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ESF kindergarten (Alpine skiing)
If you are under 4 years old, the “PIOU-PIOU" is just for you. Here you can begin skiing with your very own instructor for just 30 minutes (25 €)
As soon as you are 4 years old you can come to the ski school kindergarten. This is an enclosed space that has been specially designed to help small children improve their skiing. You can use it during both group and private lessons. In this specially adapted area, with its own training ski tow, you can learn to ski in a secure environment (“Ourson” and “Flocon” medals awarded).
Older children can improve their skiing until they gain their Gold Star for Alpine skiing or receive training in other winter sports, such as snowboarding.
Group lessons: there are 12 children maximum per instructor. Lessons take place if there are at least 5 pupils. The course starts on a Sunday and finishes on the following Friday when pupils take a test and medals are awarded.
Lessons last 2 hours. Different timetables are available: 09.45 to 11.45am, 1.00 to 3pm or 3 to 5pm.
Price: 2 hour lesson = 19 € - Week’s course (6 consecutive 2 hour lessons) = 95 €
Private lessons: these last 1 hour and take place every day of the week. There can be between 1 and 4 pupils.
In school term time lessons take place from 11am to 12 noon or from 12 noon to 1pm.
During school holidays from 08.45 to 09.45am or from 12 noon to 1pm.
Price: 1 to 2 people = 33 € /session - 3 to 4 people = 42 € /session.
Information: Vallée Verte ESF ski school - 04 50 39 52 75
Badaboum day nursery
Day nursery for children from 2½ months to 4 years old, open from Monday to Friday, for half days (7.30am to 12 noon) or full days (7.30am to 6.30pm), except for Christmas week, the month of August and French bank holidays. Tel. 04 50 39 13 08. Price: 15 € morning (no meal) - 20 € morning (with meal) - 20 € afternoon - 35 € whole day. Garderie Badaboum - Chef lieu - 74420 Habère-Lullin
Snow shoe expeditions, accompanied or unaccompanied
Les Moises plateau (Habère-Poche) is a great place for easy snow shoe outings.
Sign-posted track 4.5 km long.
With a special guide you can set off with your parents on one of a number of different expeditions, such as the “IGLOO”: learn how to construct a shelter in the snow and, if you want, you can even spend the night there in a cosy sleeping bag, lying on top of caribou pelts!. There is also the "AVALANCHE RESCUE" expedition (learn about rescue techniques and how to use an avalanche beacon); the "WILDLIFE IN WINTER" expedition (see how wild animals adapt and learn to recognise their tracks in the snow); the "FULL MOON" expedition (you go on a mysterious moonlight trek…)
Information : www.aventuremontagnenature.fr – Tourist Information office : 00 33 450 395 446
Drawing competition
During the school holidays the Tourist Information Office runs a weekly drawing competition on the subject “My holidays in the snow”. You just take your work of art along to the office by Thursday evening at the latest. Competition results and prize giving take place all day Friday at the Tourist Information Office.
other weekly activities
On tuesday : Introduction to avalanche beacons (from 7 years old)
on wednesday : Little tacker afternoon (5-12 years)
on thursday : junior paper lantern parades (from 6 years old)
Father Christmas
On December 23rd Father Christmas will be at Les Moises Nordic ski centre at Habère-Poche from 2pm, ready to hand out sweets, snacks and hot drinks! Try not to miss December 24th when Father Christmas has invited all the children for 2pm in front of the Tourist Information Office – he will be handing out sweets and presents. There will also be rides in a horse-drawn carriage, brioches and hot drinks!
Little tracker afternoon : (3-12 years)
Try life as a tracker in accordance with nature and wil, every Wednesday, 2.30 to 4.30pm, 14th February to 5th March 2009, on Les Moises plateau at Habère-Poche. With a qualified mountain guide you can learn to recognise animal tracks and go walking with snowshoes and a Davy Crokett fur hat through woods to really see them in nature.
Price: 9 € (including tea time snack and snowshoes) – minimum of 4 children.
Reservations: 00 33 450 395 446.
Introduction to avalanche beacons: (from 7 years old - lasts 1 hour)
From 10th February to 3th March 2009. Every Tuesday, at 5pm, a mountain guide will introduce to the use of an Avalanche Beacon. Grown-ups are also welcome to attend. Free workshop for children, 4 € for adults.
Reservations: 00 33 450 395 446.
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