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Ski tour suggestions

Here you will find the most beautiful ski tours in Davos Klosters with detailed information.

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Ski tours in Davos Klosters

Don't fancy crowded slopes and queuing at the ski lifts? Instead, climb the peaks in Davos Klosters on touring skis or a splitboard. The region with its side valleys and especially the Flüela Pass is popular for ski touring from December to April.

As tempting as the photos are, one thing in advance: ski tours in open terrain involve risks. If you set out on your own, coordinate your tour with the current snow, weather and avalanche situation. Safety always has priority. Away from the secured pistes and trails, you are responsible for yourself. Therefore, carry a complete avalanche kit with avalanche transceiver, probe, shovel and a mobile phone. Ideally, also an airbag backpack to keep you on the surface in the event of an avalanche. For ski touring beginners and all those who have no avalanche and snow knowledge, we recommend a mountain guide.

Pischa in Davos Klosters is ideal for starting ski touring.

Davos Klosters is popular for ski touring from December to April.

Davos Klosters is home to some of the most beautiful ski tours in Graubünden.

Easy introduction to ski touring on Pischa

If you first want to find out whether you like ski touring at all, you should take a detour to Pischa. Every Tuesday and Thursday, the Davos Klosters mountain guides show you how it's done at the ski touring taster course on Pischa. This is how you can get started with ski touring. And you will learn what kind of equipment you need, how to use techniques such as hairpin bends and how to correctly assess the alpine dangers in open terrain.

Dynafit-Line for speed tourers

Do you prefer heading up fast and light? Not every speed tourer has the opportunity to train on high mountain peaks. The Dynafit Line in the Pischa ski area provides a remedy. This signposted training route is suitable for fitness training on the slopes or facilitates the introduction to speed touring. The special thing about it: When the track is officially open, speed tourists are safely protected from avalanche hazards.

Tips: Flüela Pass in spring and Madrisa round tour in Klosters

Especially in spring, the Flüelapass has long been considered a ski touring paradise by those in the know. No wonder: with the Flüela-Schwarzhorn, Radüner-Rothorn, Sentischhorn, Gorihorn or the access to the Grialetsch hut, rewarding ski tour destinations are very close from here. Because you can drive to Tschuggen by car. However, parking is limited. A classic in Klosters is the circuit of the Madrisa. This day tour takes you from Klosters to Austria and back again.

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Five tips for
Ski touring in Davos Klosters

One

Cross the border

The circumnavigation of the Madrisa has been considered a ski tour classic for decades. The cross-border, technically easy day tour takes you from Klosters to Austria and back again. In just under seven hours you can expect fantastic descents on varied slopes.

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Two

Take part in the Backcountry Weeks

Every year at the end of January Davos Klosters is all about winter mountain sports: our mountain guides organise the Backcountry Weeks. You have numerous opportunities to discover the white splendour off-piste: avalanche courses, ski tours or deep snow skiing technique courses.

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Get into ski touring on Pischa

Ski tours are gaining popularity among winter sports enthusiasts. But what kind of equipment do you need for a ski tour, and how do you gauge the dangers of open alpine terrain? Every Tuesday and Thursday, the mountain guides of Davos Klosters hold ski touring taster courses on Pischa to tell you what you need to know.

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Four

Check out the Speedtouring route

Higher, faster, further: unlike classic ski touring, speed touring is all about competition and speed. If you want to try out this sport, you will find a signposted training route for it on Pischa - the Dynafit Line.

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Up to the legendary Flüela Pass

Flüela-Schwarzhorn, Radüner-Rothorn, Sentischhorn or access to the Grialetsch Hut: the Flüela Pass is considered a ski touring paradise by connoisseurs. By car you can drive as far as Tschuggen. Especially on weekends in spring, however, the Flüelapass is hotly sought after and parking is limited.

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Ski tours in Davos Klosters

Ski tour suggestions in Davos Klosters

You use our tour suggestions at their own risk, as ski tours take place away from prepared and secured ski slopes. We do not accept any liability for accidents or damage of any kind. If you are a beginner, attend a ski touring and avalanche course or book a mountain guide.

Wildlife areas & wildlife reserves

Wildlife in Davos Klosters depends on winter sports enthusiasts adhering to the wildlife rest zones.

For wild animals a hard winter means a naked fight for survival. Therefore please respect the wildlife resting areas.

The unexpected appearance of a freerider can be problematic for wild animals in winter: an escape costs a lot of energy, which is then lacking to survive. Four simple rules help.

Freeriders are happy about a lot of fresh snow. For wild animals, on the other hand, this means one thing above all else: a naked fight for survival. Because what deer, deer, chamois and ibex normally scrape out of the snow to eat is now under a thick blanket of snow. Wild animals are therefore forced to use their energy sparingly. If they are disturbed and forced to flee, their survival is at risk.

4 rules while being out there