Alpine ski
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Alpine skiing
The Grand Massif ski area :
5 resorts connected: Morillon, Samoëns, Les Carroz d’Araches, Sixt Fer à cheval + Flaine.
265 km of runs - 144 tracks - 73 skilifts an chairlifts.
• 17 green tracks
• 60 blue tracks
• 53 red tracks
• 14 black tracks.
See the interactive skimap
🌐grand-massif.com/skimaps
Ski Courses and Instructor Engagement:
►Ecole du Ski Français. ESF Samoens, Ski :
🌐www.esfsamoens.com
►Samoens : Ski and Snowboard School 360 International: 🌐www.ecoledeski360.com
►Ecole de Ski Internationale Samoëns Zig Zag :
📱+ 33 (0)6 31 20 44 10
📧info@zigzagski.com
Snowboard
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Snowboard
The Grand Massif ski area :
5 resorts connected: Morillon, Samoëns, Les Carroz d’Araches, Sixt Fer à cheval + Flaine.
265 km of runs - 144 tracks - 73 skilifts an chairlifts.
• 17 green tracks
• 60 blue tracks
• 53 red tracks
• 14 black tracks.
See the interactive skimap
🌐grand-massif.com/skimaps
Ski Courses and Instructor Engagement:
►Ecole du Ski Français. ESF Samoens, Ski :
🌐www.esfsamoens.com
►Samoens : Ski and Snowboard School 360 International: 🌐www.ecoledeski360.com
►Ecole de Ski Internationale Samoëns Zig Zag :
📱+ 33 (0)6 31 20 44 10
📧info@zigzagski.com
5 resorts connected: Morillon, Samoëns, Les Carroz d’Araches, Sixt Fer à cheval + Flaine.
265 km of runs - 144 tracks - 73 skilifts an chairlifts.
• 17 green tracks
• 60 blue tracks
• 53 red tracks
• 14 black tracks.
See the interactive skimap
🌐grand-massif.com/skimaps
Ski Courses and Instructor Engagement:
►Ecole du Ski Français. ESF Samoens, Ski :
🌐www.esfsamoens.com
►Samoens : Ski and Snowboard School 360 International: 🌐www.ecoledeski360.com
►Ecole de Ski Internationale Samoëns Zig Zag :
📱+ 33 (0)6 31 20 44 10
📧info@zigzagski.com
Nordic ski
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Cross-country skiing
Depending on the snow conditions, cross-country skiing is practised on the slopes of Fer à Cheval, Joux Plane or the valley.
Each sector offers circuits for all levels, in classic and skating styles.
▶︎ At Fer à Cheval (950 m) :
A 10 km loop in a beautiful landscape, goes from the Molliet to the famous Cirque du Fer à Cheval ● 1 green track
● 3 blue tracks
▶︎ In the valley 670 to 900 m: along the Giffre, a gentle drop in height connects Samoëns, Morillon and Sixt, near the villages, in the forest, in the plain, around the lakes.
● 4 green tracks
● 2 blue tracks
● 2 red connectant tracks
▶︎ At Joux Plane (1700m) .
This altitude site ensures snow cover all winter, offers an ideal exhibition, a magnificent panorama with views of the Mont Blanc. ● 3 green tracks
● 2 blue tracks
● 2 red tracks
⚠️The site of Joux Plane is only open if the valley slopes are not usable due to lack of snow.
Courses and Instructor Engagement:
►Ecole du Ski Français. ESF Samoens, Ski :
🌐www.esfsamoens.com
►Samoens : Ski and Snowboard School 360 International: 🌐www.ecoledeski360.com
►Ecole de Ski Internationale Samoëns Zig Zag :
📱+ 33 (0)6 31 20 44 10
📧info@zigzagski.com
Ski Touring
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Ski Touring
For accompaniments, please consult the following websites:
▶︎🌐 www.cairn-trekking.fr
▶︎ Ecole du Ski Français. ESF Samoens, Ski : 🌐www.esfsamoens.com
▶︎Samoens:Ski and Snowboard School 360 International: 🌐www.ecoledeski360.com
Snowshoeing
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Snowshoeing
🔴 Beginners or Advanced Courses, AccompanimentsCourses and intructors engagement:
▶︎ Ecole du Ski Français. ESF Samoens, Ski : 🌐www.esfsamoens.com
▶︎Samoens:école de ski et de Snowboard 360 International: 🌐www.ecoledeski360.com
Skating
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Skating
New rink of Samoëns:
155 route des Drugères
Village
In front of the Tourist Office.
Covered outdoor skating rink of 56 m by 26 m .
Skate rental on site.
Open every day from December 18 to April 15
Information on days and hours of operation:
Open every day from December 18 to April 15
Information on days and hours of operation:
☎️: +33 (0)4 50 34 13 92
Sledging
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Sledging
Sledging on a groomed track:
4 possible sites:
Learn more :
🌐hiver.samoens.com/activites-hiver/famille/luge.
4 possible sites:
- Samoëns-Village: one 30 m track next to the Garderie stop (in front of the Tourist Office)
- Samoëns- 1600 m. 2 pistes 120 and 60 m)
- Joux-Plane on the northern site of the Col Joux-Plane.
- Sixt Fer à cheval
Learn more :
🌐hiver.samoens.com/activites-hiver/famille/luge.
