Open doors climbing evening at the Collège Mme de Stael in St-Julien

 Beginner or ultra-confirmed climber, everybody come to our open doors evening! October 16th, 2012 beginning at 19 p.m. in the gymnasium of the Collège Mme de Stael in St-Julien! The entry is free, and we can lend you equipment.  BUT IT IS NECESSARY TO TELL US YOU'RE COMING IN ADVANCE!!! See you then!

EA Caf St Julien - Alpinism week-end

Departure on Saturday morning from the Tour for the ascent to the refuge. A small break in the shade benefits to all. The path rises quietly in the woods, then quickly progresses towards the moraine.





Having arrived at the refuge, we find Georges and Charles with a group of adults of the club. It is a great opportunity to share a moment and to meet!
 But that's not everything, we also want to revise the evolution with crampons on the rocks and how to progress roped up... Then we depart for the slopes above the refuge! There is no need to go far. For Ori and Léo, it is the first time they put on  crampons! Louis and Nicolas help them out to put them on ant to remove them before leaving the scene in a small snowball fight.



We eat comfortably in the refuge and prepare the bags for the next day after which we go to sleep because we get up early!
On Sunday morning: very beautiful sight! We are not the only parties for the Aiguille du Tour, the track is already done! By sunrise, the summits are illuminated by the sun and when we cross the Superior pass, the view is awesome! We make a short break before continuing till the beginning of the ascent

We took off for the summit! A little before the ascent we meet JL with a young person of the EA Léman. Nice exchange!


We climb with crampons! Louis leads his party carefully and with precision.

There are a lot of people, the weather is beautiful and it is a classic route for initiation so it's necessary to wait a little before we all get to the summit!

The descent is the ideal opportunity for our new encadrante Elise to have fun in the snow with Léo and Nicolas.

A fast stop in the refuge Albert 1st to make our bags and to eat, before going down to the Tour.
Movie coming soon to theaters!  ;)

We take advantage of long evenings of June to go for a walk to the Gralet. It is always the same pleasure; an effective ascent and a magnificent view on the Alps! 5 of our youngest Teens in the EA really had fun! Picnic in front of the refuge, fire and games before coming down again with headlamps in the woods.

Movie coming up soon...

EA CAF St-Julien - Via Ferrata on the heights of Fort L'Ecluse

The long evenings of June are convenient to the excursions, the weather is nice and it is the opportunity to make a via ferrata after the classes.
For the beginners, it is a first confrontation with verticality, for the others a beautiful stroll between both forts.
After some rather vertical sections , we find ourselves on a big ledge. The opportunity to take some pictures before ending with the final small climb and the monkey bridge.!

Once our via ferrata finished, direction the big superior fort with a view of the Bassin Lémanique.
We share a picnic before descending in the woods with headlamps.
A pleasant evening with enjoyment and cheerfulness, as usual!

13 of October 2012 -Alpine Mountaineering Gathering for Teenagers organized by the CD74

The CD74 organizes a gathering of all the mountain activities for the Teenagers
This gathering will take place in the Col de la Colombière on October 13th, 2012 from 8:30 am till 6 pm.
The participation in this gathering is free and the inscriptions are made by the participating clubs in the operation (ask your club or the one nearest to you!)
It will be an opportunity to meet the various  involved personalities in the Teenagers activities of the department, to practise some climbing, multi-pitch climbing, via ferrata, MTB, and hiking!
Share this event with your friends!!!!

Rock and Bivouac WE in the Aiguilles Rouges

We take advantage of the peace preceding the summer season to make a beautiful excursion in the Aiguilles Rouges. The cable railway doesn't work yet and the Aiguilles aren't very frequented. We leave the parking lot of the Brévent heavily charged with all we need to bivouac, to climb, to eat... it certainly fills our bags.






A beautiful ascent under the sun and in the woods leads us over Planpraz where we decide to install our bivouac.
After a good picnic, we begin the approach of the climbing route Crakoucass approach, the ski slopes are still well covered with snow and allow us to ascend almost directly.

The climb is fun, the snowy descent also!

 

Arrived at the bivouac, the water and meal operation begins. The view is awesome, but, on the other side, the Aiguilles of Chamonix get cloudy..
We look at the weather report: no rain before 14 o'clock... We settle down under the balconies of a chalet for the night! 15 minutes later, it is as if a waterfall were trying to test the waterproofness of the bivouac bags.


On Sunday morning, its still raining...
At 8 am finally, we can see the sun! We dry our equipment and have breakfast. The weather report still seems as uncertain and we take advantage of the good weather period to come back down

The timing is perfect, the rain starts again when we arrive at the parking lot.

