This years summer alpine meet takes us to the Val Cenis in the Vanoise National Park. We’ll be staying at Termignon, a small alpine village that has everything you need and is also the terminus for the summer access bus to the higher valley car parks that give access to the inner mountains (NB access road closed in the summer to tourists).

We’ll be staying at camping Les Melezes, which has good facilities and plenty of shade, link here. Les Mélèzes à Val-Cenis Termignon en Savoie
There is walking, mountaineering, via ferrata, valley cragging, mountain cragging, mountain and road riding all within easy reach. It’s good for active families and I have holidayed there many times in the last decade.

There is general information about the area in the link below.

Vanoise National Park – Haute Maurienne Vanoise

There is a Cicerone selective guidebook in English that covers the many activities (link below), along with French language and topo guides for more detail on rock climbing in the area. Cicerone Guide: Mountain Adventures in the Maurienne

If you have any questions about the activities in the area, I have spent several summers here in the last decade, undertaking family activities like rock climbing, via ferrata, MTB, walking and easy mountaineering, so don’t hesitate to contact me. For a flavour of the mountaineering opportunities see page 9 of the March 2026 Newsletter.

Steve Christian