Technical Levels

• Hiking - Trekking It requires no technical knowledge. The activity requires only walking.
• Low mountain- Mountaineering May require the use of specific equipment (crampons, ice-axe, snowshoes) but not the knowledge to use. Recommended summer mountaineering experience.
• High mountain - alpinism Requires use of specific equipment (crampons, ice-axe, snowshoes, harnesses, etc..) And the knowledge of its use is the level required by the activity.
• Ski touring Requires use of specific equipment (ski touring, climbing skins, poles, etc., And occasionally crampons, harness, etc..) and the knowledge of its use is the level required by the activity.
  • Level Initiation: requires no specific background. Requires basic level of parallel ski.
  • Intermediate: specific prior knowledge and having made ski touring routes in total autonomy simple (without guide).
  • Advanced: requires a very good ski level in ascent and descent in almost all types of snow and slopes.

Fitness Levels

• LowActivity easy. Achievable by anyone and without any difficulty.
• Medium - LowActivity achievable by anyone with a normal fitness. Slopes between 200 and 600 meters and distances between 5 and 10 km.
• MediumNecessary average fitness. Slopes between 600 and 1000 meters distances positive and between 10 and 15 km.
• Medium - HightGood fitness required. Gaps between 1000 and 1500 meters distances positive and can exceed 15 km.
• HightVery good fitness required. Slopes of more than 1500 meters and more than 20 km gears.