Mountain Adventure

Our Summer Mountain Adventure Camps offer our students the opportunity to develop their potential in mountain activities during the mornings, whilst also enjoying a balanced afternoon program of sports, group activities, local excursions and evening events.

Altitude Summer Camps include students from all over the world in our summer community. The host of international students on our camps means that campers can mix with different cultures, develop international friendships and have lots of adventures and fun throughout the camp. Our students practice their newly acquired skills all day long as they share activities, meals and bunk time with children from all around the world.

Mountain Adventure Camp Structure

Altitude’s Mountain Adventure Camp is designed to teach the importance of nature and our environment. Children will participate in a range of activities and adventures particularly suited to the Swiss mountain resort of Verbier. Every morning will be the start of a new and exciting mountain adventure. The mountain adventure camp is open to all levels of ability and includes: survival training, fire building, camping, outdoor cooking, rock climbing, mountain biking, ropes courses high in the trees, hiking, orienteering and lots more.

If you wish to learn new skills, enjoy the outdoors and challenge yourself physically and mentally then this is the ideal camp for you. Professional Staff are handpicked for their knowledge, experience and dedication to the mountain environment. The Altitude team uses professional staff or mountain guides to supervise activities. Children will experience an exciting outdoor education program learning valuable skills that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. All this under the care of safety conscious staff, with years of knowledge and experience in the mountains, this camp provides the opportunity to share ideas and work together as a team in a new situation, encouraging personal growth, leadership skills and confidence, as well as building a lifetime of wonderful memories with new friends.

At the end of the course you will receive a Certificate of proficiency signed and graded by your academy tutor.

Camp goal

Our goal is for all participants to go home with a new respect for the outdoors, their peers and most importantly, themselves. The activities and adventures will concentrate on teamwork and team building, and help build a sense of community within our camp.

Our class sizes are small to ensure personal attention from our qualified team of tutors.

At the end of the course you will receive a Certificate of Proficiency signed and graded by your tutor.

Activities and Cultural Trips

There is really no end to the variety of activities on offer here in Verbier.

The activities and excursions below are available to every student after their chosen morning academy training has finished for the day. These activities and excursions are an opportunity for campers to discover new friendships and develop new skills.

Afternoon Activities

Excursions

• Lausanne Olympic Museum • Martigny Labyrinth • Montreux Chateau • Chocolate Factory • Cheese Factory • Shopping Bern • Geneva UN Visit • Roman Ruins – Martigny • Shopping Sion • Lavey Hot Springs

Evening Activities

In the evening after dinner students will have the opportunity to be involved with a variety evening activities and adventures including a host of events such as ghost walks or disco nights, relaxing and imaginative games or perhaps some last minute preparation for the end of week show.

• Indoor Olympics • Disco • Dance Challenge • Talent Show • Camping Games • Ghost Walk • Beach Volleyball • Montreux Jazz Night • Talent Night • Bowling • Capture the Flag • Cinema • BBQ • Camp Fire • Movie Madness – Live Music Events – Treasure Hunts – Casino Night – International Night – Carnival Night