January & March 2027
Chamonix Winter Retreat
Group size
Up to 12 guests
Meeting Point
Geneva Airport
Location
Chamonix, France
Duration
6 days, 5 nights
Perfect for
Busy mind in need of headspace, outdoor adventure enthusiasts, nature explorers, all-round fitness enthusiasts
Upcoming Available 2027 Dates
January 17 - 23
March 10 - 16
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ADVENTURE WITH US IN THE SNOW
Working hard, under constant pressure, juggling too many responsibilities while running on very little sleep? Too busy to plan a meaningful break so you just keep postponing it? Looking for an active adventure?
We created this seven-day adventure for you; to give you the space to step out of the day-to-day, regain perspective, connect with folks who understand you, and return feeling like the best version of yourself.
You can expect to be active on the mountain, learn new skills, relax and reflect, laugh and connect.
Our itinerary balances structure with freedom: some pre-planned guided adventures plus the freedom to choose options to suit you; whether that’s more time for ski technique, epic off-piste runs, or a walk to clear your mind.
Expect to return more confident, with a clear mind and a fresh perspective.
We’re waiting for you!
Who You’ll Meet
Our Chamonix Winter Adventure attracts curious, active, adventurous travellers, lovers of mountains and trails, and those who simply need to get away from routine.
Most guests arrive feeling mentally busy, stretched, overworked, in “doing mode”, needing fresh air and movement.
They are looking to move consistently - but not with intensity - enjoy breathtaking views and spend time together in a small group.
Our guests are typically over 30 years old and there is no upper age limit.
A moderate level of fitness is required as most hikes take several hours and include long uphill parts. We take regular breaks and stop to enjoy the views.
CHAMONIX MONT-BLANC: Our Year-Round Adventure Playground
The winter sibling to our Chamonix summer adventure, this is for those who want to try new things while truly recovering from daily life.
This is more than a typical ski holiday. We guide you off the beaten path into deep nature to gain skills and challenge yourself on the slopes, while resetting your nervous system. You’ll connect with like-minded souls and find headspace and renewed energy for what comes next.
We chose Chamonix for its endless opportunities to learn by moving in nature
Set in a private Alpine chalet a short walk from the town centre, our Winter Adventure pairs days on the mountain to use as you wish — ski lessons, guided off-piste or ski touring — with glacier encounters - walking or climbing - and restorative yoga, nourishing food and the kind of fireside connection that makes winter the best season of all.
Expect to find inspiration, challenge, and hospitality, and to spend a week amongst adventurers from around the world.
WHAT TO EXPECT
We know you love to stay active, but we don’t expect you to have already tried everything we have planned. We work with expert local guides to keep you in safe hands while challenging yourself and feeling a sense of achievement every day. Prepare to surprise yourself on the mountain!
Ski Instruction or Guided Off-piste skiing
Whether you’ve been skiing for years or never put on a ski boot before, we have a guide for your level, so that you are never left alone on the mountain. You will choose one of the below:
Ski instructor - if you’re a beginner or improver skier
High mountain guide - if you’re keen to ski off piste - or perhaps also go ski touring.
Daily Stretching
An ideal complementary activity to the intensity of skiing, yin is a slow, meditative practice where poses are held for several minutes to target deep connective tissues, fascia, and joints. It will help us recover from the day by reducing muscle soreness, improving circulation and promoting better sleep.
Glacier Walk
A walk on the glacier with our expert local mountain guide who will share his knowledge on the move. You don’t need any prior experience, and we will hire all necessary equipment for you. Expect to get a completely new perspective on glaciers, learn how they move, the history they hold and what we can do to protect them. Expect also to be mesmerised by these incredible ice formations!
Ice climbing introduction
An incredible opportunity to put your adventurous spirit to use on the glacier. We cater to all levels of experience and we will hire all essential equipment; so all you need is to follow guidance! This will be a half-day experience with our own guide. Expect to add to your skills, gain confidence, and make memories to last a lifetime!
Aiguille du Midi +3842m
As part of our itinerary we wil take the cable car to the Aiguille du Midi, the famous and awe-inspiring cable car station build at +3842m, offering views of the Mont Blanc and an almost birds-eye view of the Chamonix valley. As well as witnessing the outstanding beauty of the Vallee Blanche, you can also immerse yourself in the history of mountaineering and test your lung capacity!
Where You’ll Stay
We hire a large chalet exclusively for our group, to create a safe space for sharing, laughing and making memories. Our chalet is your place to rest and reflect, and immerse yourself in nature.
13-19 January 2027
Our chalet home is a large Alpine chalet in traditional decor located a short walk from the Flegère station, in the serene area of Les Bois, a 10-15 minute walk from the village of Les Praz.
