Splitboard guide in Tyrol & Salzburg

I guide you off-piste with a splitboard: skinning up, switching over at the top, riding down untracked terrain. I plan route, timing and turnaround points around the snowpack and weather, which I follow all season.

For snowboarders who ride confidently off-piste and want to go into the backcountry, whether for a first touring day or for bigger objectives like summits, couloirs and traverses. I adapt the objective to your group.

No. You should ride confidently in powder and open terrain. I show you skinning, kick turns and switching over on the day.

In the splitboard course you learn the technique. In splitboard guiding I lead you on a tour and we focus on terrain, route and descent.

You should be able to walk uphill steadily for a few hours. Describe your fitness honestly when you book, and I choose a tour that suits you.

A private guiding day costs €450. Each additional person costs +€30. Multi-day hut tours are on request.

Guiding by me, tour planning and the assessment of conditions. Not included: rental gear, lift tickets, hut and food costs, and travel.

I guide privately, only you and the people you want to ride with. A maximum of 6 people per guide.

No. You can rent an Amplid splitboard from me for €50 per day. Tell me your stance, boot size and preferred board shape (swallowtail or twin). More at rental & shop.

Everyone carries a transceiver, shovel and probe. If you don't have your own, you can rent a transceiver for €10 per day and a backpack with shovel and probe for €10 per day.

All of Tyrol: the Kitzbühel Alps and the Alpbachtal, where my home mountains are (Hohe Salve above Söll and Alpbachtal), the Zillertal with the Tuxer Runde, the Rofan, the Karwendel and Kühtai. Splitboard tours also in Salzburg, for example in Bad Gastein and on the Kitzsteinhorn.

That depends on the tour and conditions. For beginners I choose short, manageable climbs in suitable terrain, set by snow and avalanche conditions.

Directly on the mountain, at the start of the tour. I send you the exact meeting point once the tour is set by conditions.

Then the plan changes: a different objective, a different day, or a day focused on technique and safety. Safety always comes first.

Yes. I plan multi-day tours with hut overnights on request, with route and stages set by conditions.

Yes. For groups I organise splitboard camps: two or more days of touring, technique and safety, with hut overnights if you like. I plan the objective and schedule around conditions. Price on request.

Book through the form on snowborn.at. Your date is reserved once the 30% deposit has arrived and the signed participation declaration is back. For short-notice bookings, 50% is due immediately.

Yes. SNOWBORN has legal expenses insurance and professional liability insurance. Anyone riding off-piste should have their own accident insurance that also covers rescue costs.

If you cancel at least 7 days before, you get the deposit back. If you cancel later, the deposit is kept as compensation. If I have to cancel for safety reasons, we reschedule or you get everything back except the deposit.

I am a state-certified snowboard guide (Staatlich geprüfter Snowboardführer) and state-certified snowboard instructor (Diplomsnowboardlehrer). At the Tiroler Skilehrerverband I am an instructor trainer and examiner. I have been snowboarding for 30 years, teaching for 20 and guiding self-employed for 12.

Yes. Many combine a coaching day on the piste with a guided splitboard day.

Yes. On the splitboard taster tour you learn the setup, skins, kick turns and how to use transceiver, shovel and probe in one day, then we do a short tour. If you like, we combine it with lift-assisted freeride runs. Price: €450 per day, each additional person +€30. You can rent a splitboard and avalanche gear from me.