Today I make my second attempt to get across the pond, to ski the Urner haute route from Andermatt to Engelberg Switzerland. This isn't the classic haute route from Cham to Zermatt, but is of the same mindset of hut-to-hut touring across incredible terrain. The Urner variation emphasizes high quality, demanding ski descents as it travels up south-facing slopes and down steep northern terrain -- hopefully holding good snow.
My trip is being led by Dan, the owner of Andermatt guides. An overview of the trip is here: http://www.andermatt-guides.ch/EN/urner-haute-route.html . For the 5 days of skiing and 4 nights of lodging with half board the trip runs just 1240CHF, which is about the same in USD at this point.
I'll add background to this post as time permits.
My trip is being led by Dan, the owner of Andermatt guides. An overview of the trip is here: http://www.andermatt-guides.ch/EN/urner-haute-route.html . For the 5 days of skiing and 4 nights of lodging with half board the trip runs just 1240CHF, which is about the same in USD at this point.
I'll add background to this post as time permits.