Skiing is great and ski holidays are the reason we all head back to the mountains we love love year after year. But skiing is just the tip of the iceberg for winter activities in the Alps. You can add extra adventure to create the best ski holiday in France by interspersing your skiing with other winter activities.
Have a go at paragliding with a ski landing on the piste or, for expert skiers only, why not try speed riding. Speed riding is a combination of paragliding and skiing, a bit like kitesurfing on skis!! Once adept at speed flying means you can drop off cliffs, reach unreachable powder stashes and literally fly down the mountain.
If you want something a little more sedate but still a unique winter activity why not spend a night in an igloo on a high alpine plateau. You can even get really Inuit (sorry terrible pun) and build your own Igloo to sleep in overnight.
Animal lovers can try their hand at dog sledding and mush a team of huskies across the snowfields. Half the fun of this is meeting the dogs particularly the young ones back at camp. You could also have a go at ski joering which is being pulled by a horse whilst on skis!
For a bit of vertical adventure there is great ice climbing in France. You can receive instruction to climb a frozen waterfall with ice axe and crampons. If you prefer your rope related adventures heading downhill then you could experience Europe’s longest and fastest and zip line.
Snowshoe walking is a great way to get away from the piste and into the wild, walks can be arranged to suit all fitness levels. For a romantic evening adventure, you can even go for a moonlit snowshoe walk…. the choice is yours.
The winter activities in the Alps are so much more than just skiing and snowboarding. So for the best ski holiday in France be sure to make full use of this adventure playground that is waiting to be discovered.
Undiscovered Mountains are a specialist multi activity holiday provider and have come up with a system of activity points which are included with every ski holiday. You can exchange these points for a range of winter activities from ice climbing to snowshoeing to husky sledding… and many more!
Undiscovered Mountains will organize these activities for you around your skiing so you can make the most of the pistes and everything else on offer! Their system has been so popular, they no longer sell standard ski holidays! If you ski with Undiscovered Mountains, you will never just be skiing!
For groups or parties with both skiers and non-skiers it’s a perfect solution as you can also mix and match a ski holiday with a winter activity holiday to create your perfect combination. If you would like to find out more about ski adventure holidays or winter activity holidays, please contact Sally on +44 (0)345 009 8401 or [email protected]