Goldberg Group Traverse

We highly recommend bringing your own equipment for this holiday (full touring setup), but the guide will be able to help anybody who needs to hire equipment on the first day.  Shovels, probes, and transceivers are also available for hire –  from the guide once in resort.

Please let us know if you are going to require equipment so we can update the guide ahead of time.

Baggage

• 1 day ski touring backpack (ideally with a dedicated safety compartment
  for transceiver, shovel, probe; optional airbag backpack)
• 1 large suitcase / hard case / travel bag
• 1 ski bag (optional for arrival/departure

TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT

• Touring Skis and skins – (ensure good adhesive properties; NO hybrid
  skins permitted)
• 1 pair of ski crampons compatible with the binding system
• 1 pair of ski touring boots
• 1 pair of ski touring telescopic poles
• 1 avalanche transceiver (LVS) (insert new batteries before the tour; no
  spare batteries required)*
• 1 shovel*
• 1 probe*
• 1 pair of lightweight crampons compatible with ski touring boots
  (optional; to be clarified before the tour if required)*
• 1 alpine harness
• 1 double bivy bag / for 2 persons (one each 2 persons)*
• 1 small first-aid kit
• 1 ski touring helmet
• 1 headlamp (insert new batteries before the tour; no spare batteries
  required)
• 1 thermos or water bottle (max. 1 liter)
• 1 pair of sunglasses
• 1 pair of ski goggles
• 1 small sunscreen
• 1 lip balm
• 1 mobile phone with charge

*Included rental equipment supplied by your guide (if required; to be arranged with the
mountain guide prior to arrival) Please notify us with what you require
before departure so we can update the guide.

Additional

• Sun cream & Lip protectionPersonal medical supplies inc anti-blister
  plasters!
• Passport; Tickets; Insurance; Phone; Chargers for all electronics

Clothing

• A layering system is best
• 1 Gore-Tex pants (hardshell)
• 1 Gore-Tex jacket (hardshell)
• 1 Primaloft or down jacket
• 1 pair of ski touring pants (softshell)
• 1 ski touring jacket (softshell)
• 1 pair of thin gloves
• 1 pair of thick gloves
• 1 thin beanie or buff/neck gaiter or headband
• 1 warm beanie
• Extra layer
• Sun hat
• Ski goggles
• Sun glasses
• Head torch optional

As your guide organises luggage transfers by taxi, only ONE LARGE
PIECE OF LUGGAGE PER PARTICIPANT is permitted and sufficient as
weekly luggage. Despite the comfort provided by luggage transport,
optimising equipment and clothing is strongly recommended.

Packing of the day backpack and weekly luggage will be done on the first
day in consultation with the mountain guide. Depending on conditions
and weather forecasts, we will optimize the backpack daily to carry only
what is strictly necessary on the tours.

General Advice

It is as important not to overheat and to avoid sunburn as it is to keep warm.
Therefore, try to choose light-weight, good quality equipment over heavier
items. A clothing system based on layers is best – you can control your
temperature much more easily than wearing one thick jacket. Avoid one piece
ski suits, they are not suitable for ski mountaineering. Average sea level
temperature in May are Min -10C Max 5C

Fitness Requirments

This requires at least a few weeks of ski touring experience. You will be doing 300-400 vertical meters per hour ascent, averaging approximately 1200 maximum vertical meters per day. You can expect to tour 4 – 6 hours/day.

Pre Trip

The best training is long weekend mountain walks. If that’s not possible, regular running or jogging works well. In the gym, focus on breathing and endurance – not strength

Matthias Lackner will be the guide on this holiday.

It is a condition of booking that you have valid and adequate snowsports insurance. It is your responsibility to ensure your policy provides cover for all the activities that you participate in during your holiday.We offer a Ski Club Insurance policy which provides the cover we require for all bookings. This policy can be found here: Ski Club Travel Insurance – Ski Club Of Great Britain.

If you decide to purchase insurance elsewhere, it is your responsibility to ensure that your policy provides cover as that of the Ski Club Insurance policy. The policy of insurance should provide cover for personal injury, death, medical and repatriation costs in the countries which you intend to visit, together with cover for loss of baggage and valuables, personal liability, delay, cancellation, curtailment, missed departure and legal expenses. The policy should also include cover against losses caused by the effects or consequences of Covid-19.

Due to the type of holidays that you will be booking with us, we also advise that your policy should include skiing off-piste without a guide. Please note, insurance premiums must be paid at the same time as booking in order for the package holiday or single service cancellation cover to be effective. It is also advised to keep your insurance details with you while you are on your holiday. If you choose to travel without adequate insurance cover, we will not be liable for any losses howsoever arising, in respect of which insurance cover would otherwise have been available.

Passport – Check your passport is in date and valid for travel by checking the entry requirements for your destination country – you can see these here: Foreign travel advice – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

When venturing off piste, it is compulsory to wear an avalanche transceiver. These can be provided by the Ski Club and should be worn by every person on every all mountain, off piste and touring holiday. Anyone joining these holidays will also be required to bring their own backpack, shovel and probe.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Any Member wishing to ski/snowboard with a Ski Club Group, in any of the resorts where the Ski Club is represented, agrees to do so under the following conditions:

1. You appreciate that the Ski Club Rep is a volunteer with no formal qualifications as an instructor or mountain guide.
2. You also appreciate that no other member of the group undertakes any obligations to you concerning your safety for which you remain solely responsible.
3. You must ensure that your equipment is in good working order before setting off for the day and that you are suitably clothed for the proposed itinerary and all possible weather conditions.
4. You must decide whether or not a particular run or route is within your competence.
5. You must ensure that you are properly equipped for that day. If you are skiing off piste you must have a shovel, probe and transceiver, and know how to use them. If you are using a Ski Club transceiver, it is your sole responsibility to know how to use it.
6. It is your sole responsibility to ensure that you are suitably insured for the activities intended to be undertaken.