Winter Wilderness Guided Trip in the Italian Dolomites
Winter wilderness guided trip in the Italian Dolomites. The Dolomites are one of the most spectacular mountain ranges on the planet. Massive steep rock walls protrude rapidly from low green valley floors providing a contrast not normally seen in mountain environments. These rock walls are impressive and provide limitless opportunities for outdoor mountain adventures such as rock climbing and via ferrata. Summer in the Dolomites is the high season, however, this mountain range in the eastern Alps also receives copious amounts of snow in the winter. This provides a wonderland of downhill and cross country skiing opportunities. The easy access to these activities also lends itself as a popular destination for year round mountain adventures.
Ski Pulking and Snowshoeing
One form of winter wilderness travel is called ski pulking. This combines cross country skiing with dragging a sled behind you, in which you put all of your material that you'll need for your trip. You can fit more gear into a sled than a backpack and it's more comfortable. Ski pulking is great in terrain with extended flat areas or slightly rolling hills. For this trip, the technical endeavors were focused mainly on ski pulking, winter travel, and winter camping. However, we also did some snowshoeing when the terrain became too steep or dangerous to pulk.
Self & Environmental Awareness and Team Building, Winter Wilderness Guided Trip
The real objective of this trip was to learn about yourself first, and also about the environment, how everything is connected, and how to be and manage a group. Team building or life coaching is what most people call this. How to become a better person, how to be present and live in moment, how to make good decisions for yourself and your group, and how to be aware. There is no better place for this type of training, teaching, and learning than the outdoors. Like our ancestors before us, when you spend more time in the outdoors, you have a better grasp of the world and your connection to it. In no way is this abstract and crazy talk. We as humans have simply gotten away from that and most of us have lost those basic human skills.
In today's high stress world, it's something that we all need to re-learn. Rich, the owner and guide at Bigtime Aventura, is trained in this and has been practicing these techniques for years. Of course you are going to learn some hard skills like winter survival, how to make fire, navigation, and other essential wilderness skills but you'll also learn to think differently, communicate effectively, and detoxify the digital and stressful work life that most of the world now undertakes. This "go go go" mentally has become the new "normal". However, spending time in nature can bring you back to a sense of calm and relax, something that most of us need but can't seem to make the time to find.
Combining time in nature with basic survival skills will absolutely rejuvenate you. Mixing in physical activity like cross country skiing or snowshoeing makes for a wonderful combination and gives you a reason to be outdoors in the woods, the mountains, and the deserts. Come along with Rich and you'll see how you can achieve these goals. You'll rejuvenate yourself, find yourself again, and return to being that person you used to be, or the person you've always wanted to be.
Winter Survival and Bushcraft, Winter Wilderness Guided Trip
Surviving in the winter is difficult. It's cold and you need to maintain warmth. How do you do this when you're in the snow all day? How do you stay warm when the sun goes down and temperatures drop significantly during the night? There are several ways to combat the elements, stay alive, and even thrive and enjoy these wild places in the winter. You'll learn these skills while working together and being as efficient as possible. Contact us to set up your own wilderness expedition, survival and bushcraft, and self awareness trip. It can be in any season of the year, spring, summer, fall, or winter, and the location is also variable. Challenge yourself and your group and learn how to refocus your life.