Our shared lounge and large terrace look out to stunning mountain views. An outdoor hot tub, indoor sauna, and cosy rooms spread over 3 floors guarantee a blend of social time and private time to suit your preference.
10-16 March 2027
Our beautifully refurbished Alpine chalet home is surrounded by breathtaking peaks and offers peace and quiet at walking distance from the centre.
A private garden, peaceful terrace, outdoor hot tub and beautiful indoor living and dining area with open fire guarantee social time. Comfortable bedrooms arranged over 3 floors guarantee private time and headspace.
In both chalets you’ll find
Thoughtfully designed bedrooms, with private or shared bathrooms. You can book one solo or to share it with a friend or partner. (Unless you select a shared room, we will not book you into one.)
Spacious indoor shared areas: We’ll unwind by the fireplace in the indoor lounge, gather in the dining area for breakfast, relax in the separate entertainment room if you wish.
A garden with an outdoor pool and hot tub for relaxing overlooking the mountains after a day of movement, and a terrace for alfresco meals.
Exclusive Hire
The entire chalet is reserved just for our group, ensuring privacy and a personalised experience.
Unplugging
Although there is good WiFi throughout the chalet, we encourage you to go offline for the duration of the retreat.
Meals & Nutrition
We will fuel our adventures with hearty, delicious meals that celebrate the best of Haute Savoie cuisine. Mealtimes are for us to get together to refuel, connect and taste local flavours of the French Alps.
We work closely with nutritionist Sinead Roberts to plan your retreat nutrition and you will receive a nutrition guide upon booking with guidelines for meal structure and selection.
Breakfast
We have planned a mix of buffet style breakfasts in the comfort of our chalet and heading out to our favourite local cafés.
Dinner
Evenings are all about relaxing and sharing stories from the day while eating delicious local food at our favourite Chamonix eateries.
Dietary Requirements
We cater to all allergies and dietary requirements. Once we have confirmed your booking, we send out a detailed booking form where you can let us know.
Meal Costs
Breakfast and dinner are included in your Chamonix package. Alcohol is not included; we ask guests to cover this separately at restaurants. We kindly ask guests not to bring alcohol back to the accommodation with them.
Your Team
Stella Kamba
Stella founded More Life Adventures after working as an architect and personal trainer, to help busy, smart, hardworking people recover from the stress of modern living.
As a child, she spent her summers in the Alps, climbing, hiking, swimming in the lakes, laughing, and making friends for life. More recently, after 30 years in London, she moved to Chamonix to stay closer to nature.
She’s in her element on the mountain as well as at sea, and can’t wait to host and adventure with you!
Nuyama guides
We work closely with Nuyama, who provide us with the best guides for our activities and your experience level.
They have more than 30 years of experience running guided mountain experiences in Chamonix with some of the best guides in the area, and pride themselves on selecting the best guides for each group. The only thing you will have to do is enjoy the views!
Read more about Nuyama on our blog here.
CHAMONIX WINTER ITINERARY
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Arrive at Geneva Airport by train or plane, and meet our group at the arrivals area. (If you arrive by train we have a gift waiting for you!)
Join our group transfer as we make our way to Chamonix through the mountains. Upon arrival, you’ll check in, settle into your room, and we’ll do an orientation briefing over some tea and coffee.
We’ll limber up with some gentle yoga at home.
If you’re hiring equipment we will head out to collect it and head out for our first dinner together, marking the start of our shared alpine adventure.
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We will start the day with some guided early morning journaling followed by a buffet breakfast in our chalet.
Then a big day on the mountain awaits. You’ll ski, whether with an instructor or a mountain guide depending on your level. Your instructor or guide will decide where to take you depending on weather conditions and experience level.
Lunch will be either a picnic or a sit down meal at a mountain cafe or refuge.
The snow activities will finish at around 4pm, at which point we will meander down to our chalet.
We’ll get comfortable with tea and a slow yoga session or you can opt instead for the hot tub overloooking the mountains. .
We’ll finish the day with dinner in town to refuel and recount the stories of the day.
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We will start the day with some guided early morning journaling followed by a buffet breakfast in our chalet.
We will then venture up to the Aiguille du Midi for a jaw-dropping experience at +3850m. Expect endless views, a gallery devoted to the history of mountaineering, a hypoxic chamber and direct views to Mont Blanc, the Bossons Glacier, the Vallée Blanche and perhaps also the Matterhorn.
On the way down, we will stop at the middle station for lunch and return to our chalet for a relaxed afternoon in Chamonix town.
There is time to visit the spa if you wish, or have a relaxing afternoon at our terrace and dip in our chalet hot tub.
After a yoga session in our chalet, we’ll head out into town for a cosy team dinner at one of our local favourites, to enjoy delicious food and share stories.
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We’ll wake up with some morning journaling followed by a buffet breakfast in our chalet.
