Défi des neiges — ski camp at Val-Cenis

Skiing is the core of the week. The organiser prints four ESF sessions — lessons with the instructors of the French national ski school — ending with a test and a badge awarded at the end of the stay. Children are placed in ability groups so that each one progresses at their own pace and gains technique and confidence session by session. Alongside the ESF lessons, camp staff run further ski outings on the Val-Cenis domain, grouped either by level or by friendship according to what the children want. The organiser does not describe the programme as a language or academic course, so there are no lessons per week in the teaching sense; helmets are compulsory and are provided by Label Évasion.

The price covers meals, accommodation and activities for the full seven days: Label Évasion states that "les repas, l'hébergement et les activités sont compris dans le prix du séjour". Travel is organised from Paris and back, by train to Modane or Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne and then by private coach booked by the organiser. Depending on the departure time a packed lunch may need to be brought for the journey; when that applies, the organiser says it is written in the travel booklet sent before departure. Departure from a city other than Paris is offered by the organiser on request.

The group stays in the organiser's own chalet, which Label Évasion describes as standing at the foot of the pistes and reachable directly on skis. Bedrooms are described as spacious, with three to four beds and plenty of storage. The group has its own sanitary area and the use of a games room. The organiser does not print a street address for the chalet, only the resort — Val-Cenis in Savoie.

Meals are included in the price of the stay, as the organiser states directly. Label Évasion does not publish a menu, a meal count per day or a description of special diets for this camp, so nothing further is claimed here. The only food item named as a possible extra is a packed lunch for the travel day, and only when the departure time makes it necessary.

Four activities are printed for this camp. Alpine skiing on the Val-Cenis domain and its 125 km of pistes, with four ESF sessions and further staff-led outings. Sledging on the resort's prepared, secured sledge runs throughout the stay, with snow games, snowball fights and snowman building between runs. Snowtubing for the 8-12 age group — descending a prepared, secured run at 2,500 m in a large inflatable ring. Snakegliss for the 13-17 age group — a train of sledges fixed to one another for a collective evening descent guided by a specialist.

The camp uses the Val-Cenis ski area, which the organiser describes as 125 km of pistes, and the resort's prepared sledge runs. The snowtubing run is at 2,500 m altitude. In the chalet the group has a games room and its own sanitary block. Ski equipment is not itemised by the organiser beyond the helmet, which is compulsory and supplied by Label Évasion.

Label Évasion is a French association founded in 1993 that organises colonies de vacances for children and teenagers; it is approved by Jeunesse & Sports and registered with Atout France under IM094110031. For this camp the organiser prints the make-up of the team: one BAFA-qualified adult for every eight young people, a BAFD-qualified director, and a PSC1-qualified first-aid assistant. The two age groups, 8-12 and 13-17, follow the same core skiing programme with their own evening activity.