Join our 5-day splitboard course in Chamonix. Build avalanche safety skills, glacier travel knowledge & backcountry confidence with expert guides.
Splitboarding is the newest and fastest growing discipline in snowboarding. Recent advancements in splitboarding equipment technology make it easy for snowboarders to tour the mountains as freely as skiers do.
From the trip description by Chamonix Experience
On-snow support
- Independent: Below this trip's level of support
Ski or ride independently, without trip staff accompanying you on the mountain.
- Hosted: With your guide
Trip hosts ski or ride with the group, help everyone get oriented, and share local knowledge.
- Guided: Included
Professional guides lead the group and select suitable terrain and routes based on conditions and ability.
- Coached: Included
Professional coaches lead the group, select suitable terrain, and provide instruction and personalized feedback to help you improve.
- 5 days on snow with staff
- CourseUnderstand and use splitboarding equipment effectively; practice skinning techniques; basic avalanche rescue training
- 1 coach : 6 guests
- Backcountry guiding5 days of guiding by a UIAGM qualified mountain guide.
- 1 guide : 6 guests
Terrain, ability and who it is for
- You regularly practice backcountry snowboarding and have a solid repetoire. You ride confidently in all types of backcountry snow, and are comfortable in couloirs (gullies) up to 35°.
- This course is designed for advanced snowboarders with a minimum of 5 weeks of riding experience. You must be confident riding in all types of snow conditions, including powder, hardpack, spring slush, crust, and wind-affected snow.
- You should be able to:
- Control your board at speed and in variable terrain
- Ride confidently off-piste without needing to stop frequently
- Handle steep, uneven, and narrow descents
- A good level of physical fitness is also essential. You need to be capable of hiking uphill on a splitboard for 2–3 hours, often in challenging alpine conditions.
- Fitness level 2/4
- Sport
- Snowboard
- Max group size
- 6 guests
From the trip description by Chamonix Experience
What the price includes
Included
- Lesson
- 5 days of guiding by a UIAGM qualified mountain guide.
- Specific avalanche awareness tuition including assessment of the conditions, correct use of a transceiver and how to carry out a rescue using shovel and probe.
- Ropes, safety equipment, etc will be provided when needed by your guide.
- Our team is based at the foot of the Aiguillle du Midi cable car and will be happy to help you with any questions you may have before, during or after your trip to Chamonix.
Not included
- Lodging
- Lift pass
- Meals
- Transfers
- The price does not include skis/snowboards, boots or clothing.
- Personal Equipment
- Travel insurance including a mountain search and rescue insurance is mandatory on all our trips (we can organise the mountai search and rescue insurance for you on request).
- The price does not include lunch or snacks.
- Accommodation in Chamonix is not included in the price but we would be happy to advise or organise it on request.
- The price does not include flights, airport transfers or any other travel to/from Chamonix.
- Lift passes
Day by day
This splitboard course is based in Chamonix and we will depart from here for our daily explorations. We will use local lifts to quickly gain elevation and continue on foot to reach the best backcountry runs. This program is an example of what can be done in ideal conditions. The exact itinerary will be decided on your arrival according to weather and snow conditions and the general level of the group. Optional Extra : we can incorporate a 2 day splitboarding tour with 1 night in a mountain hut. This option will be subject to additional 85€ per person and will have to be agreed on by the whole group.
- Day 1: Le Tour & Avalanche Awareness TrainingToday we have an early start at Le Tour, a ski area at the northern end of the Chamonix valley, right on the Swiss border. Your mountain guide will start by checking your equipment, assess the overall group level and run through the basics of mountain saftey and avalanche awaress. Then we’ll take a short hike up into the great Le Tour backcountry terrain. Le Tour is an ideal place to find your splitboarding legs and warm up; the off-piste is easily accessible and the descents are not too steep. We’ll also prepare you for the week ahead by carrying out basic avalanche safety training.
- Day 2: Touring in the Aiguilles RougesDiscover one of the many great tours of the Aiguilles Rouges – the sunny side of the Chamonix valley. This is a beautiful and remote area where’ll you’ll quickly find yourself far from the crowds and the lifts. It is also a nature reserve, so there is a chance that you might see some typical alpine wildlife such as bouquetin or chamois. You will also have a tuition session on safe and efficient travel in the winter mountains, group management and trip planning. Following on from yesterday we will also look at reading of the terrain, snow conditions ans assessing the avalanche risk.
- Day 3: Les Grands MontetsToday we start by taking the lift up to the Grands Montets ski area in Argentiere; the highest ski area in Chamonix at over 3000m. From the top of the ski area we’ll ride down the Grands Montets and across the glacier d”Argentiere. Time to take the split boards apart for the tour up to the Col du Passon. The last 150m of the ascent is a climb up a steep couloir using crampons, ice axe and rope. Your efforts will be rewarded by a fantastic off-piste descent of over 2km along the glacier du Tour.
- Day 4: Aiguille du Midi & Vallee BlancheComing to Chamonix and not going up the Aiguille du Midi is like going to Paris and not visiting the Eiffel Tower! Today we’ll take the Aiguille du Midi car up into the heart of glaciers at an altitude of 3842m. We’ll explore one of the many Vallee Blanche splitboard tours, all of them beautiful and quite literally breathtaking! Your mountain guide will teach you essential glacier safety skills and crevasse rescue techniques, to enable you to snowboard safely on off-piste glacial terrain.
