Ski Touring - 4000 meter Peaks Tour, Italy - Switzerland

Day 1
CHAMONIX - GNIFETTI HUT
Morning pick-up at your hotel in Chamonix and then we drive through the Mont Blanc tunnel into Italy. The trip gets underway from the charming village of Gressoney. We will use the lifts here to get up within a few hundred meters of the Gnifetti Hut (3,647m). We will make a quick skin up to the hut and then spend the afternoon practising some basic skills on the glacier.
vertical climb = 1,296 ft. vertical descent = 0 ft.

Day 2
GNIFETTI HUT - PYRAMID VINCENT
An early alpine start and we start our skin up to the Tour de Grand Serraz (3552m) and then over the Col du Grand Neyron (3441m). Finally we ski down to the comfortable Chabod refuge (2750m).
vertical climb = 3,150 ft. vertical descent = 2,650 ft.

DAY 3
GNIFETTI HUT - SIGNALKUPPE - ZUMSTEINSPITZE- MARGHERITA HUT
Another early start as we have a big day in store - climbing the Grand Paradis (4,061m). Summit vistas are impressive and so is the reward for all that uphill. The ski back down to the Vittorio Emmanuele Hut is equally fantastic!
(2732m).
vertical climb = 4,247 ft. vertical descent = 4,305 ft.

DAY 4
MARGHERITA HUT - LYSKAMM WEST - QUINTINO SELLA HUT
Today will be a little easier than the previous days, we start by skiing up to the Col de Teleccio (3345m), then onto the Col du Becchi (2990m), before a svaaory run down to the Pontese Hut(2200m).
vertical climb = 2,008 ft. vertical descent = 3,710 ft.

DAY 5
QUINTINO SELLA HUT - POLLUX - CASTOR - CHAMONIX
Nothing like saving some of the best for last, we start with another pre-dawn rearly rise and skin up to the Col de Teleccio (3304m). From here it's all downhill into the Valaille valley and finally to the viallage of Lillaz (1615m). Return trip via taxi and and bus back to Chamonix in the evening.
vertical climb = 3,577 ft. vertical descent = 5,472 ft.

DAY 6
QUINTINO SELLA HUT - POLLUX - CASTOR - CHAMONIX
Nothing like saving some of the best for last, we start with another pre-dawn rearly rise and skin up to the Col de Teleccio (3304m). From here it's all downhill into the Valaille valley and finally to the viallage of Lillaz (1615m). Return trip via taxi and and bus back to Chamonix in the evening.
vertical climb = 3,577 ft. vertical descent = 5,472 ft.

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