Climb & Study this Summer

Anna Noren - 22 Apr 2010 - 0 Comments

Tagged: French Course France | Chamonix | Summer 2010 | Climbing

Chamonix's superb granite attracts climbers from the world over. First-class mountain and climbing routes, grandeous north faces and accessible boulders.  Combine this with an undertaking of French language at Insted’s language school in France and you have an adventure holiday of a lifetime dripping with the immersions of French living.

With some 27 principal climbing sites from Albertville, a short train or car ride away to beyond Vallorcine, accessible by train – Chamonix well caters to all.  The Gaillands rocks are located just 2km south of Chamonix, next to the Gaillands lake and offer a wide variety of easy to more difficult routes.  Bouldering at the Col des Montets is an easy 10 km from Chamonix, over the Col and just before Vallorcine.  The Aiguilles Rouges nature reserve in this valley offers ideal bouldering terrain with different sized granite blocs for climbing with and without ropes.

For the experienced climbers the 4013m Dent du Geant is a fine rock spire on the frontier ridge between France and Italy.  The normal route is on rock (AD) and is in a tremendous situation overlooking the Mer de Glace and the Val d'Aosta. While the Forbes Arete on the Aiguille due Chardonnet is one of the best known ridges in the Mont Blanc Massif and it is justifiably popular. An interesting and quite steep snow climb leads to the knife-edge snow arête which continues to the summit in a breath-taking situation.  For the more classic climber, the Mer de Glace Face of the 3482m Aiguille du Grepon offers a longer good quality traverse across the neighbouring Grands Charmoz.  The options continue with a good commencement to ice climbing at La Tour ronde, a short steep north face route at just 55 degrees!  Arguably the most famous rock peak is Le Petit Dru which offers a difficult and satisfying ascent for a fit team.

Now is the time to take this summer by the horns and book yourself in to a week or a semester long French course in Chamonix France.  Select from 1 week to up to 13.  Insted can help sort your accommodation too – shared or private and can offer great local advice on hiring gear if you’re not planning to bring your own. 

Getting to Chamonix is easy with Flights from Easyjet flies from London to Geneva from just £29.95 one-way. (www.easyjet.com).

Climb & Study this Summer in Chamonix, France.  Book Summer 2010 now.  Courses start June 21.  www.insted.com

About Insted
Insted is an accredited Language Learning Centre, established in 1997, offering language courses in French, English and Italian at their Chamonix Headquarters, France and via their partner schools in Biarritz in France, San Sebastian and Tenerife, Spain  The Insted Concept promotes language learning with a lifestyle incorporating active sports such as skiing, mountain biking, climbing, hiking or surfing, successfully allowing hundreds of students to improve their language skills and their active sport of interest. Insted has expanded to include the teaching of Spanish courses and surfing on the dramatic volcanic island of Tenerife off the coast of Africa, and in the beautiful seaside town of San Sebastián located in the lush Basque region in northern Spain.

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