A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE TRIP
Pure sport/A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE TRIP
Pure sport/ You have experience in ski touring and it is now homelessness that attracts you. To get further away in the mountains, you spend two nights in a refuge.THE BEST OF THE PRODUCT
- Ideal program to learn about raiding in ski touring
- 1 monitor for 8
- 2 nights in a refuge for a mountain immersion
THE BEST OF THE PRODUCT
- Ideal program to learn about raiding in ski touring
- 1 monitor for 8
- 2 nights in a refuge for a mountain immersion
Included
- Accommodation and full board
- Minibus transfers
- Ski touring equipment
- Safety equipment (DVA, shovel, probe, backpack)
- Groups of 8 people maximum
- Accompaniment from Monday to Friday by an instructor or a mountain guide
Not Included
- Transport
- Personal equipment
- Complementary insurances
On option
- Arrived the day before
- Accommodation in a double room for 2 people
The program
Day by dayDay of arrival
Breakfast (8:30am to 10:00am), accommodation (in the morning, a secure room is available to leave luggage), and provision of equipment.
If you purchased the “arrival the day before” option, we will welcome you between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. If you plan to arrive after 8 pm, please contact the sports village (email or phone) so that we can send you the front door code. A nominative envelope containing information on how to find the room will be provided. Dinner is served until 20:30.
During your stay
On Tuesday you go on a day trip to discover ski touring tips & tricks.
Setting up the skins, discovering the conversions, the technique for getting up to “the economy”, everything will be combined to make a first ascent of about 500 meters in altitude!
From Wednesday to Friday, let's go roaming with a departure to the Clarée Valley and its adjacent mountains, depending on your ease, you will climb 500 to 1000 m in altitude per day, climbing peaks or passes with breathtaking views of the surrounding mountains.
The nights of Wednesday and Thursday were spent at the refuges of Buffère and Chardonnet.
After a new Ascension on Friday, you then go back down into the valley in the afternoon and then to the sports village.
You can discover the provisional path of this roaming via the internet or the applications: iPhigenie & Skitrack
The course of this program is indicative.
It may undergo modifications or adjustments, depending on technical and physical criteria, security requirements or the climatic conditions of the moment. In this case, only those responsible for UCPA supervision are authorized to take the necessary decision (s). It can also be adapted according to the technical and physical level of the participants.
Last day
Please check out the rooms no later than 13:00.
SPOT
Grand Serre Chevalier ski area
The unique and sunny experience of Serre Chevalier
Serre Chevalier Vallée Briançon is one of the largest ski areas in Europe. Thanks to its numerous furnished spaces and its freestyle courses, beginners and experts alike find what they are looking for. The area has 250 km of slopes (13 green, 35 blue, 30 red, 14 black and 1 snowpark). For fans of off-trail and ski touring, there are many areas to explore: the Cucumelle valley, the Prédu-Bois, the Aravet forest, the wild off-slopes of Monêtier...
Hosting
Accommodation in Grand Serre Chevalier Sports Village
The Serre Chevalier sports village is located at the heart of the practice sites. The rooms are functional and comfortable. They have 4, 5 or 6 beds, with showers and private sinks.
Possibility to book a room for 2 at the time of registration (with supplement), only for stays of 7 days.
ABOUT THE TRIP
Equipment Included
Ski touring boots with low-tech inserts, if you have your own boots don't forget them.
Backpack (about 35l)
Equipment Included
Ski touring boots with low-tech inserts, if you have your own boots don't forget them.
DVA (new batteries) + Metal shovel + probe
Backpack (about 35l)
Address and access
UCPA Grand Serre Che Sports Village:
2 Route du Bez - 05240 The Alps Room
Tél.: 00 (333) 4 92 24 74 77
Address and access
From Briançon, drive 10 km in the direction of Grenoble and the Col du Lautaret via the RN 91. At the main roundabout in La Salle-Les-Alpes on the RN 91, take the 2nd exit.
