Group size: Min 5, Max 8

Who this trip is for

This trip is for you who are an experienced skier or splitboarder, comfortable off‑piste and used to touring in remote terrain. You move steadily uphill, handle changing conditions, and are able to repeat that effort across consecutive days.

You approach the mountains with focus and adaptability, and are comfortable operating in an environment where distance, weather, and isolation shape each day.

The KMX Experience

You will spend your days ski touring on the west coast of Greenland, accessing terrain by boat and moving through deep fjords and remote mountain ranges. The sailing vessel acts as your base, allowing you to travel further into terrain rarely visited.

Each day is defined by conditions. Weather, snow, and scale set the plan, and decisions are made accordingly. Terrain is vast, distances are long, and movement is deliberate.

The goal is simple: reach the best available conditions, move efficiently through a raw environment, and ski lines in a landscape where isolation is part of the experience.

• Ski in a landscape defined by scale — ocean, ice cap, and steep mountains meeting in one continuous view.

• Move across glaciated terrain as the norm, with descents that run from high elevations down to the sea.

• Experience stable late-season snow influenced by the Gulf Stream, allowing full runs to the pickup points.

• Live aboard Aztec Lady, a 63‑foot expedition ketch combining functionality with comfort.

• Operate as a strong, small group, with the flexibility to adapt each day to weather, snow, and objective.

For this trip, you can join if your experience level is from Level 2 and up. Please note that even our Level 1 still requires strong skiing skills, including off-piste and ski touring experience.

Our experience levels:

• Level 1 – Strong Resort Skier Transitioning to Off‑Piste & Touring

  
  Confident skier or snowboarder on all piste terrain, including black runs. Able to maintain control in ungroomed snow such as shallow powder, chopped snow, and variable conditions.

  Limited ski touring experience but comfortable learning equipment use, including skins, transitions, and avalanche rescue equipment.

  Descents typically occur on mellow terrain that may include open alpine faces, bowls, and wide gullies.

• Level 2 – Experienced Touring & Off‑Piste Skier
  
  Regular off‑piste skier or splitboarder with developing touring experience. Able to ski controlled and linked turns in variable snow conditions, including deep powder, spring snow, hard‑packed and patchy surfaces. Comfortable descending easy, non‑intimidating steep terrain and managing tighter terrain such as couloirs or tree lines.

  If needed, able to use skidding or stepping to manage a short, non‑exposed trickier section. Familiar with touring equipment, including skins, kick turns, avalanche transceiver use, and basic mountain travel techniques.

• Level 3 – Advanced Ski Tourer

  
  Highly competent off‑piste skier or splitboarder with consistent touring experience. Able to ski confidently in complex terrain and steep slopes while maintaining fluid technique in all snow types. Comfortable performing uphill kick turns on steep skin tracks, and with experience using ski crampons and bootpacking. Confident in alpine terrain and challenging conditions.

• Level 4 – Expert Backcountry Skier and Mountaineer
  
  Expert‑level skier or splitboarder with extensive touring experience in all types of terrains, including technical and glaciated terrain. Able to ski steep lines requiring jump turns and dedicated steep skiing techniques, as well as negotiate narrow couloirs and consequential terrain. Strong mountain awareness and ready to be included in the group’s decision‑making process (snow/weather conditions, terrain choice, human factors). Comfortable with advanced techniques, including ski carrying, mixed climbing sections, rope‑assisted travel, and complex transitions during ascents and descents.

For this trip, you can join if your fitness level is from Level 2 and up. You should be able to spend several hours moving in the mountains each day and handle repeated days of touring with around 1000 vertical metres of ascent and descent.

Our fitness levels:

• Level 1 – Moderate Mountain Fitness
  
  Able to sustain steady movement in the mountains for 3 to 4 hours per day. Typical ascents range from 500 to 800 metres of vertical gain. Suitable for shorter touring days, introductory ski touring trips, and programmes where lifts, snowcats, or vehicle access reduce the total ascent.

• Level 2 – Strong Endurance Fitness
  
  Able to maintain a consistent uphill pace (300 to 400 vertical meters per hour) for 4 to 5 hours per day while carrying a backpack and touring equipment and still having legs to control and enjoy the descents. Typical daily ascent ranges from 800 meters to 1200 metres vertical gain. Participants should be comfortable skinning continuously for extended periods and be able to repeat this effort for several consecutive days.

