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	Dates	Area/District	Organiser/ Leader/Guide	Standard	Short description
Tour information sheets are available for the underlined tours (click on tour name for sheet). Please note that dates and details of tours may change from those published earlier, please check carefully. The website will contain the latest information. For more information on tour grading, click on this link. -------- 2009 --------
	9 - 11 Oct 2009	North Wales	Touring Sec	For leaders and potential leaders	Discuss past tours & develop future ideas - if interested contact the touring secretary. Accommodation in a bunkhouse on Fri & Sat, walk Sat & Sun.
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1	9 - 16 Jan	Queryas, France 1 Place Left	Neil Thompson	E1-2 S3 M1-2	Off-piste and day tours from a resort in the Queryas in the Southern French Alps. Based in an apartment and using hire cars.
2	9 - 16 Jan	Méribel Tour Full	Hugh Sowerby	E1 S1-3 M1	Off-piste ski coaching with Tom Saxlund and Roy Henderson (BASI).
3	14 - 17 Jan	Leysin, Switzerland	Roger Payne IFMGA	E1 S2 M2	Advanced Avalanche Training Course. 3 day course over a long weekend designed for experienced ski tourers who already have a good level of understanding and wish to consolidate and extend their knowledge.
4	16 - 23 Jan	Méribel 1 Place Left	Hugh Sowerby	E1 S2-3 M1	Off-piste ski coaching with Tom Saxlund and Roy Henderson (BASI).
5	16 - 23 Jan	Klosters	John Hogg IFMGA	E1 S3 M1	Off-piste training week for S3 skiers and above. Short climbs with long descents, lots of instruction geared to improve your skiing and your confidence. Cosy, comfortable hotel with good food.
6	23 - 30 Jan	Méribel Tour Full	Hugh Sowerby	E1 S3-4 M1	Off-piste ski coaching with Tom Saxlund and Roy Henderson (BASI).
7	23 - 30 Jan	Samnaun, Switzerland Tour Full	John Hogg IFMGA	E1 S2-3 M1	Off-piste training week for S2 and S3 skiers in this powder mecca in the southeastern Silvretta. Instruction plus short climbs and long descents. Cosy, comfortable hotel with good food.
8	23 - 30 Jan	Alpes Vaudoises, Switzerland Tour Full	Julie-Ann Clyma IFMGA Elly Schierbeek Co-ordinator	E1 S2 M1	A safari through the Alpes Vaudoises, using a series of mountain and valley hotels to make a circuit from Leysin to Lenk, then to Les Diablerets. This range often has excellent powder conditions early in the season, and days will be a mixture of skiing off-piste and doing short climbs to find the best conditions.
9	28 Jan - 6 Feb	Wasatch Range, Utah Tour Full	John Kotke & Steve Cronshaw	E2-3 S3-5 M2	Based in a Motel in Salt Lake City. Unguided day tours from trailheads and off-piste using resort lifts, experiencing the fantastic Utah powder. Can be followed by Jackson Hole week.
10	30 Jan - 6 Feb	Lenzerheide, Eastern Switzerland 1 Place Left	John Eames BASI	E1 S2-3 M1	Off-piste and day tours from a superb base using lifts and local buses to access some great peaks and tours - the infrastructure allows the descents to be a lot greater than the ascents! Coaching available in all techniques as needed. Both Alpine and Telemark skiers welcome.
11	31 Jan - 5 Feb	Chamonix / Grimentz	Isabelle Santoire IFMGA	E1-2 S2 M1	Women only trip. The idea is to inspire women to a greater sense of confidence in their off-piste skiing ability and fitness. Based in Chamonix for the first 3 days and touring around Grimentz for the last 3 days. It should be an interesting blend of physical activity, laughing and sharing life secrets!
12	4 - 13 Feb	Jackson Hole, Wyoming	John Kotke & Steve Cronshaw	E2-3 S3-5 M2	Experience the steep and deep of Jackson Hole including the classic Teton Pass. Day tours in Teton Nation Park and powder skiing off the back of Jackson Hole mountain ski resort. Can be combined with previous Wasatch week.
13	6 - 13 Feb	Lepontine Alps, Swiss / Italian Border 1 Place Left	Neil Thompson	E3 S3 M2-3	Starting in Realp, following the route of the Tour Soleil, staying in both wardened and unwardened huts.
