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MULTI ACTIVITY
There are 101 (well almost) activities to do in and around Courchevel including:

WAKEBOARDING
1 hour from Courchevel is the beautiful setting of Annecy lake, our favoured location for wakeboarding. With water temperature averaging 20 to 24 degrees there is no need for a wet suit and is perfect to swim in.

We hire a boat for the day and have our own wakeboard equipment. For beginners to experts you cant beat cruising up and down the lake on a hot sunny day lazing in the boat waiting for you turn, getting into the bindings, dropping off the back, being pulled to your feet, carving/slashing the water as if you were in powder on your snowboard, cutting across the wake to get some air, smacking the water! and then getting ready to try again.

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WHITE WATER SPORTS
Rafting, Hydrospeed, Canyoning, Hot Dog take your pick. All different and exhilarating in there own way.

Rafting takes place in a large raft for up to 8 people and a guide, on 2 rivers only a short distance from Courchevel. The Doron which is 40 minutes of non stop fun rapids (up to grade 4) virtually all the way or the Isere where you take a 22km 2 hour trip a mixture of rapids (up to grade 4), paddling and chance for a swim!, be warned the water is freezing.

Hydrospeed is just you a large float like a body board and the rapids! Try to follow the guide down the gorge section of the Isere for over 1 hour. Fully padded in your thick wetsuit you fly down stream bouncing off rocks, up and down through the rapids, using flippers on you feet to try and control you direction. Physical and tiring, awesome fun.

Canyoning first timers use a canyon named Pussy! A mixture of abseiling, swimming, jumping, diving and sliding down a stream, only way out is to follow the water. Pussy has a 60ft abseil into the canyon, 5 drops including a 15 ft one into a 3m deep puddle!, 3 waterfall abseils and a number of smooth rock slides. The more experienced then move onto bigger things! With further canyons available in the area; bigger drops, bigger waterfalls, bigger slides. A guide will supply all equipment, wet suits and help you negotiate the canyon.
Hot Dog is a 2 man inflatable canoe, 2 hour trip on the Isere. Again follow guide through rapids only it is just you and your mate controlling the thing!

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SNOWBOARDING
All year round snowboarding is possible on the Tignes glacier. Tignes summer slopes are a large area as big as some small/med sized winter resorts. From the top of the funicular 8 other lifts are in operation, 1 gondola, 2 chairlifts, 4 drag or T bars. These give access to some long slopes for good freeriding or warming up before hitting the park, just watch out for the crevasses!

The snowboard park is bigger and better maintained than any park i have seen at a winter resort this side of the Atlantic. There are 2 half pipes, 6 small/med table tops, 2 huge jumps (pros or insane only), quarter pipe, hip, plus numerous rails and other obstacles. All groomed and shaped every day. Although the park is frequented by many top riders and is used as training for many snowboard teams it caters well for all levels of freestyler beginner to expert.

Summer riding means early starts, first lift is 7:15, park closes at 12:00 and slopes close at 13:00. Alternatively to Tignes there are other glaciers that offer summer riding at Les 2 alpes (2 hours), Switzerland (3 hours). VIEW

Golf - Courchevel has a 9 hole par 3 course, Meribel and Les Arcs full size courses, more courses available within 1 hour of chalet. VIEW

Skateboarding – small street course in Courchevel, a good bowl at Annecy, parks / ramps at most towns. VIEW

Hiking - 500km of marked trails, 18 summits over 3000m, information trails.
Swimming - outdoor / indoor pool close to Chalet free access with lift/leisure pass.

Paragliding - Tandem flights available from highest peak back to town. Solo training courses possible.

Adventure Park - climbing, zip slides, rope swings, abseils etc. VIEW

Climbing – Rock faces, 18 3000m Peaks, and an indoor climbing wall.

Via Ferrata - prepared climbs, using ladders, carabineer, ropes, harness etc all provided. VIEW

Quads/Motocross/Trials bikes - Guided tours, initiation test, tracks through the forest. VIEW

Fishing - 8 mountain lakes, permit required, equipment available locally.

Paintball - In the forest close to Chalet. VIEW

Tobogganing - Man made tracks.