• Level 3 – High Endurance and Expedition Fitness
  
  Excellent aerobic endurance with the capacity for long mountain days. Typical daily ascent ranges around 1500 metres vertical gain, and the sky is the limit. Participants should maintain pace in steep terrain and remain efficient across multiple demanding days in remote alpine environments.

First night: Hotel Maniitsoq

For an easy entry into the Arctic, the first night is spent at Hotel Maniitsoq, sitting above the town and harbour. Rooms are modern, functional, and well-equipped for a clean start before the field.

Room Specifications:

• Twin bedroom

• Shower

• Toilet

• Telephone

• Satellite TV

• Free Wi‑Fi

Most rooms face the archipelago or the Apussuit glacier.

The restaurant has wide coastal visibility and serves dishes using local ingredients when available.

Rest of the week: Aztec Lady
Aztec Lady is a 21 m ketch built in 1977. Designed for robust performance in Arctic waters. The vessel includes a 24 sqm panoramic deck saloon, ensuring great views from comfortable sofas.

Capacity:

• 10 guests + 2 crew.

Cabin layout:

• 2 cabins with two bunk beds

• 1 cabin with four bunks

• 1 cabin with a double bed

Shared facilities:

• 3 toilets

• 2 showers

This setup provides a stable base of operations while at sea.

• Temperature and snow: Expect cold nights and days that can reach up to 10°, sometimes even higher. Cold fronts are still possible and weather can shift fast. Be prepared for sudden drops in temperature and new snowfall.

  
  

• Daylight: The midnight sun has not yet arrived, but there is no real black night in Maniitsoq in May. Only a weak twilight that fades more each day as June approaches.

Every KMX trip is led by certified guides with long experience in the areas you will tour in. They bring strong technical skills and a flexible, safety‑first approach.

These professionals don’t just follow a map. They adjust each day to the weather, terrain and the group. Their experience helps you move with confidence through remote and rugged landscapes, and get the most out of your time in the wild.

You must have valid travel insurance for this trip. Your policy must cover, at a minimum:

• Emergency medical treatment

• Search and medical rescue including helicopter evacuation in remote or mountain areas

• Repatriation

• All trip activities, including off‑piste and backcountry skiing with or without a guide

We may ask you to provide proof of insurance before or during the trip. If you are unable to do so, we reserve the right to deny participation. In this case, it will be treated as a late cancellation.

Read our full terms and conditions here: https://www.klattermusen.com/en-us/experience/terms-and-conditions/

We are covered by a statutory guarantee provided by the Swedish Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency (Kammarkollegiet).

This guarantee protects you financially in the event that we become insolvent. It ensures that you may receive compensation if any part of your package trip or linked travel arrangement is cancelled, and it covers the services we are responsible for if they cannot be delivered as planned.

Read more at kammarkollegiet.se.

These highlights give a general outline of the trip. Plans may shift before the trip starts and during the trip as conditions change.

Weather, snow and the group’s experience will shape each day, and your guides will adjust accordingly throughout.

• Flight from Nuuk to Maniitsoq

• Short transfer to hotel

• Meet the group and settle in

• Welcome dinner

• Easy start before moving into expedition mode

• Morning in Maniitsoq

• Lunch at the hotel

• Transfer to harbour

• Board Aztec Lady and settle into cabins

• Safety briefing

• Sail to first anchorage

• First ski day from sea level

• Around 800 metres of ascent

• Multiple route options

• Clean introduction to terrain and conditions

• Return to boat and reposition to new anchorage

• Sail into Kangerlussuatsiaq

• Terrain becomes larger and more defined

• Glacial features along the coastline

• Objective chosen based on conditions

• Focus on accessible summit near fjord entrance

• Move further into the fjord system

• More varied and complex terrain

• Daily rhythm:

  • Breakfast onboard

  • Dinghy to shore

  • Full touring day

  • Return to boat

  • Evening sail and dinner

• Routes adapted continuously

• Begin moving back toward outer fjords

• Objectives based on best remaining conditions

• Focus on quality terrain and lines

• Possible stop in Kangamiut depending on timing

• Touring between Kangamiut and Maniitsoq

• Aim for one last strong descent

• Return to Maniitsoq

• Final evening onboard

• Breakfast onboard

• Disembark

• Transfer to airport

• Departure