14	6 - 13 Feb	Gresonney	Andrew Kydd	E1 S3 M1	A freewheeling hotel-based meet in this great off-piste destination, with easy access to Alagna too. A “Club Meet” with no fixed agenda - groups make their own plans on a day-by-day basis.
15	6 - 20 Feb	Western Caucasus, Russia	Bruce Goodlad IFMGA	E2 S2-3 M2	This trip will explore three valley systems in the Western Caucasus with unlimited ski touring options. Visiting in February we hope to take advantage of the great powder skiing conditions that are often found at this time of year.
16	13 - 20 Feb	Alpes Vaudoises, Switzerland	Julie-Ann Clyma IFMGA Ian Walker Co-ordinator	E1 S2-3 M1-2	The Alpes Vaudoises is a quiet corner of Western Switzerland that often has excellent powder conditions early season when higher areas have bad weather and wind affected snow. From a hotel base in the village of Leysin, the aim is to enjoy a wide variety of excellent off-piste runs and day tours.
17	13 - 21 Feb	Corsica Tour Full	Harry Lock	E4 S3 M3	Demanding, unguided, largely unwardened hut to hut tour, seven days traversing the highest parts of the island's rocky spine.
18	14 - 21 or 17 - 21 Feb	Pyrenees	Mike Hendry	E1 S2 M1	“Club Meet” exploring the Cerdagne in the Eastern French Pyrenees from a gite in Mt Louis. For either a long weekend or the full week.
19	20 - 27 Feb	Arolla 1 Place Left	Rob Collister IFMGA	E3 S3 M3	Advanced Ski Mountaineering Course - develop the mountaineering and leadership aspects of ski touring.
20	20 - 27 Feb	Andermatt 1 Place Left	Rick Marchant IFMGA	E1-2 S2-3 M1	Andermatt is one of the legendary destinations of the Alps with reliable snowfall and a range of long off-piste descents and day tours linked by lifts and the train. The week will be based at a hotel in the village with two nights at the comfortable Maighels refuge.
20a	25 Feb - 7 Mar	Montenegro New Tour	Dave Cowell	E4 S4 M3-4	Unguided exploratory ski-touring in the spectacular Prokletije mountains on the Montenegro / Albania border.
21	27 Feb - 6 Mar	Grimentz Tour Full	Rob Collister IFMGA & Tom Saxlund BASI	E2 S2-4 M1	A chance to enjoy some superb off-piste skiing and to work on ski technique with expert tuition.
22	27 Feb - 7 Mar	Western Oberland 1 Place Left	Steve Gould	E2 S2-3 M2	An early season hut to hut traverse in this classic area of Western Switzerland.
23	6 - 13 Mar	Sierra Nevada, Spain	Richard Hartley Simon Duvivier Co-ordinator	E2 S2 M2	Guided day tours from an apartment in Lanjaron and two nights from the guarded Poquiera Hut with an ascent of Mulhacen - the highest mountain in mainland Spain.
24	6 - 13 Mar	3 Valleys Area, Vanoise Tour Full	Simon Christy BASI ISTD	E1 S3-4 M1	Off-piste skiing and day tours in the fabulous 3 Valleys area, based in Brides-les-Bains with its direct lift connection to Meribel. The week will combine exploring the Vanoise ski areas using a combination of lifts and touring with technical development as required.
25	6 - 13 Mar	Tour Soleil 2 Places Left	Rob Collister IFMGA	E3 S3 M3	Variations on this classic tour close to the the Swiss - Italian border.
26	13 - 20 Mar	Bernese Oberland 2 Places Left	Rob Collister IFMGA	E3 S3 M3	Classic hut to hut tour.
27	13 - 20 Mar	Kuhtai, Austria Tour Full	John Eames BASI	E1 S2-3 M1-2	Day tours to a wide selection of stunning peaks and passes, with big descents, all from an easily accessible, high altitude base. Plenty of ski area off-piste skiing available as well. Coaching available in all techniques as needed. Both Alpine and Telemark skiers welcome.
28	14 - 19 Mar	Mt Blanc / Miage Cancelled	Andy Perkins IFMGA	E2-3 S3 M2	The Miage is south-west of Mont Blanc, and though only 45 minutes from Chamonix, the area is quiet. A warm up at Les Contamines will be followed by day tours from the comfortable Conscrits hut.
