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Extended weekend and stay in Chamonix: What activities to do in the spring?

The long week-ends of May are coming, and you are hesitating if you want to have an extended vacation by the sea 🌊 or in the mountains? 🏔️ We understand you...but we can only advise you to enjoy the enchanting setting of our summits, before diving into the summer and the seaside!

Why is that? Simply because you just came out of the ski season, and our mountains and Evolution 2 Chamonix can permit you to do mid-season activities.

On land or in the sky, let us discover them...follow our experienced guides, they will surely tell stories that will fill your curiosity! 🙂

Mountain Hiking

1/Walking hike

Walking may seem irrelevant to some people but to hike into the heart of the fauna and flora, in the maintained Chamonix Valley, is a promise of a healing break, punctuated with fabulous scenery! 🌿

Refresh your senses, re-connect yourself with the natural surroundings and let our experienced guides guide you around!
In the program, they will share their passion and make you discover the many trails that cross our beautiful mountains.

As always, our teams will adapt their level to your needs, so you can share a tailor made moment !

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Paragliding Evolution 2 Chamonix

2/Paragliding flight

Let’s get into the air? We can offer you a tandem flight beside a seasoned guide 🪂

How to equip yourself, how to run for the take-off, how to make the most out of your tandem flight...your pilot will be your second wing (after the sail, of course 😉) and he will share everything that’s worth knowing so you will have an unforgettable moment!

In the air, no dizziness, then let’s have fun and enjoy a 360 ° panorama, in front of the Mont Blanc, to discover the Chamonix Valley from the sky!

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train of the Montenvers

3/ Glacier walking

During this activity, there is another environment that you will discover, the ”Mer de Glace”, the last big glacier in the Alps 🧊

But before that, we have another activity waiting for you, the historical train of the “Montenvers “ that will make it possible for you to reach the beginning of this magical experience 🚃

The true legend since more than 100 years, this rack train (there are only 5 of them in France) will take you through the 5 kilometres that separates you from the centre of Chamonix and the site of the” Montenvers”. Take place, in one of the wagons, to live a mountain side experience.  Arriving, you will have nothing more than the beautiful panoramas facing you...

Once you are there, different incredible curiosities will come to you, as the Ice cave, that will make you want to come back and enjoy more of it! Today you have another program waiting for you....

Glacier walking

After watching the Mont Blanc majestic peaks, your guide will make you interested in the evolution of the “Mer de Glace”, and for its challenge and its challenges. Make place for the glacier hike! 😀

Your guide will show you how to use the crampons and how to walk with them on the ice, and you could try: how to do the ice climbing with ice axes, your first step as a mountaineer.

For the more experienced ones, we have sportier versions; you can find more details on our site.

Find out more

On the land, in the air or on the ice....you will have enough reasons to come to Chamonix for a long week-end! But if you want to know more, you can find out about other activities on our website

We are not even going to talk about the typical charm of Chamonix that has kept its beauty over the years, as a small village from which you can only fall in love with! ❤️

➡️ Book your stay with Evolution 2 !

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