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Jan - Mar
Learn to ski tour in Sweden’s wild backcountry. Seven days of skinning uphill, route-finding and untracked snow at the top.
Intermediate
Challenging
A Little Luxury
From
£2,450
(USD $3,846.50)
Backcountry Ski Trip
This seven-day, women-only backcountry skiing adventure is for confident skiers who want to ditch the crowds and explore wild terrain. You’ll learn new skills, master touring gear, and earn every descent.
We’ll skin up through Sweden’s remote mountains and ride untouched lines with expert coaching and guiding. You’ll build backcountry confidence and discover terrain most skiers never see.
Each evening, rest up in a cosy alpine hotel with great food. Sauna sorted, legs properly tired.
An active agenda
No Hidden Costs
Guided backcountry ski days with expert coaching
Skis, skins, boots, poles, helmets and avalanche safety gear
Evening ski session on the flood-lit pistes
Lift pass fully covered
Snowmobile-pulled sledge ride to a summit with fire and warm drinks
A traditional mountain hotel with crackling fires and mountain views
Breakfast buffet, hot lunches at a slope-side café and two-course dinners
An experienced ski touring guide and your Gutsy Girls host
Pick-up and drop-off at Trondheim Airport
Activity Overview
This is backcountry skiing – also known as ski touring – where you earn every turn. No lifts, no crowds, just you and the mountains. Discover the freedom of climbing a mountain under your own steam and dropping into untracked lines to come back down again.
This trip is designed for strong on-piste skiers ready to push into new terrain. If you can make confident parallel turns on red runs, you’re ready for this. We’ll leave the resort behind to explore wild, untouched valleys.
Activity Overview
Get to grips with climbing skins and touring bindings. Learn to read terrain, choose safe lines, and move efficiently uphill through snow-covered forests. We’ll explore wild valleys and untouched bowls, building confidence on varied off-piste conditions with expert coaching.
Small groups mean dedicated teaching. Route planning, terrain assessment, backcountry decision-making – you’ll learn it all. By week’s end, you’ll feel confident joining more ski touring adventures.
Activity Overview
This trip has 4:1 skier-to-instructor ratio for excellent coaching throughout. Learn avalanche awareness and essential safety protocols such as how to use a transceiver and probe. This isn’t a full avalanche course, but you’ll get solid mountain safety knowledge. Our qualified guides keep things challenging but safe.
Activity Overview
After a day in the backcountry, there’s time to play on the pistes too with a session of night skiing under floodlights.
Activity Overview
Climb into a snowmobile-drawn sledge for an evening winter adventure through snow-covered landscapes to a mountaintop spot, complete with a crackling fire and hot drinks. It’s the perfect way to wind down after an active day – no effort required.
The Destination
Your Adventure Starts Here
Land at Trondheim (Værnes) Airport and jump on the group transfer to our base for the week - roughly two hours through the mountains.
Check in and settle into your room, then enjoy a two-course welcome dinner and a briefing from the team on how the week runs.
Breakfast, then a short minibus up to the slope to get fitted for your touring kit. You'll run through the week's plan, get your avalanche gear and test everything before you use it for real.
Lunch, then try your first touring session. Learn to move uphill and get the hang of pulling your climbing skins on and off.
Fuel up with dinner and unwind with a sauna.
Head to the slopes for a lesson on off-piste skiing with your instructor. First try out the techniques you learned yesterday with an uphill trip to the start of the slopes, then off-piste ski back down.
After lunch your instructor will help you work on your touring technique. They'll also show you how to read a route and pick your line.
Have a debrief before dinner. Here you can share what clicked, what felt awkward, and how to prepare for tomorrow's longer tour.
Today starts with a session on avalanche theory in the hotel's conference room. Once the theory's covered, head out for a ski to put what you've just learned into practice.
Lunch, then more avalanche protocol practice outdoors. A skill you'll hopefully never need, but incredibly useful to know.
Ski back to the hotel, then wind down in the sauna before a two-course dinner.
Time to step up your route planning by learning to read terrain and make smart navigation decisions. You'll also refine those uphill techniques and practice kick turns on steeper slopes.
