ALAN'S EVENTS

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Your first Alpine tour in the high Swiss Alps!

Do you want to take hiking to the next level and start mountaineering? This is your opportunity to join a beginner’s tour to Piz Medel. A perfect Alpine tour for beginners that does not require technical experience, but will take you high up into the Swiss Alps and across a glacier to a peak standing at 3’210 meters above sea level. This tour is led by a certified mountain guide who will be responsible for your safety. Read the full Tour description here.

Alpine Tour Itinerary

The currently planned meeting point for this tour is on Saturday at 10:30 by the Bus Stop Curaglia Posta. That is the further we can get with public transport. But we have the opportunity to save ourselves from another 300 meters of ascending. So we will create carpools at the meeting point and travel a bit further. Our guides will lead the way to get us there. Having shortened our hike with heavy backpacks significantly, you will now receive any rental equipment that you may have ordered. After an official welcome, we will begin our ascent to the Medelserhut. Depending on our form on the day, the hike will take between two and a half, to three hours. A total of 5 kilometers and about 900 meters of ascending. We are not in a hurry and we can take plenty of time to take pictures and enjoy the great views the Alps provide. Dinner at the Hut is not until 18:30. We have enough time to check in and get sorted before Dinner and take some time to look at the map and discuss the plans for the next. How do you plan a route across the glacier and how do you read the map? Or maybe we have some time to cover other topics as well.

Summit day

After Dinner is sleepy time. Swiss standards demand that lights out is at 10 o clock. Although this time of year the sun stays out very late and you may go to bed with the sun still out. We try to get some sleep as mountaineering tours tend to start early. There is a multitude of reasons to start early, including the glacier and snowfields still being frozen, making it much easier to get across them. The exact time of breakfast and tour start will be determined by our mountain guide and depend on the conditions of the day. After a short breakfast, coffee, and morning routine, the tour begins with a hike to the glacier. We can leave all our extra equipment in the hut, going only with a day pack. After a short hike, the tour reaches the glacier. Here we take a short break to put on our harness and crampons and create a rope team. The rest of the way will be mostly across the glacier. The total ascends to the summit will take about three hours. Around 700 meters of ascending have to be covered, but at a much higher altitude than before. Ultimately, you will reach the peak at 3’205 meters.

Costs

The cost for two days of alpine trekking with a mountain guide comes out to 480 CHF per person. The price includes the mountain guide for two days, one night at the Medelserhütte with breakfast and dinner. Not included in the costs are your travel to and from the event, as well as any personal expenses for snacks or drinks during the day. Mountain guide Tips are optional and at your discretion.

Registration is confirmed once we receive your payment. Cancellation cannot be refunded for this event because the mountain guide is booked. If the event is canceled from our side, a full refund will be issued. 

Required Equipment

For this tour, you will need suitable clothing and at least partially crampon-ready mountaineering boots. Other technical equipment can be rented or will be provided. A full list of technical equipment is given on the event page linked here Please note that you can only participate in the events if you have the appropriate equipment. If you are unsure, please reach out to me.

Fitness

This trip does require you to be fit enough to hike up to 900 meters of ascend with your own backpack and equipment and also descend the full length back down on summit day. We expect to hike approximately 7 to 8 hours on summit day.

After Registration

Your spot will be reserved as soon as we receive your payment. At this point, we will also share a list of materials required for the event, both technical and non-technical. The arrival will be coordinated about a week prior to the event. Where possible we will try to organize car shares. Please ensure that you can make it to the meeting point on time on Saturday. The day-to-day plan is subject to change depending on the conditions and instructions of our Mountain Guide. We will communicate any changes as soon as they become apparent

Looking forward to your participation!