A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE TRIP
Pure sport/You climb indoors during the year, come and try cliff climbing, launch your first technical steps on the Verdon rock.
Cliff-schools to progress, whatever your level, on a unique rock.
After a good day of climbing, we will end our days in the magnificent Lac de Sainte-Croix.
A 100% stay under the stars! Program identical to that of cliff climbing but you bring your tent and set it up in our garden (tent not provided). You benefit from the infrastructures of the sports village: sanitary facilities, catering,...
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE TRIP
Pure sport/ This stay in a tent accommodation, 100% under the stars, invites you to taste cliff climbing in the middle of nature, in the Gorges du Verdon. Climbing, good atmosphere and swimming in Lake Sainte-Croix are waiting for you.You climb indoors during the year, come and try cliff climbing, launch your first technical steps on the Verdon rock.
Cliff-schools to progress, whatever your level, on a unique rock.
After a good day of climbing, we will end our days in the magnificent Lac de Sainte-Croix.
A 100% stay under the stars! Program identical to that of cliff climbing but you bring your tent and set it up in our garden (tent not provided). You benefit from the infrastructures of the sports village: sanitary facilities, catering,...
THE BEST OF THE PRODUCT
- A game of balance and investments
- A complete activity physically and mentally
- The pleasure of climbing, the beauty of exceptional natural sites: the Verdon
- The intensity of the emotions shared with your rope mates
- A 100% stay under the stars
THE BEST OF THE PRODUCT
- A game of balance and investments
- A complete activity physically and mentally
- The pleasure of climbing, the beauty of exceptional natural sites: the Verdon
- The intensity of the emotions shared with your rope mates
- A 100% stay under the stars
Discover the authentic outdoor adventure in our Esprit Nature sports villages.
Far from urban stress, experience total disconnection in the middle of exceptional landscapes.
Included
- The catering
- Location for your tent
- Framing
- Specific equipment
- 10 climbing sessions
Not Included
- Accommodation in the sports village
- The tent and the sleeping bag
- The transport
- Personal equipment
- Complementary insurances
The program
Day by dayDay of arrival
Day 1 - See you on Sunday afternoon at the sports village at 5.30 pm.
Reception, setting up your tent in the garden.
Welcome drink and, before dinner, presentation of the week.
Reception, setting up your tent in the garden.
Welcome drink and, before dinner, presentation of the week.
During your stay
D2 - D6: From Monday to Friday we are developing a global approach to climbing where safety, pleasure and progress will be permanently linked.
We climb from the first session after having seen, or reviewed, the fundamentals: adjusting a harness, stringing, insuring.
Then, depending on your level, we cover various topics such as:
- Basic techniques: separating, drawing a quickdraw, maneuvering a link, folding a rope, ensuring a second, ensuring a leader, parting, rappelling, communication.
- Climbing gestures: the basic attitude, the pose of the feet, climbing at the head, the fall, oppositions, crosses, group-ungroup, transfers,...
- Read a path, identify different holds, vary your pace of progress, breathing, relaxation, effort management, trust and commitment.
- The key factors for progression according to your level.
- The ratings, the rules of the activity, the classification and equipment of a cliff, the natural environment (the ecology of the site, flora and fauna), the reading of a topo, the equipment.
You climb second and in the lead, in ropes of 2, in routes adapted to your current level.
We will go to different cliffs to vary the styles and make you discover all the riches of the site. We leave most of the time for the day, with a cold meal.
At the end of this stay, whatever your level, you will have progressed in the various registers, and you will have the keys to continue climbing with more pleasure, efficiency and safety.
At the end of the afternoon, depending on the sites of practice, it is possible to swim in Lake Sainte-Croix after a good climbing session!
You may be asked to use your personal car to get to the practice sites. The costs incurred will be reimbursed to you directly by the sports village.
The course of this program is indicative.
It may undergo modifications or adjustments, depending on technical criteria, safety requirements or the climatic conditions of the moment. In this case, only those responsible for UCPA supervision are authorized to take the necessary decision (s).
It can also be adapted according to the technical and physical level of the participants.
Then, depending on your level, we cover various topics such as:
- Basic techniques: separating, drawing a quickdraw, maneuvering a link, folding a rope, ensuring a second, ensuring a leader, parting, rappelling, communication.
- Climbing gestures: the basic attitude, the pose of the feet, climbing at the head, the fall, oppositions, crosses, group-ungroup, transfers,...
- Read a path, identify different holds, vary your pace of progress, breathing, relaxation, effort management, trust and commitment.
- The key factors for progression according to your level.
- The ratings, the rules of the activity, the classification and equipment of a cliff, the natural environment (the ecology of the site, flora and fauna), the reading of a topo, the equipment.
You climb second and in the lead, in ropes of 2, in routes adapted to your current level.
