Montafon Off-Piste Skiing
Montafon’s above average snow record and long ski season usually means good opportunities off-piste in and around the main ski areas. Montafon is best known, however, for excellent ski touring including including ski touring on glaciers and difficult high altitude ski touring.Gargellen is the starting point for the Madrisa tour (to Klosters in Switzerland and back) and there are also a few ski routes and some relatively easy off-piste skiing in the main Gargellen ski area on Schafberg.
Day ski touring routes with guides include the relatively easy Madrissa Tour from Gargellen (Schafberg) around Madrissa (2770m) to Klosters (Switzerland) then back; and easy-medium ski tours from Bielerhöhe to Breitfielerberg (2417m), Kromerscharte (2793m), Winterberg (2832m), Seehorn (3089m) and Rauher Kopf (3101m).
There are more difficult higher altitude ski tours in the Rätikon mountains to Sulzfluh (2817m), Drei Türme (2830m), Vergaldner Schneeberg (2832m), Heimspitze (2685m) and Rotbühelspitze (2853m) and high touring in Silvretta to Dreiländerspitze (3197m), Piz Buin (3312m), Jamspitze (3178m), Schneeglocke (3223m) and Silvrettahorn (3244m) which include ski touring on glaciers.
Montafon mountain guides are fully qualified (state examined and authorised) Bergfuhrers.
Alpinschule Montafon offer one-week (7 days) high alpine ski touring trips including the Montafoner High Route (Sivretta – Rätikon) from Silvrettasee via Rauhkopf – Wiesbadner Hütte – Piz Buin – Silvrettahütte (CH) – Schneeglocke – Saarbrücknerhütte – Seehörner – Hotel Vergalden (Gargellen) –
Sulzfluh – Lindauer Hütte – Drei Türme – Hueter Hütte – Schesaplana and ending up at Vandans.
Alpinschule Montafon – Bergfűhrer Montafon
Tel: +43 (0) 664 431 1445
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.montafon.bergfuehrer.at (German language website)
Montafon-Guides Silvretta
Tel: +43 (0) 664 102 6028
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.montafon-guides.at (German language website)