Backcountry Skiing, Backcountry Snowboarding

The Chalets are typical country houses in the mountains. More and more people prefer that kind of accomodation. Escape from the every day life into an amazing mountain world at Arlberg. The nature is a challenge and also a chance on both sides. That was our effort to build the Arlberg Lodges. Important was s a sustainable and effective way of building these accomodations. They are designed with astethic and beautiness and representing the Individuality of our location and nature!

Great Northern is committed to providing guests with the best deep powder skiing experience in BC. We operate a little differently around here and, we like to think, a little better. Sure there is a wide range of prices to be found in the cat-skiing world, BUT there is a wide range in the quality of the package as well — just be sure you are comparing apples to apples.

La Grave: Every freerider needs to have been here at least once in his life. The steep northern runs with their gigantic vertical metres make La Grave one of the best freeride spots in the Alps and beyond.

The Guides Andi and Björn share their collective freeriding experiences focusing on skiing style & safety off piste. Two days spent learning about the dangers, LVS beeps, avalanches, warning signs, studying lines, route finding, discussing group dynamics, Blizzard equipment test and of course, as much freeriding as possible with Björn showing some tricks!

Since 1993 Snowlegend has offered snowboard, ski and telemark classes in La Meije-La Grave. Don't try to compare this resort to any other, it's in a class of its own. In remote corner of the Hautes Alpes Oisans, it is the largest mountain group in the Alps. La Meije may not be the highest peak, but it has one of the longest vertical drops in the world!  Two lifts take you up to 3650 meters from where the number of possible descents makes La Grave probably the largest off-piste site in Europe!

Chamonix is one of the most popular domiciles of the so-called „Ski-Bums“ who are enthusiastic skiers working all summer long in order to completely give in to their passion in winter. Apart from spectacular glaciers, steep couloirs and impressive northern scarps are to be found around the famous mountaineering village at the foot of the Mont Blanc. During our freeride week you will experience a varied mixture ranging from „off-piste“-descents with up to 5000 feet difference in altitude.

How about a skiing adventure in the French Alps with a team of professionals that has an understanding for what a 21st century free skier really wants? The place: The Skiers Lodge in La Grave is perfectly positioned for the biggest lift accessed off piste skiing in the world with 2150 vertical metros (7.050+feet) of freeriding terrain to enjoy. The Skiers Lodge caters for groups or for the independent skiers who would like a 6-days-guiding and lodging at an all inclusive price.

OFF PISTE! You have always wanted to ride away from the groomed areas and lifts but never really felt safe enough? In the Freeride course you will learn all of the important things about off piste riding. You will be instructed how to use an avalanche tranceiver, probe and shovel. And if you have some experience, our backcountry guiding will lead you even deeper into the off-piste world!

Om Ski & Lineupexplorers present: "Steep and deep" - a Freeride and Yoga Camp in La Grave. Skiing is often considered one-dimensional, we think differently. Our trip aims to stretch the mind as well as the body, taking your ski-experience to another dimension. We teach yoga techniques to improve your flexibility, develop your core strength, optimise your breathing and generate energy flow so that you'll get even more out of freeriding!