We then have two options:
Take part in our guided introduction to ice climbing (day 5)
Do the glacier walk with us (day 6)
Or
Take additional ski lessons with an instructor
Explore off piste areas with our mountain guide
Lunch will be on the mountain. In the late afternoon we will reunite in the chalet for some yoga and hot tub time.
We will refuel with dinner in town. On day 6 we will have our final dinner, to celebrate the wins of the week.
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A very easy morning at the chalet: wake up, a final slow morning stretch and meditation, some final packing and then join our celebratory breakfast around the long table where we recap the week. We check out of the chalet by 10:30am.
Our group transfer will carry you back to Geneva with newfound confidence, a fresh perspective, new friendships and loads of inspiration. Our final journaling session will help you collect everything you’ve learnt over the week and use it to guide your next steps.
book your winter dates
Spaces are intentionally limited to keep the experience personal and exclusive.
Secure your place via the booking link below.
HOW TO BOOK
From the moment you land in Geneva to the moment you leave, the logistics are handled: transfers, ski passes, equipment hire, lessons, dinners, and guided adventures.
Here is your timeline for booking:
Decide whether to come solo or with a +1 (Most people join us solo but some join us with a friend, family member, colleague, partner).
Book your place with a deposit and spread the balance across monthly instalments. The full balance is due one month before departure. Booked with us before? Don’t forget to use your loyalty code.
Keep an eye on your inbox and fill out the forms we require to look after you.
Book your flights to align with our group transfers if possible
Once your booking is confirmed, we’ll share the best flight and train options for our group to arrive and depart together. Group transfers are included in your package. If you prefer more flexibility, we can organise a private transfer at an additional cost. Please do not book your flights before your booking is confirmed and before we have confirmed the group transfer times.Book your travel insurance.It is incredibly important to have insurance. For insurance while skiing, you can add the Carte Neige to your lift pass for 3 euro per day; this is highly recommended. Please read here for further guidance on travel insurance.
Pricing
Prices per person. Early Bird rate available for a limited time — book now to lock it in.
Room Sharing
Sharing a room with a partner, friend, colleague or family member is a brilliant way to reconnect and make memories to last a lifetime.
Please note that for your comfort and privacy, we don’t assign room shares between guests who haven’t met before.
Terms and Conditions
Once your deposit is received, you’ll be sent our Terms & Conditions to sign and confirm your booking.
A minimum of 7 guests is required for the retreat to go ahead. In the unlikely event that we cancel a retreat date, your payment will be refunded in full, or you may transfer it to another More Life Adventures retreat date of your choice.
Chamonix winter adventure FAQs
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High mountain activities are inherently risky and we pair you with a guide or instructor for that reason.
When you book a More Life Adventures experience you sign up to receive professional guidance, be coached, and take part in activities with maximum safety. If you would prefer to explore the mountain on your own, this adventure is not for you.
The advantage of having a local instructor or guide is twofold;
They guide us through the safest routes.
They tailor our itinerary according to ever-changing weather conditions, so you can guarantee to make the best use of your time.
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Chamonix is primarily a mountaineering town, not a ski resort. The focus is on mastering mountain skills to create your own adventure, rather than taking the lifts up and skiing down perfectly groomed pistes all day.
That said, the mountains require a sensible approach, and the sense to explore places appropriate to your ability.
For skiing, you have at your disposal: 110 km of slopes, 17 green slopes, 30 blue slopes, 27 red slopes, 14 black slopes.
Ski areas and sites are not linked, except for Brévent and Flégère. For other areas we can take the ski bus which runs very frequently up and down the valley.
The Chamonix Le Pass allows you to discover all pisted runs, while the Mont Blanc Unlimited extends to off-piste areas. (including Italy, Megève, and limited access to Verbier 4 Vallées and Crans Montana).
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To date, we have had guests from their 30s to their 60s and there is no upper age limit.
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If you’re happy being outdoors for a few hours a day and you can move at high intensity for an hour, you’ll make the most of the experience. We adapt our pace to suit each and no one is ever left behind.
Everything is optional and if you feel like opting out to have a nap, or read a book in our chalet, that’s always a great recovery option.
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All activities are optional and you can opt in or out as you like. If you’d like to opt out of some of the activities, our accommodation is an ideal place to spend some time relaxing in the hot tub or reading a book in our lounge enjoying the beautiful view.
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Absolutely not. Most of our guests join solo and leave with a circle of new friends. We design the experience to make new connections effortless.
If you prefer to have a familiar face to share the experience with, we also encourage you to invite a friend or family member you haven’t caught up with recently, which reduces the per-person cost and helps build meaningful memories between you.
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Sharing a room with a friend, partner, or family member can be a lovely way to experience the retreat together. Shared rooms are also priced at a lower rate than single occupancy.
If you’re travelling solo, rest assured you won’t be asked to share a room unless you choose to.
