Valery Vasiliev

Mountain guide, Beregovo city
Specialization: mountaineering, ski mountaineering, ski touring, alpine skiing, rock climbing
Regions: Alps (mountaineering, high-altitude mountaineering, ski mountaineering, ski touring, freeride); Caucasus (mountaineering, high-altitude mountaineering, ski mountaineering, ski touring, freeride, alpine skiing); High and Low Tatras (mountaineering, ski mountaineering, ski touring, freeride, alpine skiing, rock climbing); Carpathians (ski touring, freeride)
Favorite mountain region, country: Alps, Chamonix Valley, France
Sports experience: IFMGA (KMGA) Guide Trainee, Alpine ski instructor level 2, 6 years of experience at ski resorts in Ukraine, Georgia, Slovakia; Mountaineering school in the High Tatras and the Caucasus; Over 5 years of experience as a guide
Sports results and participation in championships: I have never participated in sports competitions in the mountains (except for trail running: Carpathia 100 km with a climb of 6500 m in 23 hours, Montenegro Marathon 65 km x 3 times ran with a result of 8 hours), and in the future I will not participate on principle.

IFMGA (KMGA) Guide Trainee.

Maximum achievements by year:

2018 – Carpathia trail, 100km, 6500 elevation gain;
2019 – Kazbek, solo, ski-tour;
2019 – Kazbek, solo, trail running, more than 3000 elevation gain;
2024 – Matterhorn, solo, 2700 elevation gain.

Briefly about myself: I want to show and teach other people to see the beauty of the mountains from a different perspective and overcome difficulties in the mountains.

Life credo, basic principles in working with people:

  1. Customer safety first
  2. Responsibility for others
  3. Mutual respect

Life principle: I do everything that I consider necessary and enjoy life.

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