Then, follow the signs for the Fréjus cable car/UCPA (one-way). Cross the bridge and at the end of the car park, take the entrance to the UCPA sports village immediately on the right.
From Grenoble, drive 110 km via the Col du Lautaret via the RN 91. Attention, the passage through the Chambon Tunnel may be regulated. Information Info Route 05 (tel. 04 65 03 00 05). At the main roundabout in La Salle-Les-Alpes on the RN 91, take the 1st exit.
Then, follow the signs for the Fréjus cable car/UCPA (one-way). Cross the bridge and at the end of the car park, take the entrance to the UCPA sports village immediately on the right.
Road info: access to the Lautaret pass on the site of the Hautes-Alpes General Council.
www.inforoute05.fr or voice server on 04 65 03 00 05.
It is recommended to use snow chains. Private parking: adjacent to the sports village, not guarded, free.
Municipal parking, located next to the UCPA car park, is prohibited from 8 p.m. to 9 a.m., under penalty of a fine. It remains free during the day.
You are coming by train:
In Briançon: regular Serre Chevalier Vallée shuttle. Information on 04 92 20 47 50 or on https://www.autocars-resalp.com/lignes-regulieres/bus/briancon-monetier/
Taxi: around €27 (day and night).
In Grenoble: LER 35 line for Briançon. Information on 0 821 202 203 or on www.info-ler.fr
To Oulx via Italy or by Modane: TGV Paris/Turin line: www.05voyeurs.compuis. Correspondence to Briançon with Resalp coaches.
Information on 04 92 20 47 50 or on www.autocars-resalp.com.
Bus stop for the UCPA Grand Serre Che sports village: LA SALLE-LES-ALPES - FREJUS PRE LONG.
UCPA Grand Serre Che Sports Village:
2 Route du Bez - 05240 The Alps Room
Tél.: 00 (333) 4 92 24 74 77
Equipment not included
CLOTHING: (Use materials that dry quickly and do not retain odors such as MERINOS)
1 technical underwear (long sleeve top + 1 pantyhose),
1 fleece, 1 down jacket, gore-tex jacket,
warm gloves and light gloves,
pants adapted to ski touring (lateral apertures+ waterproof),
2 pairs of socks,
1 spare T-shirt,
2 underwear,
Feel free to put all your clothes in a packable waterproof pocket.
ACCESSORIES
LIGHTWEIGHT ski mountaineering helmet (if you are used to it or feel the need).
Class 3 or 4 glasses and/or bad weather ski mask
1.5l bottle (or 0.5l thermos and 1l bottle), grocery items (dried fruits, chocolate bars,...) (we will have pic-nics at the refuge for the next day)
Ecological action: a small Tupperware for salads to take away from day to day (between 250 and 500 ml).
In a ziploc freezer bag: IDENTITY PAPERS, CARTE VITALE, cash or checks for the shelter, bank card (shelters rarely take a bank card).
Earplugs and meat bag (light) + small toothbrush and small toothpaste + soap and small towel
Headlamp (with battery fully charged: best to remove the battery from the lamp to avoid untimely discharges)
Additional battery (about 5000 mAh) + cable and phone and headphone jack (if you deem it necessary)
PHARMACY/ Foot Care:
Light survival blanket, 50 sunscreen (small tube), facial moisturizer, lip stick, light personal pharmacy according to your habits (paracetamol, bandages...) and other personal medications.
For the feet: Compeed or Second skin to be cut,
Elastoplast cutting tape,
Noke type anti-friction cream - Akileine - (you can start the treatment 2 weeks before the start of the raid), shin protection (if problems), optional white and/or red tiger balm - (you can start the treatment 2 weeks before the start of the raid)
Equipment not included
CLOTHING: (Use materials that dry quickly and do not retain odors such as MERINOS)
Hat (+ possibly cap), buff or neck strap,
1 technical underwear (long sleeve top + 1 pantyhose),
1 fleece, 1 down jacket, gore-tex jacket,
warm gloves and light gloves,
pants adapted to ski touring (lateral apertures+ waterproof),
2 pairs of socks,
1 spare T-shirt,
2 underwear,
Feel free to put all your clothes in a packable waterproof pocket.