New in the club: Creation of a Teen Climbing Course (EE)

New Teen climbing courses at the CAF of St-Julien: After many months of work, we are happy to tell you of a Teen climbing course. Click the link above for more info...

EA CAF St-Julien en G- Piolets Jeunes movie

EA CAF St-Julien en G - Climbing and MTB holiday

After a couple displays of strength, our 7 MTBs and our climbing gears are loaded in the mini-van lended to us by the city of St-Julien and a car. There is only enough space left for the teens! And we're off for 4 days in the Dentelles de Montmirail.

After a couple hours drive, we have finally arrived at our  camping spot. Everybody helps to empty the van and build the tents, eager to get a taste of the exceptional limestone slabs in the area!

We took advantage of the afternoon sun to climb! For most of us, it's the first time of the season that we climb! And we all enjoyed it!

Our day started under heavy rain... so we took out the bikes to explore a bit and to check our knowledge in orientation (in a small forest, with neither sun nor visibility, its easy to miss an intersection...), and we managed it pretty well!

We arrive at the summit with a sunny welcome, and an amazing view on the region.

We come back to our camping and we take an all too welcome shower & lunch before taking off again, this time to climb in the waterfall sector (with of course, artificial and friend placement exercises and multi-pitch belay and rappels).








The next day, the sunniest one of our journey, was dedicated entirely to multi-pitch climbing, where we could be leaders if we felt like it.

Very nice discovery of the central chain of the Dentelles, and Long live cakes!

The last day, the weather is subject to change and we need to get back home, so we decide to do a MTB tour to work a bit on our orientation again. The terrain permits us to make things faster (way faster than the hours spent in traffic jams!...












The teens came back very tired but motivated to come again (video coming out soon)

Piolets Jeunes :Great week-end in Chamonix and many interactions for the teens of the EA of St-Julien

With 160km/h winds on top of the Aiguille du Midi,
we had to modify our original plan which was to climb a mountain route. We chose to meet other teenagers  and groups while revising the basics. The weather strongly advised it!

Saturday, the team started to participate in the IMOVE activities (rope climb, rocky progression, friend placement,...). We then moved on to the ascension
of a beginners climbing route to adapt our skills.



Indeed, with its 470 meters and its 19 ropelenghts, the Caline route asks for a certain fluidity during the belay operations,even if it was an easy route, we didn't want to miss the snacks. The team and our surprise guest, the chilian guide-photographer Nacho (Ignacio) separated in 4 parties with three of them leaded by the teenagers. The team had a good taste at the surprisingly strong wind and the snowy descent of the Montenvers.





 After the snack, we went to meet some teenagers we hadn't already seen (125 all together), before having a quick supper and going down to the Piolets Jeunes ceremony. It was for Nicolas the perfect oppurtunity to meet Catherine Destivelle and get her autograph.

Representing the event, she gave the college of Ferdinand Buisson (Isère) the « Piolet Jeunes College 2012 » award, and awarded the ITEP of Annecy for their ''Cîme en soi'' project and the community center of Prémol (and also the CAF) of Grenoble for accompanying teenager city girls in the mountains with the « Piolet Jeunes Association 2012 ». This evening allowed us to see some interesting projects, to be motivated, to get ideas! A great success! Thanks to th GHM for the perfect organisation.


 windy evening with flying objects and a good nights sleep at the UCPA later ...
Sunday morning, we have a rainy sky but with a bit of patience, the sky lightens up. We then go to the Gaillands, where we go climbing with other teams.
A couple upturned trees didn't help us get out of Chamonix but we loved it!

Stay tuned to see the movie!

EA CAF St-Julien en G - Video: Introduction to FreeTelemark in the Aravis

EA CAF St-Julien - Salon du Tourisme et de Loisirs at St-Julien

Adrien, Julien, Louis and Thibaud, teens of the school were present at the CAF of St-Julien's stand to represent it and to sell some delicious cakes. Some of the school's instructors and also some of the responsibles for the club lent them a hand (and even a second one)


The teens visited other stands to put forward their project and to sell cakes! Annick's -our president- statement was: ''Yes, we can'' if you open your arms wide!

The teens applied it and managed to sell 120,50€ worth of cakes, of which the profits were given to the school!

This arduous day finished  with the introduction to the Charleston dance where the teens allowed themselves to go slightly off the alpine subject ...

A hearty Thanks to all who participated to this event on site or at home behind their stoves.

EA CAF St-Julien en G - First MTB tour of the season in the Jura

EA CAF St-Julien - The Teens take part at the Piolets Jeunes in Chamonix

The teens have prepared their program for the Piolets Jeunes the week-end of the 28th-29th of April in Chamonix. It's the perfect opportunity for the team to meet other groups, other EA's, professionals and to realize a mountaineering stretch directed 100% education!!