January 2027
Season opener
16 – 22 Jan
7 days · 5 on the snow
€2,250 per person
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2027 season opens in January
Cat-Ski in real backcountry of Kosovo.
Five days on the snowcat in the Accursed Mountains, a target of 2,500 vertical metres a day, and nobody else on the hill. All-inclusive, with pick-up from Pristina, Skopje or Tirana.
2027 season · Open groups
Pick a week. Join the group.
The season opens in January. Each open group is a full Kosovan Backcountry week — seven days, five on the snowcat, all-inclusive with pick-up from Pristina, Skopje or Tirana. Book a place on the week that suits you.
January 2027
30 Jan – 5 Feb
7 days · 5 on the snow
€2,250 per person
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February 2027
27 Feb – 5 Mar
7 days · 5 on the snow
€2,250 per person
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March 2027
12 – 18 Mar
7 days · 5 on the snow
€2,250 per person
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March 2027
Super offer · 30% off
18 – 24 Mar
7 days · 5 on the snow
€2,250 per person · 30% off this week
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2026 / 27 Season
A single-cat operation in the Deçan valley.
Freeride Kosovo has run cat skiing above Deçan since 2022. One snowcat, one group at a time, and three zones we rotate through depending on conditions. There is no lift-served skiing and no other operator in this terrain.
You fly into Pristina, Skopje or Tirana. Transfers, accommodation, all meals, guiding, avalanche equipment and five days on the cat are covered from there. Flights and insurance are not.
What’s included
Local guides
The guides are Kosovar Albanian, ski instructors, snowcat operators and mountain rescue technicians with the Kosovo Mountain Search & Rescue Service. They have worked this terrain since before the operation started.
Small groups, empty terrain
Open groups on set weeks, two guides with every group, and no lift-served skiing anywhere in the area. The only tracks on the slope are yours.
All-inclusive from the airport
Pick-up from Pristina, Skopje or Tirana, six nights, all meals and five days of guided cat skiing are covered by the week price.
The terrain
Three massifs, one week.
Three separate zones above the Deçan valley. Which one we use is decided on the day, on snow and wind. Base elevations are between 1,650 and 1,760 metres; the highest drop-off is 2,525 metres, on the Albanian border.
Days 2 – 3
Bjeshka e Gacaferrit
The zone we normally start in. Easy to intermediate slopes with several options for a first descent, and a view across the Deçan valley from the top. Some of the higher points need a short hike from the drop-off.
Days 4 – 5
Bjeshka e Junikut
Twenty minutes further by snowcat and steeper. Fewer trees, more rock, and small couloirs. The cat runs to 2,300 metres and a short skin adds another hundred, with Gjeravica and the Accursed range in view.
Day 6
Bjeshka e Dobrashit
The couloir zone. Snow-filled lines up to 1,000 metres long sit below the Ropa peak at 2,525 metres, on the Albanian border. North and east aspects here hold cold snow the longest.
Itinerary
Seven days, five on the snow.
Day 1 Arrival
We meet you at the airport — Pristina, Skopje or Tirana — and drive towards Peja, the town at the gateway to the Accursed Mountains, for a coffee and a walk through the centre. From there we continue to Belle Resort in the Deçan valley — around an hour and a half from Pristina — for a briefing and a traditional dinner. Night at Belle Resort, 1,100 m.
Day 2 Bjeshka e Gacaferrit
The day opens with an avalanche equipment check and a safety refresher. Then the first zone: wide, easy to intermediate slopes starting at 1,850 metres, with five different downhill points between 2,200 and 2,400 metres. Some peaks take a short hike. The ridge here is 1.6 kilometres long and marks the Albanian border, looking down on the Doberdol valley. Skiing 1,800–2,400 m. Night at our mountain hut.
Day 3 Northwest of the range
A remote spot in the northwest of the range, picked for its variety: steep chutes, open bowls, dense glades, and natural jumping pillars scattered across the slope. Skiing 1,500–2,400 m. Night at the hut.
Day 4 Bjeshka e Junikut
The difficulty steps up. Twenty minutes by snowcat to a valley at 1,760 metres, with steeper slopes, fewer trees and more rock, and a view across to Mount Gjeravica and the Deçan valley. East and northeast facing, cut by small couloirs and gullies, and only thirty minutes back to the hut. Skiing 1,500–2,450 m.
Day 5 Bjeshka e Junikut — high
The same zone taken higher: expansive bowls, steep chutes and hidden glades, with lunch on a snow-covered ridge. Skiing 1,500–2,550 m, the highest of the tour. Last night at the hut.
Day 6 Bjeshka e Dobroshit, then Pristina
Thirty minutes by snowcat to the peak where Kosovo, Montenegro and Albania meet, then a ten-minute walk to 2,400 metres. From there it is eight kilometres of descent without stopping, with the couloirs below the Rupa peak at 2,525 metres alongside, plus gentler runs and tree skiing. Afterwards we come off the mountain by 4×4, then drive on to Pristina — around two and a half hours — for a traditional dinner. Night in Pristina.
Day 7 Departure
Breakfast and coffee in the city, then the transfer to your airport — thirty minutes to Pristina, longer to Skopje or Tirana.
Guides & safety
Guiding and avalanche safety.
Our guides are mountain rescue technicians with KMSRS. Each day starts with a risk assessment and a transceiver check. Transceiver, shovel and probe are compulsory, and we run a search exercise on day one so that everyone has used their own equipment.
No planned descent takes priority over a safety decision. How we keep you safe
Bardhosh Morina
Founder · Guide
Skier and paraglider pilot. Grew up in the Deçan valley and set up the cat-ski operation above it in 2022. Runs the snowcat side of the business and guides through the season.
Deni Hameli
Certified guide · Mountain rescue
Guide with national-level qualifications and a mountain rescue technician with the Kosovo Mountain Search & Rescue Service (KMSRS). Leads the daily risk assessment and the avalanche safety briefing.
Guest reviews
What guests say.
We were 9 of us on a ten-day trip with Freeride Kosovo. The whole tour was super organized, from the transfer at the airport in Pristina until we were dropped off there again after ten days. We spent three days in Macedonia and three days in Kosovo catskiing, as well as one day on a ski tour. The guides all did a great job. All the guides are very good skiers and know their area perfectly. The accommodation is comfortable and anyone who likes Balkan-style food will get their money's worth. The cat's all did their job and took us to our destination every day. It was the first time we had ever catskied and we were all thrilled. The hospitality and helpfulness of everyone involved is indescribable!!!!
Where you stay
Belle Resort, then our own hut.
The first night is at Belle Resort in the Deçan valley at 1,100 metres — a family business with its own farm, its own electricity and a well-regarded kitchen. For the 2026/27 season the team has built its own hut in the mountains: the four skiing nights are spent there, with the group to itself. The last night is in Pristina.
Meals are cooked for the group, with vegetarian and other dietary requirements covered when we know in advance.
- Six nights, all included in the week price
- All meals during the tour, plus a packed lunch on ski days
- Rooms shared between group members, three to four per room
Enquiries
Book now or get in touch with our team
Dates for the 2027 season are set with each group. We reply to every enquiry within twelve hours. No deposit is taken at this stage.