Luca
Founder
In 1992, he completed his high school studies in the sciences at Turin’s Valsalice Salesian Institute. In December 1998, he achieved a bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering at Turin Polytechnic.
In 1999, he joined Hewlett-Packard Italiana where he spent 12 years in various customer-focused roles. In 2011, he left the company and the computer world behind him so that he could devote himself completely to the world of sled dogs.
In 1995, following his passion for Siberian Huskies, Luca took his first steps towards discovering this magical world. In 1997, he met Dodo Perri who became his mentor. In 2007, after years of training in various sled dog facilities, he returned to Sestriere where he founded the Centro Sleddog Sestriere. His friend Luca Ostini also became involved in the first year. From 2008 to 2012, together with Luca, great professionalism could be found at the Centro Sleddog Sestriere: the same great professionalism that Massimo Aymo would bring to the team on his return in 2017.
In 2017, ten years after Sestriere, the Centro Sleddog Cervinia was also established, Luca’s second creation, and the start of a major turning point for the future.
Today, thanks to his single mindedness and determination, his knowledge of the sled dog world and his continuous search for improvement, Luca guides the reins of the Centres in Sestriere and Cervinia with tremendous passion.
Giorgia
Booking & social manager
She obtained a linguistic business school diploma in 2014 at the Istituto Maria Immacolata in Pinerolo (TO), and her first professional adventure began that same summer at the Club Med village in Pragelato (TO), where she was responsible for booking and managing excursions for guests staying at the village.
Luca was immediately struck by the speed with which she carried out her tasks, her precision, the ability to manage heavy workloads and her strong linguistic skills, in particular her command of French and English.
In the autumn of 2015, Luca invited her to join the team, putting her in charge of customer phone contact. Given the excellent results achieved, the following winter she was asked to take over customer e-mail contact and to manage the social networks.
Thanks to Giorgia’s professional and attentive approach to customer management, we can now answer the phone in three different languages, and guarantee a same day response to customer emails. At the same time, the number of fans on our Facebook and Instagram pages has grown up to 5.000 and more.
Since winter 2017, Giorgia has been working alongside Nucleo Web, an important partner when it comes to creating and updating our site, our booking system and our social platforms.
Sami
Cervinia's manager
My name is Sami and I’m a musher by trade (the driver of a dogsled, for those who did not know ...). My adventure started by pure chance, at Sestriere Sleddog Centre, where I had gone to try my hand at sled dogging, as a customer. Right from that moment, I realised I had to be part of this magical world. Since then, seven years have gone by and, thanks to Luca Chiarelli and everything he’s taught me, I’ve been able to enjoy the privilege of working together with such magnificent companions, the Huskies, the real star attraction of this sport!
Come and find me at our Sleddog Centre in Cervinia, I’ll be waiting for you there, ready to share my passion and to introduce you to my furry friends!
Simona
Musher Instructor
In 2016 I graduated as a Developer at the Denina Institute of Saluzzo.
Since I was a child, I have always had a passion for animals, especially dogs, and horses above all. I always spent free time with my animals: the school in the morning and in the afternoon I ran in the riding of my horse with my dogs.
As soon as I graduated, I followed a summer riding school in Fenestrelle.
This allowed me, through people from the town, to meet Luca, the owner.
With great pleasure I joined the team in January 2017.
I worked in the center of Sestriere for two winters and a summer. This allowed me to cultivate my passion and learn many things about the world of Sleddog.
After a break of a year, I will return to the center in this 2019-20 winter season.
Beba
Musher Instructor
Hi, I'm Isabella (or Beba as everyone calls me), the "senior" of the team.
Graduated in Sports Science, always in the world of sport and the mountain.
After a twenty-year collaboration with the Alpine Rescue and avalanche research dogs, I changed the field of cynophilia, this more playful but certainly not less demanding.
Thanks to the precious teachings of our master Luca, for a couple of years I have been committed to working with a magnificent team composed of two and four-legged individuals.
I would like to transmit the passion and respect for dogs to all those who, in winter and summer, will approach this magnificent experience.
Anthea
Accoglienza e aiuto musher
Ciao, mi chiamo Anthea, sono nata nel 1996 in provincia di Piacenza, mi sono poi nel 2008 trasferita a Oulx per la passione della neve, delle montagne e degli animali che ho fin da piccola.
Sono diventata Educatrice Cinofila CSEN di Terzo Livello nel Marzo 2018 facendo della mia passione per i cani un lavoro e poi Istruttrice di Rally-Obedience nel Settembre 2019.
Nel frattempo studio all'Università di Pisa per conseguire la Laurea in "Tecniche di Allevamento Animale ed Educazione Cinofila".
Ho conosciuto Luca a Gennaio 2019 e mi ha proposto un tirocinio per imparare il lavoro del musher e sono entrata nello staff quel mese stesso. Ho da subito iniziato ad amare questo lavoro e questa razza fantastica e meravigliosa che sono gli Husky e sotto la guida di Luca ogni giorno si impara sempre qualcosa di nuovo.
