The APASSION Blog: Samoëns
Le Criou Revisited!
With the prospect of amazing views on another blue-sky day we decided it was time to head back up the Montagne du Criou, the iconic mountain that acts as the back-drop to the village of Samoëns. After our recent exploits … Continue reading
Mont Buet – A bigger challenge
Being the highest mountain in the immediate vicinity, Mont Buet (3,100m), has always been on our ‘to-do’ list and finally with the collective courage of a few friends from the valley we decided that this was the week to give … Continue reading
Hike to Vogealle – At Last!
In terms of local refuge walks then the hike up to the Refuge de la Vogealle (1901m) was the last on our list. Starting from the stunningly beautiful Cirque de Fer a Cheval (955m) there are 2 route options to … Continue reading
Criou Conquered!
After almost 7 years of admiring the Montagne des Criou from the chalet and being asked by numerous guests as to whether we’d ever hiked up we eventually plucked up the courage to scale the 1490m of ascent to the peak … Continue reading
Dent de Verreu – Revisted after 6 years
The hike up to the Dent de Verreu (1901m) was one of the first ‘serious’ walks that we completed following our move to Samoëns in January 2011 (see our previous post) and we’d actually forgotten how stunningly beautiful the walk … Continue reading
Yoga in the French Alps – September 2017
Many thanks to all the ladies that joined our September yoga retreat and made it such a success. In addition to enjoying their 5-yoga sessions out on the terrace with the fantastic Tess, judging by the photos we’ve received of … Continue reading
Development of the Ski Domain
Work is well underway to complete a number of major upgrades to the Grand Massif ski domain in time for this coming winter season. Considerable expansion of the Massif domain area with the developments of a new bowl between Samoëns … Continue reading
All new in the Grand Massif!
You may already know that the Grand Massif, with its 265km of piste, is the 9th largest ski area in Europe and the 5th largest in France and that with 80% of the slopes being North facing it has one … Continue reading
