending on your personal fitness levels, you will be able to take part in easy to moderate guided courses and tours e.g. a basic ski touring course, free touring in Andermatt or Davos
Piste: confident on skis, Powder snow: no experience necessary, Terrain: relatively steep, open terrain
For snowboarders: confident traversing (frontside/backside), ability to ride flat areas using a sliding technique (ski poles)
Duration from 2 to 4 hours, up to approx. 700 vertical meters, approx. 250 vertical meters per hour.
3-8 participants per mountain guide
9.30 a.m. Mammut Store Andermatt / Imholz Sport, Furkastrasse 2, 6490 Andermatt
Approx. 4 p.m. from point of departure
Hotel Rössli Hospental, Gotthardstrasse 14, CH-6493 Hospental
The same course is also available in German respectively in mixed classes: https://www.mammutalpineschool.com/en/ski-snowboardtouren-fuer-einsteiger-andermatt/
- Guidance and supervision provided by a mountain guide
- accommodation with half board: 1x hotel (standard multi-bed room)
- Mammut Safety Equipement to test (Avalanche Safety Equipment and Avalanche Airbag worth CHF 89.-)
- "Caution Avalanches" course materials
- 15% discount on mammut.com
- Travel to the course
- transport (possible journey by mountain rail)
- snacks and drinks
- optional: Swiss Mountain Training Avalanche Certificate CHF 30.
Our mountain guide will bring the ordered rental equipment to the meeting place. The following equipment can be rented:
- Barryvox (Avalanche Transceiver)
- Avalanche Probe
- Avalanche Shovel
- Avalanche-Airbag-Backpack
- Ski touring equipment (skis, binding, skins, ski crampons, poles)
- Ski touring boots
- MSR Snowshoes (for Snowboarders)
- Eiger Extreme Hardshell Jacket
- Barryvox (Avalanche Transceiver)
- Avalanche Probe
- Avalanche Shovel
- Touring backpack or avalanche airbag backpack (approx. 30 l with ski carrier)
- Ski touring equipment (skis, bindings, skins, ski crampons)
- Alpine ski boots or touring ski boots
- Alternative to ski touring equipment: Splitboard with skins or snowboard and snowshoes including snowboard boots/ Telemark ski and Boots
- (telescopinc) ski poles
- Ski helmet (optional)
- ski jacket and ski pants (Gore-Tex or similar material)
- Soft shell and/or fleece jacket
- Short/long functional underwear
- Beanie and headband
- 2 pairs of gloves (1 thin pair, 1 warm, windproof and waterproof pair)
- Functional socks and spare socks
- Clothes and shoes for the evening (for wearing in the accommodation and in the village)
- Own toiletries, ear plugs if required
- Breakfast and dinner at the hotel
- You need to bring your own hot drinks and lunch or you can buy them in the village
- Snacks (e.g. energy bars, dried fruit, dried meat)
- Sunglasses and ski goggles
- Sun cream and lip cream (SPF 30 or higher)
- Camera and binoculars (optional)
- half fare travelcard (if existing)
- Thermos flask made from break-proof material
- Small medicinal supplies for personal requirements

Our team is available by phone from Monday to Friday from 09.00 to 12.00 and from 14.00 to 17.00.
CH +41 (0)62 769 81 83
DE +49 (0)8334 36 20 362
AT +43 (0)7252 46051 4444