Why Chamonix for our off piste / all mountain ski courses and private lessons.
Chamonix is the world capitol of off piste and freeride skiing. There are 6 extensive ski areas offering a huge amount of easy to acess off piste routes. Chamonix off piste is great for all levels of off piste skier from powder puppy to powder hound. The lift system allows skiers to access very good off piste skiing straight form the ski lifts.This makes Chamonix the ideal place for us to run our off piste / all mountain ski courses.
Each Chamonix ski area offers a different type of terrain for off piste. Le Brevent and la Flegere are great for couloirs and bowl skiing for all levels of off piste skier.
Further up the Chamonix valley Les Grands Montets is a huge mountain with undoubtabley some of the best off piste skiing on the planet. This is where famous freeriders hang out. Glaciers on the upper sections lead down to wide open bowl skiing with steeps and couiloirs. The tree skiing and into valley couloirs are also great for expert skiers. The Grande Montets is where we often ski 10000 vertical meters per day on our expert level off piste ski courses. A brilliant lift system opens up 3 sides to this amazing ski mountain.
Le tour at the end of the Chamonix valley is great for all levels on piste and off piste. The front side is easy terrain for beginner off piste skiers. This is an ideal place for us to take intermediate level off piste ski courses on the first couple of days of the course. The back side offers very nice terrain for more advanced and expert off piste skiers.
The Aiguile du Midi cable car takes skiers and alpinists from Chamonix town to an impressive altitude of 3842 meters. This is not a ski area for piste skiing. All the runs are off piste and on a glacier, this makes the skiing more serious. A High mountain guide is highly reccomended for this.
Les Houches is situated as at the lower end of the Chamonix valley and offers very nice tree-lined piste skiing and some off piste. This the where the mens world cup combined event the Kandahar is held. The best skiers in the world race in downhill and slalom over a 2 day event.
Chamonix is only 1 hour drive from Geneva airport .
Off piste ski courses chamonix/off piste ski lessons / coaching in Chamonix.