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Wrap up your season with expert local mountain guides in Zermatt, offering incredible terrain up to 4,000m for guaranteed great snow. Enjoy diverse runs across the Matterhorn Paradise area, including the Breuil-Cervinia ski area in Italy.
What's Included
What’s included
- Return standard Swiss Rail transfer ticket from Zurich Airport
- 4 nights bed and breakfast
- Three days with IFMGA mountain guides
- Transceiver if required
What’s not included
- Flights
- Lunches and dinners
- Ski Passes
- Ski/boot hire
- Backpack, shovel and probe (mandatory)
On Snow Experience
The holiday includes 3 full days of skiing with local mountain guides, Friday through to Sunday. There is the option to ski on Monday pending your travel times though please note by that day it is normally just the glacier open. There may be the opportunity to both do some ski touring and also some heli skiing depending on the weather and snow conditions. This trip is aimed at Advanced Intermediate (Silver) and Advanced (Purple) off piste skiers and groups will be organised based on ski level, and there will be up to 8 members in each group. At the end of the week you will receive an updated grading from your Ski Club Rep.
Guides and Ski Club Reps
Klaus Tscherrig
Klaus Tscherrig has been a mountain guide for 25 years. He is also a member of the Mountain Guide Association in the Zermatt Alpine Center, the mountain guide office in the Zermatt – Matterhorn resort. He has taken care of his regular guests for decades. In winter, Tscherrig is also underway as a mountain guide and expedition leader on the highest peaks and snow slopes throughout the entire world. With this achievement, Klaus Tscherrig demonstrates the highest Alpine competence.
Andy Lapham
I am a passionate skier who enjoys sharing time on the mountains both on snow and in the bar with like minded people. I have been a rep for over ten years and am looking forward to meeting up with members in Tignes and Whistler this season. I am easy to spot at the meeting point as I wear a lot of orange ! I hope to see you either at the morning meeting point or at the evening social hour.
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We are ATOL and ABTOT protected so you can book with confidence knowing your money is secure.
Our holidays are a great way to meet and ski with other members of a similar ability to you.
Have questions? Call now and talk to our friendly team of holiday experts on 020 8410 2022.
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Prices include
4 nights B&B, 3* hotel, twin occupancy, return Swiss Rail Ticket, 3 days with guides
Prior to booking, it is essential that guests have the correct ski profile for the holiday. See our profiles here.
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Zermatt offers some of the most impressive skiing in the world, stretching from 1,620m to a lofty 3,889m – all set against the backdrop of the awe-inspiring Matterhorn.
The Ski Club’s Representative (Rep) Service will operate in resort, featuring two Reps. They’ll begin the season in early December and will be there until early April. Our Zermatt Facebook Group is incredibly active, with regular meet ups (both on and off snow!) planned by the 350+ members of the online Ski Club community. Our Zermatt group on the Ski Club App is your new home for the 2023/24 season, with regular updates and conversations from your Ski Club Reps and members in resort! There are four Freshtracks holidays visiting the resort this season, including the ever-popular Ski and Schnapps Peak Experience trips, a late-season powder adventure and a telemark weekend in April.
Beginner- Fast lifts
- Intermediate
- Resort Activities
- Advanced
- Aprés
- Snow
- Value
Beginner
Fast lifts
Resort Activities
AprésPros and cons
- Huge, snowsure ski area that straddles the Italian border
- An excellent lift system with few queues
- Spectacular high mountain scenery and views of the iconic Matterhorn
- Charming village with a real buzz about it
- Loads of terrain for intermediate and advanced skiers
- World renowned mountain restaurants and hospitality on both the Swiss and the Italian sides of the border
- Great winter walking for non-skiers
- Child friendly – children up to 9 ski free and it’s up to 16 on Saturdays
- Not ideal for beginners – although there are good downloading options from novice areas
- Upper lifts can close during bad weather or in high winds – in particular the crossing to Italy
- The exchange rate has pushed up the cost in Switzerland overall
Hotel City
You will be staying at the 3* Hotel City, very well located in the heart of Zermatt, close to the lifts and to Zermatt’s bustling town centre. This holiday is on a twin share basis. You will therefore be placed in a room with another member of the same gender. Some single rooms are available for an additional supplement fee for the weekend. Please contact the Freshtracks office for more information or click ‘Book Now’ to check room availability.
Hotel City
CITY Hotel Garni
Vispastrasse 8
CH 3920 Zermatt
Tel: 41 27 966 39 40
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Travel Information
Your holiday includes a standard class return Swiss Rail ticket between Zurich or Geneva airport and Zermatt. An efficient and convenient way to travel in Switzerland, travelling by rail allows you to set your own schedule and choose the flights best suited to you. We recommended the Swiss Rail website for finding the most accurate journey times. The Hotel Sonne is a short 8-10 minute walk from Zermatt station. It is possible to call the hotel from the train station to arrange a transfer.
Should you not be flying into Zurich or Geneva airport, please call the office to discuss alternative arrangements on 020 8410 2022. You will be sent your ticket via email a few days before departure. This ticket does not need to be printed off, and can be used at any time on the day of travel.
Confirmation
Once the holiday has been confirmed, please send your flight details (flight numbers, arrival and departure time) to the Freshtracks Team via email to ku.oc.bulciks@sloh.
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What You Need to Know
Recommended ski hire is Matterhorn Sport ‘Neudorf’ https://www.matterhornsport.ch/en/, which is a 3 min walk from the hotel. Touring set up & harness may be required and will be availabl from the same shop.
1st – 5th May 2025 : Andy Lapham
1st – 5th May 2025 : Klaus Tscherring
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)
For most European destinations your passport should:
- have a ‘date of issue’ less than 10 years before the date you arrive – if you renewed your passport before 1 October 2018, it may have a date of issue that is more than 10 years ago
- have an ‘expiry date’ at least 3 months after the date you plan to leave the Schengen area
Check your passport meets these requirements before you travel.
NB: Starting in 2025 (Date TBC) travel authorisation will be required to travel withing Europe – find out more here ETIAS (europa.eu)
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:
- You appreciate that the Ski Club Rep is a volunteer with no formal qualifications as an instructor or mountain guide.
- You also appreciate that no other member of the group undertakes any obligations to you concerning your safety for which you remain solely responsible.
- 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.
- You must decide whether or not a particular run or route is within your competence.
- 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.
- It is your sole responsibility to ensure that you are suitably insured for the activities intended to be undertaken.
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