Lunch on the slopes, then ski back down, adapting your technique to the varying conditions. Afterwards have a debrief and prep for tomorrow.
Dinner, then ride to the top of the mountain on a sledge pulled by a snowmobile for warm drinks and a cosy evening.
Today we start at the summit. Help make decisions alongside your guide as to the route and apply everything you've learned. This is where the skills really come together.
Lunch on the slopes, then tackle a longer, more challenging descent, using all your skiing and route-finding skills.
Head back out to the slopes for a night ski under floodlights, then get pizza at a mountain-side restaurant.
Head back to the summit start point for the most demanding day yet. You'll be taking the lead today on what route to follow.
Pull together everything you've learned throughout the week for one long, rewarding descent.
Enjoy a sauna session and a celebratory farewell dinner.
Breakfast, then there's the option to have one last ski before handing back your equipment and checking out. Use the sauna and showers to freshen up afterwards.
Early lunch, then jump in the transfer back to the airport for your journey home.
Rest & Refuel
A traditional alpine hotel with all the mountain charm, including crackling fires, a cosy atmosphere and incredible views. Both private and twin rooms have an ensuite bathroom, and there's also a hotel bar, restaurant and sauna.
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A hearty breakfast buffet sets you up, with hot lunches at mountain cafés and two-course dinners made with local ingredients.
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The Essentials
| Accommodation |
A Little Luxury A traditional alpine hotel with a cosy, welcoming atmosphere and mountain views.p>
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| Food and Drink |
All meals are included, from dinner on arrival day to breakfast before your journey home. If you have a severe food allergy, please get in touch before you book.
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| Fitness Level |
3
Challenging Ski touring feels like hiking uphill on skis before earning your descent. You’ll be out on snow for six to seven hours across consecutive days, so stamina and endurance matter far more than technical ability here. Mountain weather adds its own demands: cold temperatures and changing conditions mean your body is working harder than exerting the same effort elsewhere. The uphill sections using climbing skins will also test your legs in ways resort skiing never does. If you’re training hard three or more times a week, running, cycling or strength work, and back-to-back demanding days don’t faze you, you’re ready for this. You'll Need to Be
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| Skill Level |
3
Intermediate You need to be confident with parallel turns on red runs and comfortable in varied snow conditions. No touring experience is needed, but solid skiing foundations are non-negotiable before you arrive. If you’re still finding blues challenging, this isn’t the right trip yet. Not sure what level you are? Our Trip Rating Guide explains how we score fitness and skill. |
| Packing List |
Below is an indication of the specialist items you will need, and might have to invest in before your adventure. We Provide
You'll Need
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| Travel |
The meeting point for this trip is Trondheim Airport. |
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| Trip Code |
SWETRISKT |
The answers
No ski touring experience is required for this trip, but you need to be a confident intermediate skier. We’ll teach you how to use touring gear, climbing skins and avalanche safety.
You need parallel turns on red runs, speed control on varied terrain, and to be comfortable in different snow conditions. If you’re still snow-ploughing or nervous on steeper slopes, this isn’t for you.
Good fitness is essential. You’ll be out for 6-7 hours daily and ski touring requires steady uphill movement to reach the more remote peaks. Stamina and endurance are key.
All ski touring kit: touring skis, boots, poles, climbing skins, avalanche safety gear (transceiver, shovel, probe).
Yes, with a 4:1 skier-to-guide ratio and qualified instructors, you’ll learn avalanche awareness and safety protocols alongside ski technique. Safety is our top priority.
You can fly to Trondheim, Norway in time to meet our group transfer or get a train to Undersåker station. If you opt for the train, please let our bookings team know so that they can help organise your journey from there to the hotel.
We will collect you from Trondheim Airport (Norway) on arrival day and drop you back on the last day of the trip. You are responsible for getting yourself to Trondheim.
The transfer takes two hours to our ski resort and mountain hotel.
Transfer times:
The group transfer is included in your trip package. There is no discount if you choose not to use it.
If you’re unable to meet the transfer, then you need to arrange private transport at your expense. Our team can support you to book, but we’re warning you now, it’s not going to be cheap.
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