A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE TRIP
Pure sport/A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE TRIP
Pure sport/ This week in Val d'Isère, the team offers you a stay at your own pace: perfect your technique with other skiers, enjoy your week with friends and discover the resort and its areas in complete freedom! Attention: this stay is reserved for skiers from the Beginner level, if you are a beginner, you must register for a “Learn to ski in 7 days” trip.THE BEST OF THE PRODUCT
- Alternating sessions with an instructor and skiing independently or with friends
- Cosy Village resort, great après-ski atmosphere
- Accommodation ideally located, at the foot of the slopes, in the heart of the historic village
THE BEST OF THE PRODUCT
- Alternating sessions with an instructor and skiing independently or with friends
- Cosy Village resort, great après-ski atmosphere
- Accommodation ideally located, at the foot of the slopes, in the heart of the historic village
Included
- Accommodation and full board
- Val d'Isère/Tignes package until the end of your course
- Ski equipment
- 12 hours with instructor in 4 to 5 sessions
Not Included
- Transport
- Personal equipment
- Complementary insurances
On option
- Accommodation for 2 in double accommodation
- Arrived the day before
- Well-being
The program
Day by dayDay of arrival
Breakfast (8:30am to 10:00am), accommodation (in the morning, you have a secure room available to leave your luggage), provision of equipment and the ski pass valid from the first day of the stay.
The advice of the sports village: we suggest that you arrive before 13:00 to enjoy your first day of vacation, and start sliding.
At the end of the afternoon, the team invites you to a presentation of your week, the functioning of the sports village, the organization of activities, etc.
If you purchased the “arrival the day before” option, we 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 code for the front door. You will then find an envelope with your name and instructions for finding your room. Dinner is served until 20:30.
It is not possible to reserve rooms, however, we will do our best, depending on availability, to satisfy your request upon arrival.
During your stay
Wednesday - Skiing on your own.
Technical Level - Beginner
You have already skated for 1 to 3 weeks. You go down green and some blue trails with confidence. You control your speed and your trajectories. You start making parallel ski turns.
This week, your instructor will give you all the advice you need to be comfortable on all the blue runs and some red runs. You will therefore work on your commitment to the track, you will become comfortable on smooth snow and you will test yourself on bumpier snow and slopes in order to integrate the “Mastery” groups of skiers over a future week.
Technical level - Mastery
You have acquired a “Mastery” level because you know how to control your speed and your trajectories on blue tracks and on red tracks when they are well prepared. When the track is bumpy, in hard snow or in powder snow, you are less comfortable... and that's what techniques you will be developing this week with your instructor.
This week, your instructor will develop your ability to evolve with ease on all red slopes (smooth, icy, bumpy) but also some well-prepared black slopes in the ski area. This ease on this type of slope will allow you to be in “Confirmed” groups for your future weeks of skiing.
Technical level - Confirmed
You have acquired a “confirmed” level because you evolve with ease on all the slopes of the ski area by controlling your skis, even if you are less comfortable when the terrain is more rugged (bumps, ice, powder...).
The objective of your week will be to now be comfortable on all snow and all slopes (even if you will have to continue sliding to make this ease more fluid), including to touch the “powder” to switch to the next week of vacation to an “Expert” level and why not to an Off-Piste stay.
Technical Level - Expert
You are an Expert because, regardless of the terrain and the snow, you easily and safely combine all types of turns (swaddles and big curves) .Your experience allows you to read the terrain well and to adapt your technique to all the situations you may encounter off-road: steep slopes (up to 35°), bumps, snow of different qualities (deep, tangled, crusted, frozen,...).
This week, enjoy yourself with your instructor who will refine your technique even more, and according to the wishes of the group and the climatic and terrain conditions, will make you discover a nice off-track and the most beautiful runs and spots in the entire ski area.
This formula also exists in Full-Time Ski Pack (23 hours of supervision for 8 to 9 sessions), so necessarily more time spent with your instructor which will allow you to improve your technique more quickly in principle. This formula lends itself well to those who want to stay with a group and an atmosphere all week long. On the other hand, no risk, if one day you want to slide with friends, rest, discover another activity... no stress, it's your vacation, you enjoy it as you wish
The course of this program is indicative.
It may undergo modifications or adjustments, depending on technical criteria, safety 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
Check out of your room no later than 13:00.
