Summer courses
For several years La Chamoniarde has offered mountaineers hands-on mountain safety training.
Adult summer courses 2025 - Registration opens: TUESDAY 6 MAY at 9 a.m.
Rock Safety Weekend
La Chamoniarde offers a two-day training course to learn and revise the main knots and rope manoeuvres, with the aim of working safely on rocky terrain.
The programme includes:
- Belay techniques (leader, second)
- Making belays, ‘manipulating’ top rope and abseiling
- Fall factor management (belay protection, pull management, type of belay) and placement of belay points
- Setting up belays (long routes)
- Helping the second in command (hauling), rescue manoeuvres (‘winding’ your companion, helping someone stuck in an abseil, etc.)
- Basic first aid
Prerequisite: outdoor climbing (crag or long route), whatever your level!
Price: €170/trainee
Duration: 2 days (accommodation in the Chamonix valley to be arranged by participants)
Supervision: 2 high mountain guides, La Chamoniarde instructors
Group size: 8 people (4 people per guide)
ONLY FRENCH SPEAKING
Individual registrations or two people max.
This course does not lead to a qualification.
ADVENTURE TERRAIN AND RIDGE RUNNING SAFETY WEEKEND !!NEW!!
La Chamoniarde is offering a two-day training course to help you master belay techniques and rock climbing techniques, as well as learning or revising rope manoeuvres and how to use belay devices for safe climbing.
The programme includes:
- Equipment review
- Progression techniques on short ropes and adventure terrain
- Protecting the belay, managing the fall factor and pulling
- Belaying on the move
- Escape manoeuvres
- First aid techniques
Prerequisite: have done a rock safety weekend or be autonomous on long routes and cliffs.
Price: 170€/trainee (excluding ski lifts: 1 day)
Duration: 2 days
Supervision: 2 high mountain guides, La Chamoniarde instructors
Group size: 8 people (4 people per guide)
ONLY FRENCH SPEAKING
Individual registrations or two people max.
This course does not lead to a qualification.
FIRST AID AND RESCUE BASICS
La Chamoniarde offers a one-day basic mountain rescue and 1st aid course. The aim is to learn what to do in the event of a mountain accident (vital emergencies and trauma).
The programme includes:
- First aid techniques
- Use of available equipment, immobilisation and emergency evacuation
- Backpacks and first-aid kits
- Passing on an effective warning message
- Preparing for the arrival of emergency services
- Strategies in the event of a thunderstorm
Prerequisite: hiker, climber or mountaineer
Price: €50/trainee
Duration: 1 day
Supervision: 1 high mountain guide, La Chamoniarde trainer + 1 PGHM first aid officer
ONLY FRENCH SPEAKING
Individual registrations or two people max.
This course does not lead to a qualification.