Backcountry skiing in Haute Maurienne Vanoise

Thanks to the variety of its slopes, Haute Maurienne Vanoise offers you high-quality backcountry skiing throughout the season.

With frequently accessible sectors from 3000 to 1200 meters, among the larch and arolla pines or near a glacier panorama, you will enjoy a small paradise of backcountry skiing and can easily leave your mark far from the beaten trails...virgin snow awaits you!  

To discover good freeride spots, call on the experience and professionalism of a high-mountain buide or a ski instructor.

 Who is backcountry for?

Backcountry skiing provides a feeling of liberty in virgin snow, far from crowded runs and ski lifts. It is for experienced skiers only.

Progressing through non-packed snow requires a good technical level and a good knowledge of the terrain in order to identify potential dangers, such as risk of avalanche or rocky barriers.

 For your safety 

For backcountry skiing, you must be equipped with an ARVA (used for searching for avalanche victims), a shovel and a probe and must never go alone.

 Not less than a dozen itineraries have been identified, including...

At Termignon la Vanoise, off-piste at La Porteille, total difference in altitude 1150 m, ski in broad forest, north/northwest slope.

At Val Cenis, off-piste at Combes de l’Arcelle, total difference in altitude 600 m, three valleys in the middle of a forest.

At Val Cenis, off-piste at the corridors of La Met, 3 corridors of 30°, 35° and 45° that are for expert skiers.

At Bonneval sur Arc, numerous possibilities for backcountry skiing.

 Outings

Initiation to backcountry skiing in half-day and whole-day outings; discovery of differnt backcountry resorts during the week; landing by helicopter at Val d'Isère from Bonneval sur Arc.

 Learn more about the different programs proposed by high-mountain guides

 Useful information

 Guide Blanc of Maurienne - Vanoise in Savoie, France, Patrick Col.

Vanoise, toponeige. Tarentaise - Maurienne, Leïla and Volodia Shahshahani.