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We have airport transfers arranged to pick you up from the airport on arrival and drop you off there on your departure.
We will advise you on which flights or trains to book so that we all arrive at a similar time.
To encourage train travel, we offer a gift to anyone who arrives in Geneva by train!
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If you’d like to make independent travel arrangements, just let us know in advance. Please note that the chalet is available to you only from the group arrival time.
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We’ve carefully selected our favourite local restaurants to give you the best mix of local flavours and we work with a performance nutritionist to plan meals with our activities in mind.
Portions are generous, so you’ll never go hungry and we cater to all dietary requirements—just let us know when you’re booking.
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We enjoy a drink with dinner or post-activity, but other than that we keep alcohol to a minimum
We do not include alcoholic drinks in your package and we ask you to cover your drinks individually.
Drinks are always had at restaurants and we kindly ask you not to bring alcohol back to the accommodation.
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Chamonix Le Pass (all pisted areas in Chamonix valley):
For 1 day: 74 euro approx.
For 4 days: 270 euro approx.
Mont Blanc Unlimited (includes off piste e.g. Vallée Blanche, Italy and Megève):
For 1 day: 100 euro approx.
For 4 days: 380 euro approx.
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Included in Your Package
Private Chalet Stay near the Flégère lift
6 nights, 7 days stay at our private, serene and stylish chalet, located a walking distance from the centre of town, with outdoor hot tub and summer pool with views to Mont Blanc, spacious garden and terrace, cosy log fireplace, and plenty of space for our group to relax and unwind.
Breakfast and dinner
Breakfast and dinner throughout your stay, planned by our nutritionist.
Group airport transfers
Return group transfer from Geneva airport to our accommodation. We will advise on flight times to select. If these times aren't manageable, we can arrange a private transfer for you at extra cost.
Full-time hosting by Team MLA
2 full days of skiing — lessons on piste, guided off-piste, or ski touring
3 yoga sessions in the chalet
2-day lift pass (Mont Blanc Unlimited)
Photography
Welcome merch + retreat goodie bag
What’s Not Included
Your return travel from home to Geneva
We ask you to book your flights or train tickets to Geneva airport at your end and we are here to advise on which flights to book.
Lunches
Travel insurance
Alcoholic Drinks
Optional Add-Ons
Equipment hire
Chamonix is full of outdoor equipment brands and shops for all tastes and budgets. These are two very trustworthy ski hire shops centrally located near our accommodation:
Extra lift-pass days
You can book these on location once you have an idea of what you’re looking for.
Extra lessons
We encourage you to improve your ski technique coaching as much as possible, if that’s a goal of yours. Depending on your needs, we will book your lessons with our preferred ski school.
Guided Glacier Walk
All equipment will be provided
Introduction to Ice Climbing
All equipment will be provided
Spa pass and Massage treatments
There are two beautiful spas a short journey from our chalet and offer treatments that we can book as a group or individually. These will be organised closer to the date.
Private Transfer from Geneva
In the event that your journey prevents you from taking our group transfer from Geneva, we can book this for you at extra cost.W HOURS
Responsible Travel
Travel gives us the privilege of exploring beautiful places, connecting with local communities, and spending meaningful time in nature. It also comes with responsibility.
As a B Corp, we design our retreats to minimise unnecessary impact while maximising positive contribution. By reducing waste, supporting local businesses, and making considered choices together, we can help protect the places we visit and ensure they continue to thrive.
During our time together in Chamonix, we will:
Travel using group transfers
Actively reduce single-use plastic
Ask guests to be mindful of energy and water use
Leave no rubbish behind in nature
Travelling to Geneva:
Depending on how much time you have, we will help you book one of these options to Geneva:
Take the train: By far the most sustainable option, which cuts your carbon emissions to 1/10th those of flying or driving. You will travel through beautiful scenery, and you can arrive straight in the centre of town or Geneva airport.
Fly: Air travel is worth making the most of. If you'd like to arrive early or leave late and make a longer journey out of it, we can also provide guidance on what to do in the area.
LET’S DO THIS!
Here is the timeline for getting involved:
CONFIRM YOUR PLACE & PAY THE DEPOSIT
Decide if you're booking solo or sharing your room with a friend/ partner / family member. Pay the deposit. If you're sharing, please pay the deposit for both guests.
When: Asap
BOOK YOUR FLIGHTS & TRAVEL INSURANCE DIRECTLY
As soon as you're able (Easyjet flights are close to selling out on these dates)
When: Asap
PAY your BALANCE AND ANY ADD-ONS: SKI HIRE, LIFT PASS
There is a payment plan for your balance and add-ons and you will get email reminders.
When: The sooner the better, but this can wait.
PACK YOUR BAGS!
You'll receive a full packing list and additional info in time to get ready.
