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4 trips · 107 programs
Guided ski tours, compared
Off-piste days, hut-to-hut tours and powder trips, with every company that guides them side by side: price, days, what is included and how well you need to ski.
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Local guides in Niseko and Hakuba price in yen, per group; UK and US weeks run £2,895–$5,995 a head. Check who pays for lifts and avalanche kit.
9 companies · 30 programsfrom ¥28,000 to £5,495Chamonix, FranceThe Vallée Blanche
A shared-guide seat is €160–€195, a private guide €425–€600 for two. Budget about €100 more for the lift pass, which almost no one includes.
10 companies · 29 programsfrom €150 to £1,795Chamonix, FranceThe Haute Route
Chamonix guide offices include huts, lifts and avalanche kit from €1,745. Zermatt's headline price leaves huts and meals out.
8 companies · 26 programsfrom £275 to $6,950Tromsø, NorwayThe Lyngen Alps
Lyngen day guides and lodges price in kroner, often per group; UK and US ski-and-sail and lodge weeks run £3,090–$8,295 a head.
12 companies · 22 programsfrom NOK 1,100 to NOK 106,000
Before you leave the piste
Every guide on these pages carries avalanche kit. If you plan to go without one, take a course first: AST 1 in Canada, AIARE 1 in the US.
27 AST 1 and AST 2 courses near Whistler, Revelstoke, Banff and the Kootenays. Refund rules vary more than prices.
10 providers · 27 coursesfrom C$225 to C$3,399Washington, Tahoe & the Eastern Sierra, Colorado and UtahAvalanche courses: US (AIARE)
AIARE 1, Avalanche Rescue and AIARE 2 across the Cascades, Tahoe, Colorado and Utah. The curriculum is national; the price swings by 2× for the same course.
6 providers · 22 coursesfrom $269 to $1,349DirectoryHeli, cat & backcountry guides
Heli-ski and cat-ski lodges and backcountry guide companies, each linked to its own site.
Browse the directoryEvery price is copied from the operator’s own page and links back to it. Nobody pays to be listed.