Yoga and Snowshoeing Weekends
The ultimate weekend getaway.
Winter Yoga and Snowshoeing Weekends are the perfect combination of relaxation, activity and just a little indulgence, all set against the majestic French Alps.

Bellevaux and a charming family-run hotel are your home for two days of Hatha yoga and Snowshoe excursions leading to a weekend of exhilaration, rejuvenation, and adventure.

Whether for the weekend or as part of a vacation, Yoga and Snowshoeing Weekends offer something for everyone and an unforgettable experience for all.

Key information

Jan 12th – 14th 2024 Pilates & Snowshoeing with Rebecca Cunningham

Private group bookings available

€445pp twin / €490 single room

Graded: easy/moderate

One hour from Geneva

Includes all breakfasts, lunches and evening meals 

Family run hotel in the French Alps

Yoga mats, snowshoes and equipment provided

Optional extras include: massage, astrology birth chart reading, dog sledding, and airport transfers.

At A Glance
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Day 1

The weekend begins with a short transfer from Geneva to the Hotel Moineaux in the village of Bellevaux. You will have time to relax with a restorative yoga session, settle into your room and enjoy fantastic local cuisine in the hotel’s restaurant.
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Day 2

The day begins with an energising breakfast before heading out on our first Snowshoe adventure.

Taking you off piste and away from the busy ski slopes, your qualified guide leads you on a magical hike from Lac Vallon . An utterly unique experience, snowshoeing is perfect for everyone, whatever your skill level or snow sports experience. Returning to the hotel you can enjoy the facilities including mini gym, sauna or an optional massage. There will be a relaxing Yoga class before enjoying a traditional dinner.

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Day 3

Sunday begins with an invigorating early morning Yoga class before enjoying a leasurely brunch with the group. We then depart on the second of your snowshoe treks, discovering snowcapped grottos and hidden glades amid the tall spruce of the forest to explore the head of Vallee Brevon. We enjoy a slightly later lunch in a mountain restaurant before departing for Geneva or your onward destination.
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Need To Know

 
Accommodation
We use the wonderful 2* Family run Hotel Moineaux, 15 minutes walk from the centre of Bellevaux. The hotel has an in-house restaurant that we use on Friday and Saturday evening, mini gym, sauna and dedicated Yoga space.

Hôtel-Restaurant Les Moineaux
Le Borgel – 74470 Bellevaux (HAUTE-SAVOIE)
Tél : 33 (0)4.50.73.71.11
Fax : 33 (0)4.50.73.75.79
Email :
info@hotel-les-moineaux.com

http://www.hotel-les-moineaux.com/fr

What’s included
 

  • Two / three nights in a family run 2* Hotel
  • All meals, 2 / 3 dinners, 2 / 3 breakfasts, 2 / 3 lunches, mountains snacks
  • Two / Three snowshoe hikes
  • 3 / 4 Yoga classes + mindfulness / mediation
  • Yoga mats, blankets, bolsters, blocks + snowshoes & poles
  • Transport once the trip starts until the trip finishes
  • Licensed International Mountain Leader + Qualified Yoga Teacher
Guides
Our guides and yoga teachers are exceptionally experienced with a passion for sharing their profession. All qualified and licensed International Mountain Leaders / 200hr Yoga Teachers they will bring the trip alive. We offer two different styles of Yoga during the retreats e.g Hatha / Iyengar / Vinyasa so you can experience a range of practice. The snowshoe hikes visit beautiful locations in the mountains and are suitable for beginners. All equipment is provided for both yoga and snowshoeing.

We adopt an excellent guiding ratio: 

One Guide – 1 – 7 clients

Two Guides – 8 – 14 clients

Booking and Price

Cost:

Weekend retreat – Deposit of €150 to confirm booking

Twin Room €445 pp AVAILABLE

Single Room €490pp AVAILABLE

Twin room    Single room     DEPOSIT

 

4 day retreats – Private groups only

Twin Room € pp

Single Room €pp

Twin roomSingle room

Please contact us separately to receive copy of the 4 day itinerary.

We manage every booking independently to ensure attention to detail and provide a personalised service. 

Terms & Conditions
Terms and Conditions (updated Jan 2019)All trips are sold subject to these Terms and Conditions (hereinafter T&Cs). 

1. Insurance

All clients need to be adequately insured for all activities they are taking part in. Insurance must include repatriation and details should be provided at the beginning of each trip.

All European clients should obtain a European Health insurance card (EHIC), however, this is not a substitute for travel insurance.

2. Health and fitness

Trip members have the responsibility to select a trip appropriate to their abilities and interests. In order to assist with this, all trips are graded and we welcome the opportunity to discuss trip details/answer questions in advance of your reservation. Trip members must be in sufficiently good health to undertake the trip, and if unsure seek medical advice in advance. For your own safety, you need to inform us of any medical conditions in advance or at the start of the trip. Trip members are also required to bring adequate clothing/equipment as advised in the pre-departure information.

3. Dietary Requirements

We endeavor to work with clients and accommodate their dietary requirements. However such is the nature of adventure travel we may be limited to specific menus e.g remote Mountain Huts, Tea Houses in the Himalaya’s etc. We fully encourage you to contact us in advance to discuss your requirements then we have every opportunity to explore options thereafter.