Handiski
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Handiski
In Samoëns an association Handiglisse and various ski schools offer disabled people adapted equipment and qualified instructors to enable paraplegics, quadriplegics, hemiplegics, One-legged, to discover the joys of sliding.
Uniski, Dualski , Kartskii, Tandemski : equipments and teaching adapted to the nature of the disability.
▶︎ Ecole du Ski Français. ESF Samoens, Ski : 🌐www.esfsamoens.com/activites/handiski
Dog sleds
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Dog sleds
Dog sledding led by a musher.
In Samoens or in Sixt Fer à Cheval on snow cover.
Information:
☎️: +33(0)4 50 96 64 19 or +33(0)4 50 34 46 02
🌐www.valleeduhautgiffre.fr/domaine-nordique
🌐www.traineauxdelubac.com/
Speed Riding
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Speed riding
Probably the latest in sliding sports.
He associates off-piste skiing with paragliding.
A new glide for winter
Speed riding is a mix of gliding in the air and snow.
Fun, accessible to good skiers, it is activity for unforgettable sensations.
Beginners or advanced trainings:
🌐www.adrenaline-hunter
🌐Pégase Air Samoens
🌐Les Tontons Volants
Heliskiing
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Heliskiing
The proximity of Italy and Switzerland makes it easy to practice a prohibited activity in France (the removal of skiers by helicopter).
Many possibilities in the Aosta Valley, the Gran Paradiso massif and the Matterhorn massif (Cervinia, Zermatt ..)
🔴 More details : 🌐hiver.samoens.com
🔴Instructor Engagement :
►Ecole du Ski Français. ESF Samoens, Ski :
🌐www.esfsamoens.com
►Samoens : Ski and Snowboard School 360 International: 🌐www.ecoledeski360.com
►Ecole de Ski Internationale Samoëns Zig Zag :
📱+ 33 (0)6 31 20 44 10
📧info@zigzagski.com
Fat bike
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Fat Bike
Let yourself be tempted by a ride on the edges of the Giffre, equipped with Fat Bike, powerful lamps, framed by a monitor that will make you discover the sensations, the pleasure and the freedom of a pleasant ride on snow under the stars.
Contact : Bertrand MORETTON
135, rue des billets
74340 Samoëns
☎️: + 33 (0)6 46 21 59 37
Ski Joering
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Ski Joëring
New sport of sliding, joêring skiing consists of being towed by a horse using a rigid frame, while being skiing.
Beautiful trail in the plain of Morillon facing the Criou, along the cross-country ski slopes
Equita Passion
Lac bleu
74440 Morillon
☎️ : +33 (0)6 03 57 17 01
Ice climbing
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Ice Climbing
Exceptional natural sites and optimal climatic conditions make the Giffre valley an ideal place to discover the ice fall climbing.
The Giffre valley is one of the main sites of ice waterfalls in France. You will discover the techniques of climbing on ice surfaces.
Accessible to all. Supervised by a mountain guide.
Courses and instruction engagement :
Ski Courses and Instructor Engagement:
►Ecole du Ski Français. ESF Samoens, Ski :
🌐www.esfsamoens.com
►Ecole de Ski Internationale Samoëns Zig Zag :
📱+ 33 (0)6 31 20 44 10
📧info@zigzagski.com
Paragliding
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Paragliding
The plateau of the Saix, platform of the station of Samoëns 1600, constitutes a remarkable flight path.
🔴 Taster and Beginners courses of paragliding
▶︎ Les Tontons Volants:
☎️+ 33 (0)6 20 30 75 53
📧: rol.david@outlook.fr
🌐Les Tontons Volants
🔴 Winter trainings in paragliding:
▶︎ Pégase Air Samoëns :
☎️ + 33 (0)4 50 34 95 80
📧 : courrier@parapente-samoens.com
🌐Pégase Air Samoens
Snowmobile
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Snowmobile
Snowmobile tours on marked routes with accompanying by qualified instructor.
🔴 At Carroz d'Araches
Route de Flaine
Les Molliets (huitiéme virage après le télésiège Les Molliets)
74300 Les Carroz-d'Arâches
☎️ : 06 08 32 49 59
🌐www.deltaevasion.com
Mountain refuges open in winter
Gite and lake of Gers
The gite and the covered at 1500m altitude, on the edge of the Lake of Gers. Open in summer from June to September and from December to April in winter.
On the GR96, from Samoëns to Samance (Lake of Annecy), and approaching the GR5, the Refuge, beautiful setting .
☎️Phone : +33 (0)9 87 88 18 69
📱ONLY ON WHATSAPP : +33 (0)6 13 96 24 25 ( Don't call this number out of WhatsApp)
On the GR96, from Samoëns to Samance (Lake of Annecy), and approaching the GR5, the Refuge, beautiful setting .
☎️Phone : +33 (0)9 87 88 18 69
📱ONLY ON WHATSAPP : +33 (0)6 13 96 24 25 ( Don't call this number out of WhatsApp)
Refuge of Bostan-Tornay
Refuge of medium mountain, in the middle of the alps and lapiaz, in a sunny valley, dominates the valley of Giffre and Samoëns.
You can see the marmots, the flight of the eagles or the gypter and the passage of the chamois along the cliffs.
Contact :
📱+33 (0) 06 72 64 06 85
You can see the marmots, the flight of the eagles or the gypter and the passage of the chamois along the cliffs.
Contact :
📱+33 (0) 06 72 64 06 85