Snowshoeing Week in Samoens (French Alps), near Mont Blanc
Come and enjoy a full week of fantastic snowshoeing in Samoens, in the French Alps, near Mont Blanc with UIMLA certified guide Emma.
Group
Alps
7 Days
Jan - Mar
High
Intermediate
Highlights
- Spend an entire week snowshoeing through the French Alps.
- Spend every night comfortably resting in a hotel in the village of Samoens.
- Trek to the top of several peaks and enjoy great views of peaks like Mont Blanc.
Description
This week long snowshoeing adventure will be based in the lovely village of Samoens. This small, but wonderful village is located in the French Alps. However, Samoens is only but a small part of this incredible adventure.
For an entire week, you will get to snowshoe through, explore, admire and immerse yourself in some of the most beautiful spots of the French Alps. Every day of this trip will be different. And at the end of every day, you will get to return to a comfortable 2 star hotel in the village of Samoens.
There is a long list of highlights you will get to experience during this expedition. Those highlights include a number of wonderful peaks, which you will get to scale right to the top. Those peaks include La Bourgeoise (1,770m), Pointe Ratti (1,923m), Pointe de la Golese (1,835m), La Paraset (1,606m) and the Tete de la Sallaz (2,026m). Each one of these peaks offers amazing views of the Alps, including the legendary Mont Blanc massif. You will also get to spend a day trekking through the beautiful Bostan valley as well.
We will be trekking from 4 to 6 hours each day on this trip, covering between 5 to 10 kilometers and reaching elevations ranging from 400 to 720 meters. As a result, it is important that participants on this trip are in good physical condition. However, no prior snowshoeing experience is necessary.
Snowshoeing through the Alps is an unforgettable experience. And on this trip, based out of the lovely village of Samoens, you will get to spend an entire week seeing an array of wonderful spots in the mountains. To join me on this trip, just send me a request.
Would you like to explore the Chamonix valley under the star and moonlight? Then join me on this half-day trip.
Price includes
- Accommodation included
- Guiding fee
- Breakfast
- Dinner
- Transport during the trip
Price details
- The price does not include insurance (mandatory for every participant) and the guide´s expenses (accommodation, meals, lift tickets, etc).
- The price is 1495 pounds per person, for the weeks of February 9th to 16th and March 2nd to 9th.
- In addition to the guiding fee, the price also includes hotel accommodation, snowshoe and safety equipment, breakfast and dinners and transportation, but does not include lunches, flights, personal drinks and snacks, insurance and gratuities.
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival in Samoens
We will meet at your pre-selected hotel in Samoens, where we will have a brief meeting about the trip to come.
Day 2: La Bourgeoise (1,770m)
Today we will snowshoe to the summit of the beautiful La Bourgeoise peak, where you can enjoy some great views and eat some lunch at the summit. Afterwards, we will take a different route back to Samoens, passing below the Col de Joux Plaine, where we will spend the night in our hotel. We will be trekking for approximately 5 hours, covering 5 kilometers and elevating 700 meters.
Day 3: Pointe Ratti (1,923m)
For today, after a short transfer to the ski town of Morzine, we will snowshoe up to the Col de l’Encrenaz. Afterwards, we will follow the ridgeline to the Pointe Ratti, where you can enjoy great views of the Roc d’Enfer. We will be trekking for approximately 4.5 hours, covering 6 kilometers and elevating 490 meters.
Day 4: Pointe de la Golese (1,835m)
After a short transfer, we will make our way along a winding route, above the treeline to the summit of the Pointe de la Golese. We will be trekking for approximately 6 hours, covering 10 kilometers and elevating 739 meters.
Day 5: La Paraset (1,606m)
Today, we will take a transfer to Bonnavaz. Afterwards, we will follow a forest trail to an open area under the Pointe d’Uble as we continue toward La Paraset,which we will trek to the top of, so you can enjoy spectacular views. We will be trekking for approximately 4 hours, covering 5.5 kilometers and elevating 420 meters.
Day 6: Bostan valley
Throughout the day, we will be trekking through, exploring and enjoying the beautiful Bostan valley, from its cliffs and forest to the refuge, where hopefully we can enjoy a hot chocolate and some lunch. We will be trekking for approximately 5.5 hours, covering 10 kilometers and elevating 714 meters.
Day 7: Tete de la Sellaz (2,026m)
The day will begin with a transfer to the village of Romme. From there, we will make our way to the summit of the Tete de la Sellaz. From the summit, you will be able to see the Mont Blanc massif! We will be trekking for approximately 6 hours, covering 8 kilometers and elevating 700 meters.
Day 8: Departure
On the final day, our trip will conclude after a delicious breakfast in the hotel.
Details
More info
Participants should bring the following items with them: walking boots (must be waterproof), woolly hat, gloves, small rucksack, sunglasses, sun hat in warm weather, sun screen, lip balm, water and snacks and lunches.
Insurance
It is compulsory that you take out adequate travel insurance, and it is a condition of booking with us that your insurance covers the following as a minimum: medical expenses, injury, illness, death, repatriation, personal accident, mountain rescue including helicopter evacuation, along with cancellation and curtailment. Your insurance must be valid for the duration of your tour.
Meeting point
About the guide
-Emma & Guides' team
4.7
(10)
Mountain Leader
I'm a qualified International Mountain Leader (IML) and I have been leading expeditions for the last 15 years. I have led the Tour du Mont Blanc over 40 times, the Everest Base Camp trek 27 times, Kilimanjaro 10 times, and I have also led trips in Nepal, Peru, Cuba, India, Bhutan, Cambodia, Thailand, the Alps, the Pyrenees, Russia, Uzbekistan and Madagascar, amongst others. I work together with qualified mountain leaders like me, If I'm not available to guide you, one of my colleagues will take care of you.
I'm a passionate skier, in 2009 I made the first ski descent of Manaslu, the 8th highest mountain in the world (8156m).
Fluent in French, Russian and Spanish, I also work as an interpreter and love to chat.
Languages
Russian | French | English
Certificates
UIMLA
What people are saying about -Emma & Guides' team
Paul
5
It has been a magnificent 10 days journey with Lindsay Canon as an extraordinary guide. Her expertise, encouragement, humour and leadership have made this hike an unforgettable adventure. Overall the organisation of the hike with regard to sleeping facilities, food and communication was top notch.
5
Emma was a very sweet and knowledgeable guide. She was adaptive to the different personalities and skill level of our group. Easygoing, talkative, friendly and pleasant to be around! Couldn't be happier with our guide!
Paul
5
Emma was very easy to communicate with (once we we able e in the same time zone, of course!). Our guide Phil was fabulous. Thanks to all.
jeanne
4
We were Very pleased With Emma guiding us through the hikes. We really enjoyed the entire trip:) As we were just our family we would have loved a little more flexibility hiking in our own pace - felt we were rushed a bit too much. We should have informed Emma about this but we were too compliant:) The explore-share platform was a bit rigid/ formel - it was not clear that exploreshare hired another firm to do the job. Also quite a High fee to explore share We were first told to have an (expensive) extended travel insurance (with mountain rescue) up to departure / after we had plaid. We should have been told this before signing up. Another mistake were that explore share had told us last payment were due closer to departure - so in a rush we had to pay up 60 days before as this is cloud9advenures policy. This made us uncertain if it was fraud. But it wasn’t:) overall pleased with our trip
Fausto
4
Bruno our guide was very helpful and profesional
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