4. Cancellations and Fee Schedule Per Person

91 days or more prior to departure – €250 cancellation fee

61 – 90 days before departure – 25% of the trip cost

46 – 60 days before departure – 50% of the trip cost

45 days or less: 100% of trip cost

Fees are calculated from the date we receive written cancellation notice which can be via email. If clients are unable to access email and cancel over the phone we will confirm in writing the cancellation.

If you cancel 91 days or more prior to departure, it may be possible to transfer to another trip without occurring any fees. Please discuss this with us in the first instance.

With specific departures, there may be an increase in cancellation fee if the accommodation provider T & Cs mean we are liable for payment.

5. Complaints

If you have a complaint, please contact us as soon as possible, in the first instance your leader is often your obvious point of contact. This ensures we have every opportunity to explores solutions to the problem(s) arising and we will do all we reasonably can to resolve the complaint. You must tell us within 4 weeks after your holiday of any complaints that you feel have not been dealt with properly.

6. Alterations By Us

We will tell you as soon as reasonably possible if we must make any alteration to your holiday. Most alterations are minor, but very occasionally we might have to make a major alteration. A major alteration is a change of location or to a lower standard of accommodation for a substantial part of your holiday, a change in start/finish dates or necessary price rise in your holiday caused by rises in costs (e.g. exchange rates, internal transport etc). You may then choose as follows:

  • To accept these alterations
  • To withdraw from the holiday, in which case we will repay all monies paid to us including your deposit and this is the sum of our liability to you
  • To accept an alternative holiday that we may propose to you, in which case if the proposed holiday is a lower price we will pay you the difference and if it is a higher price we may ask for the difference.

You must inform us of your choice as soon as possible after we contact you.

7. Group Leadership

On a guided holiday your leader is responsible for the safety and enjoyment of the whole group and has sole discretion, on behalf of Live Breathe Hike, to exclude temporarily a participant from the group. They may also choose to terminate the participants holiday without the possibility of a refund if the leader thinks the participant is likely to endanger the group safety or spoil its enjoyment.

8. Your Responsibility

Mountain holidays by their very nature are adventurous, with a certain level of risk is undertaken. Individuals need to conduct themselves in a safe and responsible manner at all times; responding to advice, guidance, and instruction that may be given by the group leader / experienced professional and take all reasonable actions to eliminate accidents or injury.

9. Our Responsibilities

We will take all reasonable care to ensure that the information we give to you is accurate, including on our website, in your schedule and information pack. We will do all that we can to provide the service as described in the information we give to you. We are not liable if any failure is:

  • Attributable to anyone other than us
  • Attributable to a third party unconnected to us, and unforeseeable or unavoidable
  • Due to unusual and unforeseeable circumstances beyond our control and could not have been avoided even if all due care had been taken
  • Due to an event which even with all due care we could not foresee or forestall

10. Cancellation By Us

Live Breathe Hike reserves the right to cancel any trip prior to departure for any reason whatsoever, including insufficient signup or logistics problems that may impede trip operations. The refund of all land payments received shall relate Live Breathe Hike from any further liability.

Live Breathe Hike must normally make substantial payments to its suppliers far in advance of the scheduled trip departure date. If a trip is canceled due to force majeure; (acts of God, war, strikes, earthquake, flooding etc), Live Breathe Hike will promptly refund the portion of the trip cost not already advanced to suppliers and use its best efforts to recover and refund the balance as promptly as possible. However, Live Breathe Hike does not guarantee recovery of any or all of the advance payments made.

11. Additional Costs

Live Breathe Hike shall not be liable for (a) expenses such as additional nights and meals not specified in the individual trip itineraries, but which may required to get to from a trip start or end; expenses due to the delay of a trip for any reason (e.g. bad weather, trails conditions, land slides, flooding, sickness etc); (c) expenses occurred in recovering lost luggage by airlines, belongings left behind on a trip or in shipping purchases or other goods home from abroad; (d) visa and other incidental costs.

Live Breathe Hike reserves the right to take photographic or film records of any trips, and may use any such records for promotional and/or commercial purposes without payment.

instantly welcoming and friendly!

There is a lot going on in my life at the moment and I’d been looking for a weekend retreat since the beginning of the year to have a little time to myself, get out in the fresh air, and calm down a bit. I found the Live Breathe Hike Snowshoeing and Yoga retreat by chance and I’m really glad I did. The booking process was really straightforward and Tanya answered emails and provided information promptly, whenever asked. I was a little nervous about attending a retreat like this on my own but I needn’t have been. Tanya and her colleagues were instantly welcoming and friendly. The yoga sessions are accessible for all levels and the snowshoeing routes are just as beautiful as described. I was also pleasantly surprised by the accommodation and meals included in the price as it was great value for money. I hope I have the opportunity to join another of Tanya’s retreats in future. Marie

fabulous!

The trip was fabulous, thanks to Tanya’s organization, experience in the elements, and the gift of peace she gives with her yoga instruction. I hope the future offers a time I can connect with Tanya again. Wendy