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The Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix has year-round a wealth of fun outdoor activities on offer for your next family summer holidays in the French Alps. The Chamonix Valley and its famous surrounding peaks and summits, plays host to great outdoor activities and sporting challenges for children and adults.
Our adventure program brings you unforgettable thrills and adventures in the heart of picturesque and breathtaking scenery. Adults and children can enjoy the valley’s stunning mountain torrents and river rapids with white-water sports such as canoeing, water rafting, river boarding and canyoning. The Gaillands leisure park features bungee jumps and giant zip-lines and is also a great place to introduce young children to the fun of rock climbing. The Chamonix valley’s lifts and cable cars allow access for mountain biking in the legendary terrain of the ‘Pays du Mont-Blanc’offering great outdoor trips.
Our mountain guides and climbing instructors, proper outdoor enthusiast, love nature and the great outdoors, and whether you are complete beginners or experienced climbers, they will guarantee your family and friends have an unforgettable outdoor recreation. Enjoy a weekend break exploring the Alps thanks to a whole host of outdoor attractions. Choose from multiple day-trips made for outdoor enthusiasts for great holidays.
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Climbing training for the whole family at two steps from the center of Chamonix
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Go climbing around Argentière and enjoy familly lessons with a climbing instructor
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The largest adventure park in the valley with over 100 different areas and zip lines
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Navigate through the turbulent waters of the glaciers in a raft
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Jumps, waterfall abseils and natural toboggans down Vallorcine’s Barberine torrent
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Play among the counter currents whilst river boarding with your board and fins
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A challenging traverse in the Aiguilles Rouges moutain range to become a proper ultra runner
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Run on the famous running trails & single-tracks of the valley and get ready for your next trail races
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The iconic hiking itinerary covers 160 kilometers with a total elevation gain of 10,000 meters
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Downhill mountain biking in les Houches ski resort to hit the best single tracks
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Half-day electric mountain bike outings to explore the Chamonix Valley
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Initiation to electric mountain biking for an unusual discovery of the Mont Blanc region
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Level 5: You have a sustained practice.
Ride on the best bike trails of the iconic traverse trough France, Italy and Switzerland