The first edition of the EnviroTrek in Samoëns has been truly great. 70 participants from various countries removed a big pile of trash from the Vallee du Giffre and had an adrenaline rush in the afternoon with rafting, rock climbing and via ferrata.
The day prior to the event the clouds burst. The rainfall and thunderstorms made the EnviroTrek uncertain. The forecast of rain was 50-50%. The day started dry and luckily stayed dry despite the dark clouds.
After an early morning yoga session three groups went out to different section in the Giffre Valley by different means of transport: By foot, by bicycle and bus. Groups were accompanied by walking guides.
The clean up made everybody hungry, so the BBQ lunch was a very much needed break to fuel up for the second round of the day: adventure sports! Rafting on the river Giffre, climbing the sheer cliff near Sixt on the via ferrata circuit and rock climbing up the routes near Gorge du Tines was the perfect reward for bringing back around 200 kilos of trash from the beautiful mountains of the Grand Massif.
We would like to thank all our sponsors and in particular Arno and Jessica from AlpAdventures and the tourist boards in the Vallee du Giffre for organising the EnviroTrek in Samoëns. We’ll be back next year!
Envirotrek said,
July 15, 2010 @ 10:36 am
Hoi Bart,
Inmiddels is jan vertrokken en ben ik RTM directeur. We hebben 13 augustus weer een Envirotrek in Samoens.. als je wilt komen? Dan hoor ik het graag natuurlijk
Je kunt me mailen op aukje@respectthemountains.com