HELISKI ITALY / MONT ROSE
HELISKIING IN MONT ROSE
Italy’s top heliskiing resort, Courmayeur is our favorite! Just 30 minutes from Chamonix, the helicopter drops you off on Italy’s most beautiful heliski runs!
Every heliski itinerary in Courmayeur allows you to ski the most beautiful off-piste runs in Italy and Europe. The helicopter gives you access in just a few minutes to a wide range of slopes of every difficulty and orientation.
The summit of Mont Blanc by heliski from Italy is a major descent unique in the world. The Mont Blanc ski itinerary is not extreme, but does require a high level of technical ability.
The couloirs of the Petit Mont Blanc are perfectly steep for fans of steep skiing.
For more moderate skiers looking for easy heliskiing in Italy, Courmayeur offers dozens of magnificent drops with long vertical drops.
You’ll ski with us among the most beautiful glaciers in the Alps.
If you didn’t know where to go heliskiing in Italy, look no further!
MAIN INFORMATION
Base elevation: 1200/1970m
Highs landing: 4002m
Runs/day: 1 to unlimited
Run length: 3800m
Group size
4, 8 or 12p.
Season : december to may
Terrain: Glacier, alpine
PRICES
The Heliskiing activity offered by Heliski-Alpes is not an “all-inclusive” service.
The cost of supervision by a High Mountain Guide and the cost of using the helicopter will be paid separately to the two organizations concerned.
However, for your information, the blue price shown below represents the total price that the chosen formula will cost you.
HELISKI MONT ROSE
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DROP LOCATION
Silbergsattel 4350m -
Negative altitude difference
2550m heliski to Zermatt -
+ 1450m on and off piste to Cervinia
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A total of 4000m
of single-ski descent. -
UIAGM Guide supervision price
paid directly to Heliski Alpes -
Helicopter price 1 Run paid
directly to the Helicopter company
1 pers. 1140€
2 pers. 570€/p
3 pers. 380€/p
4 à 7 pers. 360€/p
INFORMATIONS
The departure point for your Monte Rosa Heliskiing adventure is in Italy, from the village of Cervinia at 2000m altitude at the end of the Valtournenche valley. You’ll then head for the Testa Grigia pass at 3444m altitude, which you’ll reach via the Cervinia lifts. From here, a helicopter dedicated to Heliskiing will be waiting for you in the snow, just a few steps from the lift arrival point.
Zermatt residents can also easily reach Col Testa Grigia via the Zermatt lifts.
After a cappuccino and a safety briefing at the nearby Cervinia Guides’ hut, you’ll board the helicopter at around 10 a.m. for an exhilarating flight to Europe’s highest Heliski drop-off, the Silbergsattel Heliski drop-off, 4,350m above sea level on the Italian-Swiss border.
ITINERARY
The Heliski descent to Zermatt begins in a unique setting of crevasses, impressive North faces and snow often described as “cinematic” because of its abundance and lightness; an exhilarating experience that plunges you into the center of the Mont Rosa glaciers; an experience marked by unparalleled passages along one of Europe’s largest and most spectacular crevassed glaciers, the Grenzgletscher (around 16 km long).
In terms of technical difficulty, the Heliski descent at Mont Rose is comparable to the legendary Vallée Blanche, but the Heliski descent at Mont Rose is not to be outdone in terms of beauty. It’s much more pleasant because there are fewer skiers on the route. There are many variations on the ski itinerary, and it’s easy to find the steepness of your choice and some great tracks to make in snow that’s often cold, light and abundant, thanks to the northern exposure of the descent and its high altitude.
The Monte Rosa Heliski route is often described as magnificent, magical, unique… ! Superlatives abound to describe this Heliski descent, unique in Europe.
Immersed in the wilderness, you’ll get up close and personal with the biggest and most emblematic peaks in the Mont Rose Massif, including Dufourzpitz, Lyskamm, Castor, Pollux and many others.
Once you’ve reached the end of your descent in Zermatt, and for those staying in Cervinia, you’ll return to Italy via the Swiss lifts from Zermatt to the Testa Grigia pass. This is followed by a long ski descent of around 1500m on or off-piste in the Cervinia resort to the parking lot, where your car will be waiting for you.
It will then take you 1h30 to reach Chamonix via the Mont Blanc Tunnel.
INCLUDED & NOT INCLUDED
UIAGM Guide supervision cost:
included :
- The supervision by an UIAGM mountain guide
- The loan of safety equipment shovel, probe, DVA, harness and collective equipment Radio, Pharmacy, rope
- Administrative Cost
Does not include
- All the fees for transporting people and equipment
- Accomodation
- Meals
- ABS bag rental – 25€/p. mandatory if you do not have your own verified and in working order see below under “additional costs”
- International Package price: €63/person
- Everything that is not written in “what is included”
For your information, the helicopter price includes:
- The rental of personal safety equipment (harness, shovel, probe, DVA) and collective equipment(Radio, Pharmacy).