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 Evaluate your level
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To succeed your course or trip of your choice, regular practice of a sport throughout the year and a training course about 2 to 3 months before your depart guarantee your success.
A last minute intensive training always helps: you should always arrive in good shape. Also, you should never base the course you choose on your previous capabilities but always on your present condition. |
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 Physical level |
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Good walker capable of walking for 4 to 6 hours a day while ascending 250 meters an hour, and 600 to 800 meters a day. |
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- Good walker, who hikes regularly, has already done circuits of several days and is capable of walking from 6 to 8 hours a day while ascending 250 meters per hour, and 600 to 800 meters by day.
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- A true sportive, who hikes regularly, has already done circuits of several days and is capable of walking 8 hours a day and ascend 300 meters an hour and 1000 to 1300 meters a day.
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- A true experienced outdoorsman, who accepts new physical and moral challenges, can withstand stages of 8 to 12 hours. Large endurance capacity and can ascend 1300 to 1800 meters by day.
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| Technical level |
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Courses of level F (easy) and PD (not very hard), snowy slopes not very steep: 30° maximum, easy rocky passages of level II*
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Courses of level AD (a little hard), snowy slopes of 40° maximum, rock climbing a little hard of level II and III** |
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Courses of level D (Hard) to TD (very hard), snowy and icy slopes of 55°, rock climbing level IV and V* |
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Courses of level ED (Extremely Difficult), long, need of commitment, and includes, snow and ice slopes of 70°. Rock climbing level of VI* |
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* A passage of rock climbing in the mountains is much harder then cliffs: you must take into consideration, the altitude, the cold, the commitment, the weight of your backpack... |
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| Level of Ski |
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- Completely new to off piste skiing (backcountry skiing): In ski stations red/black runs don't scare you, you have a basic knowledge of technical turning procedures, snow slopes of 35° maximum. You will perfection your descent technique in all the types of snow with your guide.
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A good skier no matter where: you have good control in no matter what the type of snow you come upon, you have a good knowledge of all the technical turning procedures. You are able to descend a black run with a backpack of approximately 8 kilos. Short passages may need to be crossed with crampons. You have already practiced mountaineering. |
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A very good skier and very good at mountaineering: you are able to master all types of snow on slopes of maximum 40°. You have already done numerous levels of ski slopes. Certain high passages or techniques demand a good mountaineering level: needing to carry skis on your back, the use of ice axes and crampons... |
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