We will go to different cliffs to vary the styles and make you discover all the riches of the site. We leave most of the time for the day, with a cold meal.
At the end of this stay, whatever your level, you will have progressed in the various registers, and you will have the keys to continue climbing with more pleasure, efficiency and safety.
At the end of the afternoon, depending on the sites of practice, it is possible to swim in Lake Sainte-Croix after a good climbing session!
You may be asked to use your personal car to get to the practice sites. The costs incurred will be reimbursed to you directly by the sports village.
The course of this program is indicative.
It may undergo modifications or adjustments, depending on technical criteria, safety requirements or the climatic conditions of the moment. In this case, only those responsible for UCPA supervision are authorized to take the necessary decision (s).
It can also be adapted according to the technical and physical level of the participants.
Last day
Day 7: On Saturday, free stroll in the village, or by car on the ridges of the Grand Canyon.
End of the stay and departure of the UCPA bus at 10 am, for the Aix-en-Provence TGV station in the morning for an arrival at 12.30 am.
End of the stay and departure of the UCPA bus at 10 am, for the Aix-en-Provence TGV station in the morning for an arrival at 12.30 am.
Cost of the shuttle 60€ round trip to be booked at verdon@ucpa.asso.fr
Possibility for people in a car to enjoy Lake Sainte-Croix (canoe, pedal boat).
Possibility for people in a car to enjoy Lake Sainte-Croix (canoe, pedal boat).
SPOT
Verdon Canyon Escalade
Explore and discover the French Grand Canyon!
Close your eyes and imagine: there, in front of you, the Gorges du Verdon and in the middle an expanse of turquoise water as far as the eye can see with, on the side of the gorges, a vast carpet of greenery. A viewpoint that you can discover at the border of the departments of Var and the Alpes de Haute Provence. These gorges were dug over thousands of years by the Verdon River. Come and climb the Gorges known as one of the best climbing spots in the world.
Hosting
Accommodation in Verdon Sports Village - Camp
We provide you with our garden to set up your personal tent (tent and camping equipment not provided).
A dedicated space that is 100% under the stars.
Possibility to come with your Camper Van, with supplement to be paid on site (contact us).
The centre's equipment
- Free at the center
- Board games, petanque and volleyball on the village fields.
ABOUT THE TRIP
Equipment Included
Climbing shoes, harness, ropes and carabiners, quickdraws, descender, helmet, backpack.
You can bring your own equipment.
You can bring your own equipment.
Equipment Included
Climbing shoes, harness, ropes and carabiners, quickdraws, descender, helmet, backpack.
You can bring your own equipment.
You can bring your own equipment.
Address and access
You are coming by car
From Aix-en-Provence, take the highway in the direction of Sisteron, exit at Manosque and follow Valensole Riez, Moustier la Palud.
From Aix-en-Provence, take the highway in the direction of Sisteron, exit at Manosque and follow Valensole Riez, Moustier la Palud.
Michelin map no. 84, plus 6 and 7. From Manosque to La Palud: 1h30.
You are coming by train
UCPA shuttle: Aix-en-Provence TGV/La Palud/Aix-en-Provence TGV. Contact the sports village for departure and arrival times.
If you organize your transport yourself, the fixed price for the station/sports village there and back is 60 euros.
Mandatory registration at the sports village 3 days in advance on verdon@ucpa.asso.fr
You are coming by train
UCPA shuttle: Aix-en-Provence TGV/La Palud/Aix-en-Provence TGV. Contact the sports village for departure and arrival times.
If you organize your transport yourself, the fixed price for the station/sports village there and back is 60 euros.
Mandatory registration at the sports village 3 days in advance on verdon@ucpa.asso.fr
Address and access
You are coming by car
From Aix-en-Provence, take the highway in the direction of Sisteron, exit at Manosque and follow Valensole Riez, Moustier la Palud. Michelin map no. 84, plus 6 and 7. From Manosque to La Palud: 1h30.
You are coming by train
UCPA shuttle: Aix-en-Provence TGV/La Palud/Aix-en-Provence TGV. Contact the sports village for departure and arrival times.
If you organize your transport yourself, the fixed price for the station/sports village there and back is 60 euros.
Mandatory registration at the sports village 3 days in advance on verdon@ucpa.asso.fr
From Aix-en-Provence, take the highway in the direction of Sisteron, exit at Manosque and follow Valensole Riez, Moustier la Palud. Michelin map no. 84, plus 6 and 7. From Manosque to La Palud: 1h30.
You are coming by train
UCPA shuttle: Aix-en-Provence TGV/La Palud/Aix-en-Provence TGV. Contact the sports village for departure and arrival times.
If you organize your transport yourself, the fixed price for the station/sports village there and back is 60 euros.
Mandatory registration at the sports village 3 days in advance on verdon@ucpa.asso.fr
Equipment not included
Bring your tent and a sleeping bag.
