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Participants

  • Francois Mattart
    Francois Mattart be Belgium
  • Natalia Tomasiak
    Natalia Tomasiak pl Poland

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Challenge

Over the Alps in 7 days, from Ötztal in Austria to Schnalstal in Italy. A spectacular route, a distance of approximately 75 km, and ascents and descents totalling 7,000 metres. The 8 participants will be on their feet between 4 and 9 hours a day. The highlights of the tour are a trek across the Similaun glacier, an ascent to the summit of the Wildspitze (3770 metres) and a night spent sleeping under the stars in a bivouac. But what makes this tour so very special and exclusive is the people who will be accompanying it. Internationally renowned experts Bernd Ritschel, Hans Kammerlander, Yann Delevaux and Karl Gabl cover the full range of mountain activities. The participants will be equipped with GORE-TEX® trekking boots and GORE-TEX® jackets.

Please note:
The GORE-TEX® Experience Tour project itself will be held in English. Gore will pay for the travel expenses of the eight candidates for the duration of the 7-day project.

News

Aug 31, 2012  

Alpcross: Impressions from the last day

30 Aug 2012. Yesterday evening after our ascent to the Similaun hut, we studied the latest weather forecasts. Unfortunately, there are several low pressure systems approa... Read more

Aug 29, 2012  

Report of Day 5 of the GORE-TEX® Experience Tour Alpcross

29 Aug 2012. After a good night’s sleep and a substantial breakfast in the Rofenhof guesthouse near Vent we welcomed the meteorologist Karl Gabl. He is one of the leadi... Read more

Aug 29, 2012  

Day 4 of the Alpcross project: Summit to the Wildspitze

28 Aug 2012. The longest day of the Gore AlpCross is over. The alarm went off at just before four in the morning. Shortly afterwards we set off with headlamps over morain... Read more

Aug 28, 2012  

Day 3 of the Alpcross project

27 Aug 2012. We are now sitting happy and content in the evening sun in front of the Taschachhaus hut. Overnight the clouds have finally disappeared. We descended from th... Read more

Aug 27, 2012  

Day 2 of the GORE-TEX® Experience Tour Alpcross

26 Aug 2012. A wonderful day has come to an end. We took almost eight hours to walk from the Hauersee hut to the Rüsselsheimer hut. Although the weather was not very goo... Read more

Aug 27, 2012  

Impressions from Day 1 of the GORE-TEX® Experience Tour Alpcross

25 Aug 2012. At 11 a.m. in the Ötztal valley, Hans Kammerlander, Patrick Hediger and Bernd Ritschel welcomed the group for the Gore AlpCross. Their first impression was... Read more

May 21, 2012  

Cross the Alps with Bernd Ritschel and Hans Kammerlander. Apply now and learn from professional mountain athletes

The highest and wildest mountains in Europe and one of the most divers mountain ranges in the world - the alps. Crossing these mountains by fair means, on foot, is a once... Read more

Tour Experts

Bernd Ritschel
Bernd Ritschel

Bernd Ritschel is an eminent outdoor and mountain photographer. He has not o... Read more

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