Set your sights on winter itineraries in the French Alps. Our ski touring trips and snowshoe adventures mix hut nights, tipi camps and full winter bivouac, always in small groups with certified mountain guides or mountain leaders. These are winter mountain trips in France designed to help you progress, manage risk and enjoy the season to the full. From January to March in most massifs, and up to May in the Queyras, you link 2 to 5 active days at the pace of winter. Several programs are built around ski touring trips, while snowshoe travel with a pulka opens wild horizons when the snow runs deep.
On the menu, six complementary routes. In the Écrins, an advanced snowshoe trip blends dog assisted snowshoeing and nights under the stars on a winter bivouac. In the Vercors, you traverse the Hauts Plateaux with a pulka and a night under a tipi. Ring in New Year in the Cerces Mont Thabor with a winter camp and snowshoe outings. On the ski side, a ski touring weekend in the Aravis gets you started, avalanche transceiver training included, with a cozy refuge at the foot of the Pointe Percée. Around the Pierra Menta, you step into a true four day ski touring raid based in Beaufortain huts. Finally, in the Queyras, a five day progressive ski touring trip builds your autonomy across gites, a mini raid and border cols. Depending on the trip, rental of skis, ski crampons and the avalanche safety pack is available, and we provide precise cold weather gear checklists.