Shorts or pantyhose, tracksuit, joggers or canvas pants, tank top or T-shirt, tank top or T-shirt, sweatshirt, sweater or fleece, windbreaker, swimsuit, sneakers or light hiking shoes, cap or scarf or hat, cap or scarf or hat, a water bottle (essential) and a knife, sun cream.
Shorts or pantyhose, tracksuit, joggers or canvas pants, tank top or T-shirt, tank top or T-shirt, sweatshirt, sweater or fleece, windbreaker, swimsuit, sneakers or light hiking shoes, cap or scarf or hat, cap or scarf or hat, a water bottle (essential) and a knife, sun cream.
For the picnic pack, you must bring Tupperware.
Don't forget your small personal pharmacy, no pharmacy in the village.
Possibly, your bag of chalk and gloves for reminders.
A small climbing equipment store awaits you in the village.
Don't forget your small personal pharmacy, no pharmacy in the village.
Possibly, your bag of chalk and gloves for reminders.
A small climbing equipment store awaits you in the village.
Equipment not included
Bring your tent and a sleeping bag.
Shorts or pantyhose, tracksuit, joggers or canvas pants, tank top or T-shirt, tank top or T-shirt, sweatshirt, sweater or fleece, windbreaker, swimsuit, sneakers or light hiking shoes, cap or scarf or hat, cap or scarf or hat, a water bottle (essential) and a knife, sun cream. For the picnic pack, you must bring Tupperware.
Don't forget your small personal pharmacy, no pharmacy in the village.
Possibly, your bag of chalk and gloves for reminders.
A small climbing equipment store awaits you in the village.
Shorts or pantyhose, tracksuit, joggers or canvas pants, tank top or T-shirt, tank top or T-shirt, sweatshirt, sweater or fleece, windbreaker, swimsuit, sneakers or light hiking shoes, cap or scarf or hat, cap or scarf or hat, a water bottle (essential) and a knife, sun cream. For the picnic pack, you must bring Tupperware.
Don't forget your small personal pharmacy, no pharmacy in the village.
Possibly, your bag of chalk and gloves for reminders.
A small climbing equipment store awaits you in the village.
Physical intensity
Casual sportsman
You practice a sporting activity throughout the year, on a regular basis or not. But you are able to run for about 1 hour, swim for 30 minutes, or pedal for about 2 hours.
You practice a sporting activity throughout the year, on a regular basis or not. But you are able to run for about 1 hour, swim for 30 minutes, or pedal for about 2 hours.
Physical intensity
Casual sportsman
You practice a sporting activity throughout the year, on a regular basis or not. But you are able to run for about 1 hour, swim for 30 minutes, or pedal for about 2 hours.
You practice a sporting activity throughout the year, on a regular basis or not. But you are able to run for about 1 hour, swim for 30 minutes, or pedal for about 2 hours.
Level of expertise
All levels
Technical level - All levels
Technical level - All levels
Internships open to all levels, whether you are a beginner or an expert.
Depending on the courses, possibility of groups of levels.
Depending on the courses, possibility of groups of levels.
Level of expertise
All levels
Technical level - All levels
Internships open to all levels, whether you are a beginner or an expert.
Depending on the courses, possibility of groups of levels.
Technical level - All levels
Internships open to all levels, whether you are a beginner or an expert.
Depending on the courses, possibility of groups of levels.
Portage
Carrying level 1
Bring personal belongings and picnics for 1 or 2 days.
3 to 7 kg.
Bring personal belongings and picnics for 1 or 2 days.
3 to 7 kg.
Portage
Carrying level 1
Bring personal belongings and picnics for 1 or 2 days.
3 to 7 kg.
Bring personal belongings and picnics for 1 or 2 days.
3 to 7 kg.
Restauration
Our chef and his team offer varied and balanced menus based on local products that meet your daily needs.
Improved breakfast, cheese, bacon eggs, fresh fruit juice...
Improved breakfast, cheese, bacon eggs, fresh fruit juice...
The climate in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence allows you to enjoy breakfast and dinner mainly on the terrace. At noon, you have a picnic at the activity site. Bring your water bottle.
Restauration
Our chef and his team offer varied and balanced menus based on local products that meet your daily needs.
Improved breakfast, cheese, bacon eggs, fresh fruit juice...
The climate in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence allows you to enjoy breakfast and dinner mainly on the terrace. At noon, you have a picnic at the activity site. Bring your water bottle.
Improved breakfast, cheese, bacon eggs, fresh fruit juice...
The climate in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence allows you to enjoy breakfast and dinner mainly on the terrace. At noon, you have a picnic at the activity site. Bring your water bottle.
Management
A state-certified climbing instructor.
Management
A state-certified climbing instructor.
Important information
In case of hot weather, the schedules of activities are adapted.
Important information
In case of hot weather, the schedules of activities are adapted.