Alpe d'Huez Green Tour

Specialised Green Tour for summer 2010
We are excited to welcome you to SkiBound’s first ever Green Tour. Well suited for students interested in Geography, Leisure & Tourism, Economics, Environmental studies and Alpine sports.

Our school tours are fantastic learning experiences. This is a great opportunity to provide a tour that enhances learning of sustainability issues in a beautiful and natural setting of the French Alps. Based in the resort of Alpe d’Huez in our 3 * Vallee Blanche Clubhotel equipped with classroom facilities, en-suite bedrooms and spacious lay out, students will benefit from its central location.

A tour at the EDF Hydro Electric Power station, receiving lectures from the tourist office and the commercial office in Alpe d’huez are some of the fantastic eye opening excursions available along with exciting alpine activities such as white water rafting, mountain biking and upland trekking.

Travel options
We recommend your group travels by coach and Eurotunnel and in doing so will keep your carbon use to a minimum.

Sustainability Presentations and Excursions

• Introductory presentation by the tourist board
• Guided Tour of EDF Hydro Electric Power Station Museum
• Presentation by the Commercial department on “Economic importance of tourism in Alpe d’Huez”
• Presentation by the Commercial department on “How Alpe d’Huez aims to become an accredited green resort" by the Commercial Office
• Huez and Osians Museum. Learn of early economic activities in Alpe d’Huez, regions heritage, culture and local customs.
• Day trip to Grenoble

Field work options
Investigate the environmental and economic impact of the skiing industry on Alpe d’Huez and its inhabitants.   
Students can carry out an environmental impact assessment (EIA) on existing ski runs to determine the current
level of environmental damage. The data can then be used to assess the impacts of the recent expansion of the
ski area.

Tour Details
7 days / 4 nights accommodation in 3* Clubhotel
Full Board
June - August
EDF tour and presentations included
Access to pisted areas for EIA assessments

Extras
Huez and Osians museum visit €3.00 per student
Mountain biking with equipment and guide £33.00 per person for half day
White water rafting £33.00 per person for 2 hours rafting
Upland trekking £13.00 per person for full day
Full tour price on request

Physical Geography Excursions

Day 1) Day on the Girose glacier. Departure from the Grave cable railway, study the Meije Landscapes. You can be
accompanied by a geologist or a glaciologist depending on your interest plus a mountain guide. Costs include €350 for a geologist or glaciologist and €350 for a mountain guide. Price of the cable railway is €35 euro per person.

Day 2) Oisans Geology. Observation of Oisans limestone. Study the Besson Lake area: Tectonic origin of lakes, and the birth of the Alps. To be guided by a mountain geologist guide cost is €350

Day 3) Study the geomorphology of the Vénéon valleys, terraces of confluences, geological landscapes of the Ecrin massif in Bérarde. To be guided by a mountain geologist: cost is €350

Day 4) Geology and Mineralogy
Visit the "House of the Mountain" museum, entrance cost tbc:
Exhibition include:

• Mountains of the world

• The geology of Chambon dam

• Oisans mineralogy

Visit of the Oisans minerals Museum. Museum entrance €4
To be accompanied by a mountain geologist: €350