08:00
£800-£2,750
Age 18 & over
The Alpine Challenge includes routes that take in the mountains behind the mountains, exploring Chamonix’s more remote valleys, while also climbing peaks around twice the height of Mt Snowdon and Ben Nevis, in breathtaking scenery.
Be part of this special trip and enjoy scaling stunning Alpine peaks and hiking through scenic valleys. Your expert guide will help you summit spectacular mountains by day. At the end of the day, enjoy a soak in the hot tub before enjoying dinner with the resident chef, and then relaxing in your five-star chalet.
This trip also features a one-night stay at a refuge. This allows you to be surrounded by nature, deep in the heart of the mountains at around 2,0000 meters altitude. You can spend the evening watching the sunset and see the beauty of the night sky without any light pollution.
It's the ideal setting for you to reconnect with nature and others, whilst raising money for life-changing research into paralysis. Join alone, or with friends, family and colleagues.
An unforgettable experience covering three countries in three days.
Jam-packed with Alpine views over glaciers, forests, ridges and lakes.
Someone has a spinal cord injury every 4 hours in the UK.
The Alpine Challenge is ideal for individuals, pairs, couples and teams of friends or colleagues.
Chamonix valley
Chamonix
France
The basecamp is a luxury chalet in the Chamonix valley. You will be returning to the chalet every evening, so allows you a comfortable and relaxing experience. In the chalet you will be fed by the fabulous resident chef who provides three meals a day.
Arrive in Chamonix late afternoon to enjoy an evening in the chalet, discussing the upcoming challenge over a delicious meal.
After breakfast, we will set off for a warm-up hike in the Chamonix Valley. The route has a good amount of climbing & stunning scenery with a great spot for lunch on our first peak, before making our way back to Chamonix and the chalet for dinner. A chance to test the kit... and legs!
Leave the chalet after breakfast for a transfer to the start of a two-day route. The group will hike uphill, to Monts Jovet (2,368 metres) and Lacs Jovets, before heading to the refuge for drinks, dinner and a well-deserved rest in solitude, looking at the stars.
After breakfast, head over the higher part of the steep col and the summit of Tete de la Cicle (2,552 metres), which requires taking a small scramble to get to the top. Descend a long way from the peak before a short transfer back to the Chamonix Valley, and the comfort of the chalet and dinner!
Breakfast together then head home.
An unforgettable experience that will change lives
This unique experience will not only create memories that will last a lifetime but will also fund ground breaking research.
Someone has a spinal cord injury every 4 hours in the UK, devastating the lives of individuals and their families. Spinal Research work with leading scientists to develop projects which will help restore important functions for people living with paralysis.
With a number of projects delivering promising results in human trials, Spinal Research is now witnessing the first generation of therapies which will truly change lives.
With your support in this challenge, Spinal Research can accelerate this research and help beat paralysis.
I’ll never give up hoping, because I know that amazing scientists and researchers will never give up looking for ways to cure my paralysis. All it will take is more research.
Bel, injured aged 8
The registration fee may be paid in instalments.
Pay a registration fee then raise funds
Registration fee
£800.00
Minimum sponsorship
£1950.00
Pay the balance in full then fundraise as much as you want
Balance
£2750.00
The stories, camaraderie and fun have been great and the setting and location could not have been bettered... As echoed by everyone at dinner last night, this truly has been the trip of a lifetime. Group CEO, The RPA and Restart
As the sun sets on an incredible week in our lives, I just wanted to thank you all once more. Put simply, it is one of the very best things a Bridgepoint group has ever done – at least in my 18 years. This week you gave us many gifts including your time, expertise, humour, energy and patience. Partner, Bridgepoint Capital
..Highly recommend.. We will be back! Managing Partner, Latham and Watkins
"It was a fantastic, personal challenge for me and I have to say it genuinely was transformational for me because I now adore the mountains."
"It is fantastic and I would absolutely say to anybody - just go and do it." Abigail
"People are all there because of the charity. It makes it very, very special."