Considered to be the ultimate record of the past by climatologists and paleontologists alike, glaciers reveal the earth’s climatic history : the further we penetrate the older the ice and the greater the discoveries to be made.
Ice Cave rates :
Located at an altitude of 3000 metres on the Grande Motte glacier, a 200 metres long gallery has been hollowed out beneath the surface of the ice.
Discover human evolution immortalized in ice…
A dinosaur and a prehistoric man… all in translucence.
And not to be missed… a 6 metre high, 10 metre wide mammoth made of ice weighing more than 6 tons. A must.
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From 2007 to 2012 the resort of Les Carroz d’Araches in Haut-Savoie is putting more than €15m into its skiing area with the aim of improving skiing conditions and the safety of its clients. The investment programme involves the creation of a high quality reception centre for its skiers located at the departure point of the Kédeuze cable car, the replacement of three chair lifts by two high flow six place chair lifts, the increase in size and doubling of capacity of the Lac de L’Airon used for providing the water for artificial snow, the use of which will be further developed, and finally the improvement of the beginner’s area next to the arrival station of the Les Carroz cable car. This resort village is also linked to the Grand Massif skiing area which links up four other resorts: Flaine, Morillon, Samoëns and Sixt Fer à Cheval, amounting to 265km of ski runs.
from Thursday 14 August 2008 to Friday 15 August 2008
The “Compagnie de Guides de Chamonix” was founded in 1821. Today its members number 150 professional guides and mountain leaders who accompany their clients in the Mont-Blanc Massif and indeed all over the world. Amongst the guides of the Compagnie are many great names and a large number of talented young guides.
The Verbier Festival is an innovative music festival which was created in 1994. The greatest stars in classical music come here year after year. The Verbier Festival also relies on the talents of young artists from all over the world, forging links between the young and the great masters. The Verbier Festival creates, develops and promotes excellence in the field of performing arts. It offers a unique and welcoming artistic experience to its 40,000-strong audience every year.
Enjoy yourself
A new Verbier Festival Fest’Off awaits you this year! More visible, more fun, more participative, this year’s Fest’Off programme will be showcasing jazz and street art.
Winter is well and trully over in Meribel and as the resort starts to gear
up for the summer season of biking, golfing, walking and much more, your
attention may be turning to next years ski holiday as lo-cost airlines
flight seats are released.
Jet2.com have seats from as little as £8.99 one way from Manchester,
Leeds, Newcastle, and new for this year Blackpool.
Looking to fly from the south? Snowjet.com released their seats over the
weekend, flying from Gatwick, Stansted and Bristol to Chambery from as
little as £24.99 one way.
Having spent the last few weeks in Australia setting things up, we are now proud to open the doors to Independent Summer. We still have a fair bit of tweaking to do on the website, but the summer operation will be worked on for the next few months so that we can have a detailed list of properties on the east coast of Australia should you want a nice hot getaway over the cold winter months.