- Day 5: Splitboard Tour in Chamonix or CourmayeurToday is your last day, so we go wherever you want! We can either revisit whichever area you’ve enjoyed most during the week, discover somewhere new in Chamonix, or explore the fantastic freeride terrain on the other side of Mont Blanc in the Italian resort of Courmayeur. Whichever option you choose it’ll be a fun day where you can practise all the splitboard techniques that you’ve learned throughout the week.
From the trip description by Chamonix Experience
Where you stay
Accommodation in Chamonix is not included in the price but we would be happy to advise or organise it on request.
Getting There
The price does not include flights, airport transfers or any other travel to/from Chamonix. However, we can organise airport transfers for you on request, please contact us for details.
From the trip description by Chamonix Experience
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Dates and prices
| Dates | Season | Duration | From | Availability | Booking |
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| Jan 4 – Jan 8, 2027Choose these datesPublished as "Monday 4 January 2027 – Friday 8 January 2027", space: Guaranteed. | 2026/27 | 5 days | 1,060 EURFrom 1060 € — Price per person for groups of minimum 4 riders | Available | Book on company website |
| Jan 11 – Jan 15, 2027Choose these datesPublished as "Monday 11 January 2027 – Friday 15 January 2027", space: Available. | 2026/27 | 5 days | 1,060 EURFrom 1060 € — Price per person for groups of minimum 4 riders | Available | Book on company website |
| Jan 18 – Jan 22, 2027Choose these datesPublished as "Monday 18 January 2027 – Friday 22 January 2027", space: Available. | 2026/27 | 5 days | 1,060 EURFrom 1060 € — Price per person for groups of minimum 4 riders | Available | Book on company website |
| Jan 25 – Jan 29, 2027Choose these datesPublished as "Monday 25 January 2027 – Friday 29 January 2027", space: Available. | 2026/27 | 5 days | 1,060 EURFrom 1060 € — Price per person for groups of minimum 4 riders | Available | Book on company website |
| Feb 1 – Feb 5, 2027Choose these datesPublished as "Monday 1 February 2027 – Friday 5 February 2027", space: Available. | 2026/27 | 5 days | 1,060 EURFrom 1060 € — Price per person for groups of minimum 4 riders | Available | Book on company website |
| Feb 8 – Feb 12, 2027Choose these datesPublished as "Monday 8 February 2027 – Friday 12 February 2027", space: Available. | 2026/27 | 5 days | 1,060 EURFrom 1060 € — Price per person for groups of minimum 4 riders | Available | Book on company website |
| Feb 15 – Feb 19, 2027Choose these datesPublished as "Monday 15 February 2027 – Friday 19 February 2027", space: Available. | 2026/27 | 5 days | 1,060 EURFrom 1060 € — Price per person for groups of minimum 4 riders | Available | Book on company website |
| Feb 22 – Feb 26, 2027Choose these datesPublished as "Monday 22 February 2027 – Friday 26 February 2027", space: Guaranteed. | 2026/27 | 5 days | 1,060 EURFrom 1060 € — Price per person for groups of minimum 4 riders | Available | Book on company website |
| Mar 1 – Mar 5, 2027Choose these datesPublished as "Monday 1 March 2027 – Friday 5 March 2027", space: Available. | 2026/27 | 5 days | 1,060 EURFrom 1060 € — Price per person for groups of minimum 4 riders | Available | Book on company website |
| Mar 8 – Mar 12, 2027Choose these datesPublished as "Monday 8 March 2027 – Friday 12 March 2027", space: Available. | 2026/27 | 5 days | 1,060 EURFrom 1060 € — Price per person for groups of minimum 4 riders | Available | Book on company website |
| Mar 15 – Mar 19, 2027Choose these datesPublished as "Monday 15 March 2027 – Friday 19 March 2027", space: Available. | 2026/27 | 5 days | 1,060 EURFrom 1060 € — Price per person for groups of minimum 4 riders | Available | Book on company website |
| Mar 22 – Mar 26, 2027Choose these datesPublished as "Monday 22 March 2027 – Friday 26 March 2027", space: Available. | 2026/27 | 5 days | 1,060 EURFrom 1060 € — Price per person for groups of minimum 4 riders | Available | Book on company website |
| Mar 29 – Apr 2, 2027Choose these datesPublished as "Monday 29 March 2027 – Friday 2 April 2027", space: Available. | 2026/27 | 5 days | 1,060 EURFrom 1060 € — Price per person for groups of minimum 4 riders | Available | Book on company website |
| Apr 5 – Apr 9, 2027Choose these datesPublished as "Monday 5 April 2027 – Friday 9 April 2027", space: Available. | 2026/27 | 5 days | 1,060 EURFrom 1060 € — Price per person for groups of minimum 4 riders | Available | Book on company website |
| Apr 12 – Apr 16, 2027Choose these datesPublished as "Monday 12 April 2027 – Friday 16 April 2027", space: Available. | 2026/27 | 5 days | 1,060 EURFrom 1060 € — Price per person for groups of minimum 4 riders | Available | Book on company website |
| Apr 19 – Apr 23, 2027Choose these datesPublished as "Monday 19 April 2027 – Friday 23 April 2027", space: Available. | 2026/27 | 5 days | 1,060 EURFrom 1060 € — Price per person for groups of minimum 4 riders | Available | Book on company website |
| Apr 26 – Apr 30, 2027Choose these datesPublished as "Monday 26 April 2027 – Friday 30 April 2027", space: Available. | 2026/27 | 5 days | 1,060 EURFrom 1060 € — Price per person for groups of minimum 4 riders | Available | Book on company website |
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Price per person for groups of minimum 4 riders
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