ACCESSORIES
LIGHTWEIGHT ski mountaineering helmet (if you are used to it or feel the need).
Class 3 or 4 glasses and/or bad weather ski mask
1.5l bottle (or 0.5l thermos and 1l bottle), grocery items (dried fruits, chocolate bars,...) (we will have pic-nics at the refuge for the next day)
Ecological action: a small Tupperware for salads to take away from day to day (between 250 and 500 ml).
In a ziploc freezer bag: IDENTITY PAPERS, CARTE VITALE, cash or checks for the shelter, bank card (shelters rarely take a bank card).
Earplugs and meat bag (light) + small toothbrush and small toothpaste + soap and small towel
Headlamp (with battery fully charged: best to remove the battery from the lamp to avoid untimely discharges)
Additional battery (about 5000 mAh) + cable and phone and headphone jack (if you deem it necessary)
PHARMACY/ Foot Care:
Light survival blanket, 50 sunscreen (small tube), facial moisturizer, lip stick, light personal pharmacy according to your habits (paracetamol, bandages...) and other personal medications.
For the feet: Compeed or Second skin to be cut,
Elastoplast cutting tape,
Noke type anti-friction cream - Akileine - (you can start the treatment 2 weeks before the start of the raid), shin protection (if problems), optional white and/or red tiger balm - (you can start the treatment 2 weeks before the start of the raid)
Physical intensity
You practice a regular sports activity throughout the year, with 1 or 2 sessions per week. You are able to combine several moderate-intensity sessions during your vacation week.
Physical intensity
You practice a regular sports activity throughout the year, with 1 or 2 sessions per week. You are able to combine several moderate-intensity sessions during your vacation week.
Level of expertise
Ski touring Level R2
Alpine skiing level
Off-road, you can do it quite easily when the snow is light. In heavier, deeper or crusted snow, your evolutions are less fluid but you succeed in descending thanks to a good physical condition and/or by mastering the conversions!
Alpine experience - AA
As a skier, you know how to use a DVA and you know the rules of evolution in off-track conditions. You know how to use skins, perform conversions on the way up, you have notions of rhythm.
Level of expertise
Ski touring Level R2
You have a small experience in ski touring (being comfortable on a slope, managing your effort over several hours, knowing how to feed yourself during the effort, choosing your equipment, putting together your bag). You have a 'Confirmed' level in alpine skiing.
Alpine skiing level
Off-road, you can do it quite easily when the snow is light. In heavier, deeper or crusted snow, your evolutions are less fluid but you succeed in descending thanks to a good physical condition and/or by mastering the conversions!
Alpine experience - AA
As a skier, you know how to use a DVA and you know the rules of evolution in off-track conditions. You know how to use skins, perform conversions on the way up, you have notions of rhythm.
Portage
1 week program:
Carrying personal belongings for 5 days and picnics for 2 or 3 days, i.e. 8 to 12 kg.
Carrying personal belongings and picnics for 2 or 3 days, i.e. 10 to 12 kg, for the duration of the stay.
Portage
1 week program:
Carrying personal belongings for 5 days and picnics for 2 or 3 days, i.e. 8 to 12 kg.
2 week program:
Carrying personal belongings and picnics for 2 or 3 days, i.e. 10 to 12 kg, for the duration of the stay.
Restauration
In order to limit babywearing and in order to offer you appropriate catering, half-board is provided in the refuge.
Restauration
In order to limit babywearing and in order to offer you appropriate catering, half-board is provided in the refuge.
Ecological action, remember to bring a small Tupperware (250 to 500ml) which will be reused by the shelters when making salads from day to day.
Management
Mountain instructor or guide.
Management
Mountain instructor or guide.
Important information
For ecological reasons and energy efficiency, the UCPA center in Serre Chevalier will not open the pool this winter.
Important information
For ecological reasons and energy efficiency, the UCPA center in Serre Chevalier will not open the pool this winter.