My Base
Leysin (www.leysin.ch) is a village and ski station situated above the Rhone valley, a great centre for both climbing and skiing. The high mountains of the Mont Blanc Range, the Bernese Oberland, the Valais and the Grand Paradiso are easily accessible and I am frequently crossing the borders into France and Italy. Leysin itself is very easily accessible from Geneva airport with hourly trains (www.cff.ch).
Accommodation
I can recommend the following accommodation in Leysin:
- Hotel: www.grand-chalet.ch tel:+41 (0)24.493.01.01
- B&B: www.ermina.ch tel:+41 (0)24.494.12.61
Contact
Steve Jones
Route du Hameau 19
Leysin1854
Switzerland
Tel (mobile): +41 (0)79 417 85 16
Tel (answerphone): +41 (0)24 494 27 77
Email: info@stevejones.ch
Costs
The daily rate to engage a mountain guide is between SFR480 and SFR560 per day plus expenses. Also, inclusive trips can be arranged.
Booking
You can use the online booking form or download, print and post the pdf version.
An invoice for the deposit and full amount due will be sent with account details. Your reservation will be confirmed as soon as the deposit is received.
The balance needs to be paid at the latest 6 weeks prior to departure. Bookings made within 6 weeks before departure must be accompanied by full payment.
You will receive confirmation of your payments by email.
Accident, illness and cancellation
Every client must have insurance for mountain rescue and medical cover.
In addition, if you are taking medication, have handicaps or have had problems of a medical nature you must disclose this with your application.
I strongly advise every client to have travel cancellation insurance.
In case of cancellation, the client will be charged:
- Up until 12 weeks prior to departure: no charge.
- Up until 6 weeks prior to departure: the deposit.
- Within 6 weeks prior to departure: the full amount.
For trips organised by third parties, their terms and conditions are applicable.
General travel conditions
The guide reserves the right to make changes to any program/itinerary for any safety reasons.
The guide accepts no liability / responsibility for:
- Damage, theft, loss, injury or accident done to client, nor for
- Damage to accommodation, equipment or means of transport done by client, nor for
- Any sort of damage or inconvenience caused by mechanical failure, natural causes, war, strikes or any other force majeur.
Risks
The guide expects the client to be aware of the related risks in mountaineering, such as avalanches, stone fall, crevasses, altitude sickness, hypothermia etc.
Though the work of a guide is to minimise these risks they can never be reduced to zero.
Also it is important that the client is aware of the fact that rescue and/or medical help is always limited in mountain terrain and that, therefore, minor casualties can have serious/major consequences. The client is expected to be responsible in his/her behaviour on the mountain and in the physical preparation prior to the trip.
Youth Groups
Any participant under 18 years requires parental consent in writing.