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In order for the excursion to take place in the best possible way, please read the following information:
No particular aptitude is required and there are no age limits. However, since this is a physical sport, as you will be the driver of your own sled-dog team, assigned by the instructors, it is necessary:
The maximum weight limit to be able to carry out the excursion is 100 kg.
We recommend suitable mountain clothing, more specifically we suggest wearing: gloves, sunglasses and winter clothing. It will not be possible to attend the excursion and it will not be refunded if you wear ski boots or footwear deemed unsuitable by the instructors, therefore we recommend suitable footwear for snow sports (after-ski, trekking shoes, mountain boots).
We remind you that you will attend an excursion on a snowy path located in the high mountains and that you will be in close contact with animals, therefore, for the proper performance of the activity it is essential that you present yourself in a suitable state of mental health, specifically not under the effect of alcoholic substances and/or drugs: Our staff will be in charge to check for any discrepancies and, in the event of situations deemed unsuitable, to deny the departure without the right to any refund, this to guarantee and protect the health of our animals.
Pregnant women will not be able to participate in the excursion.
It is parents' responsibility to reassure their children who, due to the barking of the dogs during the departure phase, could get frightened and oppose the departure.
In case of cancellation for the aforementioned reason by the child or by all the participants belonging to the same reservation, no refund will be provided.
The data (age, weight, height) entered at the time of booking can be verified by the instructors at any time; if different from those declared at the time of booking, it will be necessary to pay the supplement for the change in price range and/or type of excursion. There is no refund if the activity is renounced, or if it is impossible to change the type of excursion due to the incorrect communication of data such as: weight, age and height.
For safety reasons, access of any type of animal to the area where briefings and excursions are held is strictly prohibited.
With exclusive reference to the Sestriere site:
I am also informed that Outdoor Experience SSD a RL is an amateur sports club which is therefore required to register all participants in the experience with the Association or Federation recognized by CONI to which it is affiliated according to the Italian Law on SSD and ASD.
Going to practice a sport, I am therefore provided with a NON-competitive sports medical certificate which certifies my good health.
In the event of a request to change the participant's name after the card has been issued, a fee of €10 will be requested for each change requested.
If a service is canceled after three days (72 hours) before the scheduled date and time of departure, 100% of the price must be paid. If a service is canceled before three days (72 hours) prior to the scheduled departure date, the refund will be full except in the following cases:
The unquestionable decision of the Management not to admit a participant to the exit due to lack of moral and/or physical requirements that can compromise the correct performance and safety for people and dogs during the experience is not a reason for reimbursement.
It is your responsibility to communicate your cancellation by telephone or personally at our facility.
Customers who do not show up, without notice of any kind (No-Show), will in any case be charged for the entire cost and will not be able to change the date and time of the activity but will have to book it again at full price.
In the event of a delay of more than 15 minutes, the structure reserves the right not to accept any more participants without any refund.
The only valid, authorized and expendable gift vouchers are those that can be purchased from our platform. To use the value of the gift voucher it is necessary to make an advance reservation; the cancellation policy for a reservation made using a gift voucher is the same as for any other reservation, and is indicated in the previous section. Any extension of the expiry date of the vouchers must be agreed with the structure (all the ways to contact us are listed on the website) and can only take place if a previous booking has been made before the original expiry date of the voucher, which is indicated on the voucher. same.
Unaccompanied minors can participate in the excursions starting from 26kg in weight with a minimum height of 1.20m in Sestriere and from 10 years of age with a minimum weight of 30kg and a minimum height of 1.20m in Cervinia (they must drive a sled independently); however, the presence of an adult or older brother on the same excursion as the minor is recommended.
Children weighing up to 25kg in Sestriere and up to 39kg under the age of 10 in Cervinia can participate in the excursions carried in the instructor's sled, by the same instructor; the presence of an adult on the minor's excursion is mandatory and this condition is binding.
In order to attend the sleigh ride, you will follow an information briefing where the instructors will give all the practical and safety notions to guarantee all participants a pleasant excursion. If you do not feel able to take part in the excursion, it is necessary to inform the instructors before departure, once included in the group and assigned a pack of dogs it is no longer possible to abandon the excursion.
There is no refund in case of cancellation of the excursion after following the briefing.
Sleddog activity is carried out completely in the open air, with the consequent minimum risk of contagion.
If it will not be possible to participate in the activity for reasons related to COVID-19: contraction of the virus, quarantine, possible contact with positive, change of color of the region of origin or of the central region, other causes attributable to the pandemic situation from Sars-Cov2 not no type of refund is foreseen but only the issue of a voucher valid for 1 year from the date of booking of the activity will be foreseen.
Even for gift vouchers already issued in the presence of one of the conditions listed above, no refund will be provided but the validity date of the voucher will be updated for the duration of 1 calendar year.
In the event of any legal dispute against Outdoor Experience S.S.D. to R.L. or of Siberiana di Samoila Cramer Georgeta, the Court of Turin is considered exclusively competent.
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