29	14 - 20 Mar	Engadine, Switzerland	Jeremy Whitehead	E1 S2 M1	Not too strenuous unguided touring with ascents less than 900m, avoiding (very expensive) lifts as far as possible. Using local rail and bus services for access. Based at Pontresina and St. Moritz Youth Hostels.
30	15 - 28 Mar	Eastern Caucasus Tour Full	Dave Wynne-Jones	E3 S3 M3	Flying to Tblisi in Georgia, the plan is to transfer to the Gudauri ski area then acclimatise on passes and peaks of 3-4500m before making an ascent of Kazbek, from a basic hut at 3700m.
31	19 - 28 Mar	Joutunheim, Norway	Catherine Mangham	E2 S1 M2	A traverse of the Jotunheim range, taking in Norway's highest peak. For Nordic skiers.
32	13 - 19 Mar	Vanoise Tour Full	Phil Jardine	E3 S2 M2	Starting from Pralognan-la-Vanoise, exploring the mountains in the Grand Bec massif (to the North West of the Grand Casse). Staying mainly in unwardened huts.
33	20 - 27 Mar	Bregaglia, Switzerland	Jeremy Whitehead	E1-2 S2 M2	Senior's Tour for over 60s at a relatively slow uphill pace. Quite a long approach, but then relatively short tours from a guarded hut above the splendid Forno glacier. Ascents not exceeding 1000m, but quite steep.
34	20 - 27 Mar	Bivio, Switzerland Tour Full	Dan Carron & Nick Nicholls	E1-2 S2-3 M2	A week of day tours based at a comfortable hotel in Bivio where ski-touring opportunities abound. There will be two groups - one with easier tours at E1/S2 and another at E2/S2-3 with a degree of flexibility between the two groups. As the week is hotel based, non-touring members are welcome to attend.
35	20 - 27 Mar	Stubai, Austria Tour Full	Adam Livett	E2-3 S2-3 M2	The Stubai area just south of Innsbruck is a mecca for ski mountaineers. This classic 6 day circuit will go anti-clockwise round the head of the Stubaital taking in peaks as appropriate.
36	21 - 27 Mar	Adelboden, Switzerland 2 Places Left	John Hogg IFMGA	E1-2 S2-3 M1	Easy day tours from a comfortable hotel in Adelboden in the Bernese Oberland. Climbs from 400m to 800m vertical, easy to intermediate descents. Using some lifts on a single ride basis to bring longer tours within reach.
37	21 - 27 Mar	Urner Alps, Switzerland	Andy Perkins IFMGA	E3 S3 M2	A warm up in Andermatt then a 6 day traverse of the Urner Alps in central Switzerland, from Realp to Engelberg, with nights in mountain hotels, guarded and unguarded huts. For experienced ski tourers.
38	27 Mar - 3 Apr	Haute Maurienne Tour Full	Andy Teasdale IFMGA	E3 S3 M3	A classic glacial traverse in this stunning area between the Vanoise and Gran Paradiso National Parks, taking in some of the finest peaks and steeper descents.
39	27 Mar - 3 Apr	Oetztal Tour Full	Andrew Kydd	E2 S3 M2	Classic hut-to-hut tour in this well-known glaciated area. Comfortable huts. Plenty of optional summits along the way.
40	28 Mar - 2 Apr	Alpine Summits 1 Place Left	Rick Marchant IFMGA Ian Scorah Co-ordinator	E3 S3-4 M3	A magical mystery tour starting and finishing in Chamonix with the aim of finding the best snow and weather conditions at the time. The focus of the week will be about getting away from the crowds with some good challenging skiing and a bit of scrambling for some summits.
41	2 - 23 Apr	Kullu Valley, India	Dave Wynne-Jones	E4 S3 M3	Beginning with day tours and progressing to 3-4 day self-supporting tours from camps to peaks and passes of 4-5000m in the superb ski-mountaineering area around Manali.
42	3 - 10 Apr	Bernese Oberland Tour Full	Keith Hampson & Roger Upton	E2 S3 M4	Hut to hut traverse through the heart of the Bernese Oberland, taking in the summit of the Finsteraarhorn.
