Advice by phone
If you have doubts about the program which corresponds to you at best or which there are questions, we readily advise you by phone:
> contact a mountain guide.
All information on the Net
You will find all practical information on this website for each stay with the detailed program for each day, the appointment place and the equipment list. With the registration, you obtain a password which enables you to inform yourselves on the possible last minutes modifications and the list of the participants registered to facilitate transport.
Questions?
Each program indicates the responsible guide for the stay. He is at your disposal for any further information.
Requirements
Are you sure to correspond to the requirements of the stay? Don't over-estimate yourself! Choose an activity fitting for your skill level in order to enjoy more intensively the beauties of nature! Under the levels menu you will find the explanations concerning the levels of difficulties. Choose an activity on your level to benefit fully from your stay.
If you wonder about your physical condition, compare the up times of the stay with the stays or tours which you already carried out. To know the minimal physical condition to have before departure, independently from the activity and your skill level for this activity, refer to our chart.
Hotel, mountain huts or camp-site
We offer trainings and stays with nights in hut or refuge, camp-site like in hotels. The type of accomodation is mentioned in the detailed program under accomodation. The nights in hotel are booked in double bed room. If you wish an individual room, please indicate it to us under remark when you register (price increase).
The nights in hut are in dormitory with several beds. Wool blankets and/or sleeping bags as of the house shoes are available. For hygienic reasons, we recommend to take a personnel flax or silk bag.
Unforeseen: Weather and snow conditions
Changing snow and weather conditions, sometimes extreme constitute part of the fascination of the mountain and require often a short-term program modification. Approximately 2 days before the departure of the stay, we examine the weather report. If we must shift or cancel the stay in another area, we inform the participants immediately.
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Weather forecast
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Avalanche reports
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> some hiring rules of a mountain guide.
Insurances
If you must cancel a stay for disease or accident reasons, you recover the total amount paid , in so far as you concluded a cancellation insurance. Arranging for a cancellation insurance is mandatory for all activities. To avoid double insurances, it is not included in the rates. You can arrange for cancellation insurance at the latest 10 days after registration through the following organizations:
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In French only, this contract can be bought online by any person residing in France, Switzerland or another EU country. |
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Only in Switzerland: |
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Preparation: Your gear
We indicate the detailed equipment list in each program according to the activity and/or the selected destination. An adapted gear also guaranteed your stay and its quality is important. We rent harness, locking biners, helmet, crampons and ice axes. In winter, we rent ski touring boots, ski pole, ski touring with skins and knives and the avalanche transciever. We take care of group gear..
Advices on the activities: technique and equipment
Preparation: Lunch
In the huts and refuges, you can generally supplement your lunch with bread, chocolate etc. We recommend to buy before the stay the cereals bars, dry fruits, dried meat, etc. You can fill your bottles and thermos for the tea at the hut and/or the hotel.
All-in prices
Are generally included in the mentionned prices half-board, tea, night, guiding by a certified mountain guide, utility service (pharmacy, rope, safety gear, etc). For the trainings, we deliver moreover course documents.
Are not included and requires a price increase : transport, individual rooms. The members of an alpine Club receive a price reduction for the nights in huts of CHF 8. - by night. Please indicate it at the time of your registration.
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Advice by phone
If you have doubts about the program which corresponds to you at best or which there are questions, we readily advise you by phone:
> contact a mountain guide.
All information on the Net
You will find all practical information on this website for each stay with the detailed program for each day, the appointment place and the equipment list. With the registration, you obtain a password which enables you to inform yourselves on the possible last minutes modifications and the list of the participants registered to facilitate transport.
Questions?
Each program indicates the responsible guide for the stay. He is at your disposal for any further information.
Requirements
Are you sure to correspond to the requirements of the stay? Don't over-estimate yourself! Choose an activity fitting for your skill level in order to enjoy more intensively the beauties of nature! Under the levels menu you will find the explanations concerning the levels of difficulties. Choose an activity on your level to benefit fully from your stay.
If you wonder about your physical condition, compare the up times of the stay with the stays or tours which you already carried out. To know the minimal physical condition to have before departure, independently from the activity and your skill level for this activity, refer to our chart.
Hotel, mountain huts or camp-site
We offer trainings and stays with nights in hut or refuge, camp-site like in hotels. The type of accomodation is mentioned in the detailed program under accomodation. The nights in hotel are booked in double bed room. If you wish an individual room, please indicate it to us under remark when you register (price increase).
The nights in hut are in dormitory with several beds. Wool blankets and/or sleeping bags as of the house shoes are available. For hygienic reasons, we recommend to take a personnel flax or silk bag.
Unforeseen: Weather and snow conditions
Changing snow and weather conditions, sometimes extreme constitute part of the fascination of the mountain and require often a short-term program modification. Approximately 2 days before the departure of the stay, we examine the weather report. If we must shift or cancel the stay in another area, we inform the participants immediately.
|
Weather forecast
|
Avalanche reports
|
> some hiring rules of a mountain guide.
Insurances
If you must cancel a stay for disease or accident reasons, you recover the total amount paid , in so far as you concluded a cancellation insurance. Arranging for a cancellation insurance is mandatory for all activities. To avoid double insurances, it is not included in the rates. You can arrange for cancellation insurance at the latest 10 days after registration through the following organizations:
|
In French only, this contract can be bought online by any person residing in France, Switzerland or another EU country. |
|
|
Only in Switzerland: |
|
Preparation: Your gear
We indicate the detailed equipment list in each program according to the activity and/or the selected destination. An adapted gear also guaranteed your stay and its quality is important. We rent harness, locking biners, helmet, crampons and ice axes. In winter, we rent ski touring boots, ski pole, ski touring with skins and knives and the avalanche transciever. We take care of group gear..
Advices on the activities: technique and equipment
Preparation: Lunch
In the huts and refuges, you can generally supplement your lunch with bread, chocolate etc. We recommend to buy before the stay the cereals bars, dry fruits, dried meat, etc. You can fill your bottles and thermos for the tea at the hut and/or the hotel.
All-in prices
Are generally included in the mentionned prices half-board, tea, night, guiding by a certified mountain guide, utility service (pharmacy, rope, safety gear, etc). For the trainings, we deliver moreover course documents.
Are not included and requires a price increase : transport, individual rooms. The members of an alpine Club receive a price reduction for the nights in huts of CHF 8. - by night. Please indicate it at the time of your registration.