So you love the great outdoors, the mountains and a good challenge. Now you want to take it to the next level, however for that you’re going to need a High Mountain Guide! But where do you start looking for one? How do you know if they’ll be able to fulfil your mountain ambitions and [...]
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A few years ago, I needed to repaint the exterior of the bathroom window frame, so with my partner keeping her hands on the bottom of the ladder, I ascended and began rubbing down the woodwork ….. and shaking so much because I really don’t like heights! Eventually she’d had enough of feeling the ladder [...]
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When Kenny, a Scot with an impressive mountaineering background, called to ask what sort of thing would be possible to do in the Alps in winter on snowshoes, it was a tricky one to answer. He was coming with his girlfriend Rhona, an experienced winter walker and novice alpinist. They wanted to do something a [...]
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The Southern French Alps is a large area so to narrow it down I have focused on the Champsaur valley which is on the southern edge of the Ecrins National Park. It is a beautiful valley, still very French and in touch with it’s heritage and culture with a wide range of mountain activities to [...]
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Snow has been used by the Inuit for its insulating properties for centuries and they are the masters of igloo building – constructing all types of snow shelters from overnight hunting shelters to full igloo villages. For a beginner, it can take 3 – 6 hours to build a sleepable in Inuit style igloo but [...]
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How to find other quality independent holiday companies on the web! We are based in the Southern French Alps famed for it’s great weather, wild and natural environment and the preservation of it’s alpine culture. People often fall in love with the area and come back year after year. Or they experiment with the different [...]
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Anyone under the illusion that snowshoeing is just a boring walk with tennis rackets strapped to their feet, slogging through monotonous snow fields, please read on… and be educated! The Team: Scottish Louise and Irish Kevin, new couple Chris and Alison, novice bachelor Jonathan, father of two Paul, Undiscovered Alps Sally and Emily and of [...]
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The Alps and skiing go together like a good French wine and cheese…. Very well! And also like a good French wine and cheese, us Brits love them both! At Undiscovered Alps however, we like to spice it up a bit by offering you a ski holiday with a difference. I suppose you could say [...]
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We are standing very still in the woods in a wild and remote part of the Southern French Alps listening. It is still, with not a breath of wind. Occasionally a lump of snow falls to the ground breaking the silence. A bird tweets. Then we hear a branch breaking and movement. We look but [...]
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Having first been introduced to snow-capped mountains of the southern French Alps at around the age of 15, I quickly became addicted to sensation of throwing myself down a mountain at neck-breaking speeds with only two long planks strapped to my feet. I now consider myself a rather seasoned skier and thought I had a [...]
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Kayak the Alps – beginners trip
21 – 28 July 2012
From 450€ per person
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