If you had to comment on the summer mountain activities, what would you say ? Hiking and more hiking? An other idea ?!
Certainly, this discipline is indeed one of the essentials to practice on the summits, but that is only the tip of the iceberg.
At a time when the mountain puts on its summer colors, it is a multitude of landscapes that intertwine from the steep rock to the gentler slopes to the rivers, each offering its share of festivities!
Whether you are rather contemplative or downright hyper active, you will necessarily find shoes (for hiking), slippers (for climbing or white water) or pedals at your foot! All that remains is to get started!
Summer mountain activities in slowlife mode
Far from the cliché of endless tiring and exhausting walks, the offer of hiking has reinvented itself to allow us to discover a mountain full of resources and surprises, a source sometimes of appeasement, sometimes of teaching or even of creativity.
Indeed, a hike can be a pretext to take an interest in medicinal plants and their use, to reflect on the evolution of landscapes and the responsibility of man in relation to it, for example, or why not an improvised session of Land Art!
Many other disciplines that do not require specific equipment can also be practiced easily in the middle of nature. The benefits felt will undoubtedly be increased tenfold by the environment. Aim instead: a yoga session facing Mont Blanc versus his youtube tutorial or even jogging on a balcony route versus an indoor mat… Are you convinced?
Summer mountain activities to enjoy the joys of gravity
On a playground whose slope is one of the main attractions, many disciplines are offered to descend the drop. Some of these alternative slides are also reminiscent of the sensations of sliding on snow.
Electric or downhill bike, mountain kart, mountain board Or other deval bike, these more or less hybrid machines never cease to surprise us and guarantee good sessions combining discovery of the sector and adrenaline rush, which does not detract from the pleasure. Indeed, they allow you to move much faster than on foot, of course, and to access areas that are inaccessible by car. To be added to your holiday “to do list”.
Mountain AND aquatic activities
If you feel the urge to cool off during an episode of strong summer heat, head for the valley and its rivers. Benefiting from a flow of water that is in principle fairly high, due to the melting of the snow, the white water sports are not necessarily easy!
So it is better to choose the stretch of the river on which to try your hand, depending on whether you are attracted by gentle waves or rather by big bubbles. Rafting, canyoning, canoe raft or hydro speed, these disciplines are unifying and collective mountain activities or at least practice in groups. We will necessarily enjoy letting ourselves be carried away by the dynamics of the group: an ideal emulation to create or strengthen ties and surpass ourselves!
Summer mountain activities to defy the laws of weightlessness
For those who wish to go ever higher and closer to the elements, flirt with the void and play tightrope walkers, the mountain is full of proposals such as theclimbing, bouldering, via ferrata, or alpine courses.
Depending on the sites and the facilities chosen, they are accessible for beginners and sometimes even for children, for spicy family outings, because it is not always the one you imagine who could face some difficulties...
But one thing is certain: once at the top, the satisfaction associated with the observed point of view will provide a feeling of well-being and fullness well-deserved.
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