43	3 - 10 Apr	Arolla Tour Full	Andy Teasdale IFMGA	E2 S1-2 M1	Introduction to Ski Touring - course for newcomers to ski mountaineering and ski touring. It is also possible to combine this course with the Introductory Tour, the following week.
44	10 - 17 Apr	Val d'Anniviers, Switzerland	Roy Ruddle	E3 S3 M4	Exploring the area south of Zinal, with an emphasis on mountaineering objectives - possibly including the summit of the Zinalrothorn.
45	10 - 17 Apr	Swiss Valais Tour Full	Andy Teasdale IFMGA	E2 S2 M2	First tour for those who have recently completed the Introductory Training Course, or who want to refresh their skills. This tour takes in some of the area covered by the Haute Route.
46	10 - 17 Apr	Western Oberland	Roger Payne IFMGA Susie Amann Co-ordinator	E2 S2-3 M2	A hut to hut traverse in this quiet corner of Western Switzerland which usually has excellent snow conditions. The tour benefits from high lift access at the start leading to remote and wild terrain.
47	10 - 17 Apr	Oetztal 2 Places Left	Andy Perkins IFMGA Peter Wolf Co-ordinator	E2 S2 M1	This tour goes clockwise round this famous area from Vent, with a theme of comfortable huts, easy pace and modest vertical intervals.
47a	17 - 24 Apr	Swiss Valais 1 Place Left	Andy Teasdale IFMGA	E2 S2 M2	First tour for those who have recently completed the Introductory Training Course, or who want to refresh their skills. This tour will cover the same itinerary as Tour 45.
48	17 - 24 Apr	Ortler Tour Full	Bruce Goodlad IFMGA	E2 S2-3 M2	A circuit through this delightful range of mountains in North Eastern Italy, starting from Bormio.
49	17 - 24 Apr	Pennine 4000ers	Roger Payne IFMGA Declan Phelan Co-ordinator	E3 S3 M3	This is a week for fit, experienced ski tourers that will take in a range of 4000m summits, as weather and conditions allow, on a traverse from Zermatt to Saas Fee.
50	17 - 25 Apr	Glarner Alps, Switzerland	Pete Lancaster	E3 S3 M3	A hut to hut tour through this lesser known area of Eastern Switzerland, taking in the summits of the Tödi and Oberalpstock. For experienced ski tourers.
51	18 - 22 Apr	Patrouille des Glaciers Training	Rick Marchant IFMGA Phil Jardine Co-ordinator	E4 S3 M3	5 days training and final preparation for the Patrouille des Glaciers ski mountaineering race (probably just the shorter variant from Arolla to Verbier). The meet will be useful both for those competing, and for those who want a greater understanding of what is involved. If you are interested, please contact the co-ordinator as soon as possible, as entries for the race itself need to be submitted early Sept 2009.
52	26 Apr - 1 May	Grand Combin Tour Full	Rick Marchant IFMGA Rupert Hoare Co-ordinator	E3 S3 M3	The Grand Combin is a remarkably isolated peak and though many pass by on the Haute Route few really take a close look at this Alpine giant. Starting from Bourg St Pierre, this week will tour around the mountain, possibly including an ascent of the summit itself.
53	28 Apr - 7 May	Haute Route Tour Full	Andy Perkins IFMGA Tony Lamb Co-ordinator	E2 S3 M2	This classic Chamonix to Zermatt Haute Route has a mid week start and is spread over ten days. Huts are quieter and we have 3 days in reserve to reach Zermatt in the event of bad weather.
54	25 Sep - 16 Oct	Chile / Argentina Tour Full	Mike Spencer	E4 S3 M3	Club Expedition to the Patagonian Andes of Chile and Argentina, taking in parts of Araucania, the Lake District and the Southern Volcanoes. This will be an exploratory expedition with its main objective being self-supported multi-day traverses of mountain ranges in the region in addition to single summit ascents in the Bariloche and Southern Volcanoes area. The main expedition will be in the field for 3 weeks, but there may be scope for extending this (before or after) for interested parties.
	As arranged	As arranged	Member to member tours	Any	Post your ideas here on the website or on the Eaglenet.
	Oct / Nov 2010		Touring Secretary		Leaders meet.

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NOTES:
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This page last Updated on 09/03/10 by Tony Browne

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