SPOT
Val d'Isere ski area
A ski area open all year round!
The village resort of Val d'Isère offers sliding on the slopes of the Olympic Games and the World Ski Championships. This typical Haute-Tarentaise resort is open all year round and shares 10,000 hectares with its neighbor Tignes accessible to all to discover the joys of skiing. The ski area includes 300 km of snowy slopes up to 3400 m above sea level. The Val d'Isère - Tignes area has 161 slopes (21 green, 69 blue, 44 red, 25 black and 2 snowparks) and 75 ski lifts. It is also an exceptional off-road area: the Tour and the Shoulder of Charvet, the Forêt de la Daille, Cugnai, the Danaides or even the Lost Valley with a feeling of “end of the world”.
Hosting
Accommodation Val d'Isère Sports Village
240 beds divided into rooms for 2, 4 and 8 people with sinks.
ABOUT THE TRIP
Equipment Included
Equipment Included
Address and access
UCPA Val d'Isère sports village - Le Makalu:
Nicolas Bazile Street - BP 124 - 73151 Val d'Isère Cedex
Tél.: 00 (334) 79 06 03 80
Address and access
Take the N90 to Bourg-Saint-Maurice, then the N202 towards Val d'Isère/Col de l'Iseran.
In Val d'Isère, the UCPA sports village is located 150 m on the right after the tourist office roundabout (4th roundabout after entering Val d'Isère).
Attention, many mountain passes are closed in winter (even if the GPS can affirm the opposite).
UCPA outdoor car park adjacent to the sports village, within the limit of available spaces (reservation is not possible).
Parking fees: Week: 50 euros/Break 3 or 4 days: 30 euros/Weekend: 20 euros.
A deposit of an additional 50 euros will be required for the loan of a magnetic badge.
Attention, parking can only be allocated during reception opening hours.
You are coming by train:
Bourg-Saint-Maurice SNCF station located 35 km from the UCPA sports village.
Take the ALTIBUS bus company (information and reservation on https://www.altibus.com/).
Price: 12.50 euros one way (price may be modified by the company).
Return tickets must be booked 72 hours before departure with ALTIBUS coaches.
UCPA Val d'Isère sports village - Le Makalu:
Nicolas Bazile Street - BP 124 - 73151 Val d'Isère Cedex
Tél.: 00 (334) 79 06 03 80
Equipment not included
1 ski outfit, 1 or 2 sweaters or fleeces, 1 warm pantyhose, 1 pair of ski gloves, 1 hat, 1 pair of sunglasses (filtering the UV), 1 ski mask, 1 high protection sun cream, 1 lip stick.
Possibility to rent or rent one depending on availability (10 euros for the week, 8 euros for a break).
You can provide a padlock to secure your closet or equipment.
We also advise you to bring a water bottle or a bottle of water and a small backpack in case of meals on the slopes.
Bring your own bathroom linen (sheets provided by UCPA).
Equipment not included
1 ski outfit, 1 or 2 sweaters or fleeces, 1 warm pantyhose, 1 pair of ski gloves, 1 hat, 1 pair of sunglasses (filtering the UV), 1 ski mask, 1 high protection sun cream, 1 lip stick.
Wearing a helmet is recommended (not provided).
Possibility to rent or rent one depending on availability (10 euros for the week, 8 euros for a break).
You can provide a padlock to secure your closet or equipment.
We also advise you to bring a water bottle or a bottle of water and a small backpack in case of meals on the slopes.
Bring your own bathroom linen (sheets provided by UCPA).
Physical intensity
You practice a sporting activity throughout the year, on a regular basis or not. But you are able to run for about 1 hour, swim for 30 minutes, or pedal for about 2 hours.
Physical intensity
You practice a sporting activity throughout the year, on a regular basis or not. But you are able to run for about 1 hour, swim for 30 minutes, or pedal for about 2 hours.
Level of expertise
Technical Level - Initiated to Expert
Level of expertise
Technical Level - Initiated to Expert
Open to everyone except beginners, our teams are homogeneous groups for each level.
Management
Group formed for the week based on your technical level and your expectations.
Management
Group formed for the week based on your technical level and your expectations.
Alternating supervised sessions and independent skiing.
Important information
During school vacations, the sports village also welcomes a small group of young people aged 16 to 17.
Important information
During school vacations, the sports village also welcomes a small group of young people aged 16 to 17.