Passion Ski: a childrens ski camp in the Savoie Alps
Saint François Longchamp, FranceTemps Jeunes4.4(72)
Dates
Feb 7 – Mar 6, 2027
Duration
1 week
Ages
6–12
Price from
$1,227
Course price for 1 week
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Passion Ski takes children aged six to twelve to Chalet l Edelweiss in Saint-Francois-Longchamp, at 1 450 m and two hundred metres from the first lifts. Supervised ski sessions with ESF instructors sit at the centre of the week, with snow games, a snowshoe walk and evening entertainment around them.
Age
6–12 yrs
Language
French
Program type
Adventure Camps, Sport Camps
Accommodation
Campus
About
About the Course
Four supervised ski sessions with instructors of the French national ski school (ESF), two hours a day in groups formed by level. Beginners learn the snowplough and their first turns; more confident skiers work on technique. The week ends with the star test, and outside the lessons the group keeps skiing with its leaders. Ski equipment and a helmet are provided.
What’s Included
The stay covers full board at the chalet, accommodation, the ESF ski sessions, ski equipment and helmet, the snowshoe outing with a mountain leader, the snow activities and evening programme, and the visit to the resort village. Travel from a departure city is an option priced separately; children can also be brought directly to the centre.
Accommodation
Chalet l Edelweiss stands at 1 450 m, two hundred metres from the first ski lifts. Rooms sleep two to six and have their own bathroom. Activity rooms and a dining room looking onto the snow-covered mountains complete the building, and a south-facing terrace opens onto the mountain setting.
Meal Plan
Meals are prepared on site by the centre cook, with regional dishes on the menu, and are served in the dining room with its panoramic view of the Etendard glacier.
Activities & Excursions
Beyond the slopes the week holds a snowshoe walk with a mountain leader and a trapper snack of grilled bananas and marshmallows by the fire, sledging and snow games around the centre, and a torchlight descent by the ESF instructors. Evenings bring big games, shows, themed nights, storytelling and a party.
Facilities
The centre has three classrooms, a multi-purpose room with a bar and dance floor, a screening room, a meeting room and a dining room with a panoramic view. Table football, table tennis, board games, a video projector and Wi-Fi are available in the shared areas, and a south-facing terrace runs along the outside. A city stade is two minutes away.
Camp Experience
A week in a ski resort for children of primary-school age, in a chalet at the foot of the pistes where the day runs from the slopes to the snow games and on into the evening programme. One adult supervises eight children, and the team includes a qualified camp director and a first-aid holder.
Language Camp prices
Passion Ski
4 Lessons · 6–12 yrs · All levels
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Four supervised ski sessions with ESF instructors, two hours a day in level groups, ending with the star test. Ski equipment and helmet are provided by the organiser.
There are no classroom lessons — the week is built around four supervised ski sessions with instructors of the French national ski school (ESF), two hours a day in groups formed by level. Beginners learn the snowplough and their first turns, while more confident skiers work on technique, and the week ends with the star test. Outside the lessons, the group keeps skiing with its leaders. Ski equipment and a helmet are provided. The rest of the programme — a snowshoe outing with a mountain leader, snow games, sledging and evening activities — is run by the camp team.
Learning to ski and improving on the slopes of Saint-Francois Longchamp and Valmorel, for children aged six to twelve.
Daily Schedule
Breakfast
07:00–08:00
Classes
08:30–12:30
Lunch
12:30–13:30
Dinner
18:30–19:30
Evening activities
20:00–22:00
Lights out
22:30
Included items
24/7 supervision
Small groups
Disco
Excursions
Hiking
Indoor Games
Cafeteria
Games area
Outdoor fields
Residence accommodation
Optional Extras
Top recommendation
Recommended for most families
Smooth arrival and fewer surprises.
Accompanied travel from Grenoble
Return travel from Grenoble to the centre, accompanied, by train or coach. The operator runs a departure city when at least three participants book it.
Accompanied travel from Bordeaux
Return travel from Bordeaux to the centre, accompanied, by train or coach. The operator runs a departure city when at least three participants book it.
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Temps Jeunes
Temps Jeunes is a French association that organises residential holiday camps (colonies de vacances) for children and teenagers, runs BAFA youth-leader training, and hosts school trips and group stays. It operates its own network of residential centres across France: Thésée (41), Château de Theix (63), Manoir du Viginet at Saint-Nectaire (63), Edelweiss at Saint-François-Longchamp (73), L'Alpestre at Notre-Dame-du-Pré (73), Le Bocage Savoyard at Bormes-les-Mimosas (83), Domaine des Gatinelles at Brétignolles-sur-Mer and La Touraine at Longeville-sur-Mer (85). Camps are sold with supervised travel by train or coach from departure cities across France, or without transport for families who bring their child to the centre themselves.
The stay includes four supervised ski sessions with instructors of the French national ski school (ESF), two hours a day, in groups formed by level. The week ends with the star test. Outside the sessions the camp leaders take their groups back onto the pistes.
No. Skis, boots, poles and a helmet are provided by the organiser and are included in the stay, so there is nothing to hire or carry.
Children sleep in rooms of two to six beds with their own bathroom at Chalet l Edelweiss. Meals are cooked on site by the centre cook and served in the dining room, which looks out on the Etendard glacier.
Children can be brought directly to the centre, or travel accompanied by train or coach from one of the departure cities listed under the extras. A departure city runs when at least three participants book it, and the timetable is sent with the joining instructions about a fortnight before the stay.
One adult for every eight children. The team includes a qualified camp director and a leader holding the French first-aid certificate. The group is about thirty-four participants.
Chalet l Edelweiss sits in the heart of the resort of Saint-Francois-Longchamp in Savoie, two hundred metres from the first ski lifts and within walking distance of the pistes. The Clochettes lift and a free shuttle open the Grand Domaine and its 165 km of runs, shared with neighbouring Valmorel.
The ski programme runs as four supervised sessions with instructors of the French national ski school, two hours a day in groups formed by level, ending with the star test. Children who have never skied learn the snowplough and their first turns; those who already ski work on technique. Outside the lessons the camp leaders take their groups back onto the pistes at their own pace. Ski equipment and a helmet are provided, so nothing has to be brought or hired.
Away from the slopes the week holds a snowshoe walk with a mountain leader, a trapper snack of grilled bananas and marshmallows by the fire, sledging and snowball games around the chalet, a walk through the resort village, and a torchlight descent watched from below as the instructors come down the piste. Evenings are run by the team: big games, shows, themed nights, storytelling and a party.
Children sleep in rooms of two to six with their own bathroom. Meals are cooked on site and served in the dining room, which looks out on the Etendard glacier. The building also holds a multi-purpose room with a dance floor, a screening room, table football, table tennis and board games, with Wi-Fi in the shared areas and a south-facing terrace outside. One adult supervises eight children, and the team includes a qualified camp director and a first-aid holder.
