We had a great family holiday as usual 😊 can’t fault the service and our stay at the Lazaratos resort … perfect .
Una T.
Mountains · France
Alpine summer holidays in France.
Why a French alpine summer
Cooler weeks, lifts to the top.
The Alpine Family Club at Vaujany is our flagship summer mountain week. The village sits at 1,250m, with a three-stage cable-car system that runs through the summer to put guests on top of the Massif des Grandes Rousses by mid-morning. The programme is hosted: guided walking led by qualified UK mountain leaders, lift-assisted mountain biking with our own bike technicians, kids and teens clubs by age band, a heated outdoor pool, and a daily yoga and recovery slot. Air temperatures sit in the low twenties at village level through July and August, dropping to single figures up high before lunch, which is the point.
Available weeks
Summer in the Alps.
Alpine Family Club weeks run from late June to early September. Half-board, hosted programme, lift pass and bike kit included.
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Vaujany, Massif des Grandes Rousses.
Vaujany is a working alpine village with a long ski heritage and a strong summer programme. The Alpine Family Club is on the village edge, three minutes from the cable-car bottom station.
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Vaujany is a balcony village at 1,250m on the Massif des Grandes Rousses, an hour from Grenoble airport and 90 minutes from Lyon. The summer programme uses the same lift system as the winter, which puts the high mountain (Dome des Petites Rousses, 2,800m) within reach of guests with average fitness and a UK mountain leader. The Alpine Family Club site has the heated pool, kids and teens clubs, half-board kitchen and bike workshop on a single footprint.
How an alpine summer week runs
Hosted hill-time, no kit faff.
Plain-English pricing, UK mountain leaders, French alpine bike technicians. Phone 01548 288459 Mon-Fri 9am-6pm.
The week is built around morning activity blocks. Walking groups split by pace at the morning briefing: a slow group covering 6-8km on rolling lift-assisted ground, a medium group for 12-15km mountain days, a strong group for 18km+ days with summit options. Mountain biking runs alongside, lift-assisted in the morning and free-time in the afternoon. Kids and teens clubs run the same lift-assisted programme on dedicated lines.
Kit and lifts are part of the price. The Vaujany summer lift pass covers the full cable-car system; mountain bikes (cross-country and electric) are included with helmets and protectors; trekking poles, daypacks and waterproofs are loanable. Tuition is included for the headline activities; private mountain guiding for via ferrata or rock climbing is bookable alongside.
Food is half-board: cooked breakfast and a sit-down dinner with a starter, two mains and a dessert. Lunch is taken on the mountain at one of the lift-station restaurants or as a packed lunch from the breakfast service. House wines, beer and soft drinks are included with dinner.
Flights run to Grenoble (an hour) or Lyon (90 minutes). Transfers are bookable alongside; we can put a private taxi on for short groups or use a shared minibus on Saturdays.
About the country
Open the France guideRead the France guide.
For France generally, the regions, when to travel, off-resort food, and the long-form on Vaujany as a destination, head to the destination glossary.
Other holiday types
Or, go a different way.
Four programmes, one team. If a summer mountain week is not what you are after, here is where the other three live. Beach clubs in Greece and Portugal, sailing in the Ionian, ski weeks in the Three Valleys.
Reading list
Alpine summer planning notes.
Route reports, kit lists, and the answers to the questions guests ask before booking a summer alpine week.
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What our guests say
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Brendan
Beyond Beach went out of their way to provide a fantastic holiday. Really helpful with the booking. Paul and Chris went out of their way to help during the week . Wld def recommend for a great family flotilla holiday
Anonymous
Average fitness is plenty. The walking groups split by pace, so a guest who walks 5km on a UK weekend is in the slow group, comfortably; a guest who hikes regularly slots into the medium group; UK fell-running fit is the strong group. The lifts mean the day starts at altitude rather than slogging up to it, which makes the high country accessible without a hard ascent.
Yes. UK-trained leaders, split by age band (4 to 7, 8 to 11, 12 to 15), and the same lift-and-mountain access as the adult programme. Activities cover guided easy walks, mountain biking on graded lines, climbing wall sessions, swimming and craft. Teens get more autonomy, including supervised mountain bike park sessions.
Half-board accommodation, the daily hosted activity programme (walking, biking, kids club, yoga), full Vaujany summer lift pass, mountain bike hire and kit, trekking poles and waterproofs on loan, the heated outdoor pool, evening activities. Flights, transfers, lunch and any specialist guiding (via ferrata, rock climbing, mountain guide for high routes) are billed separately.
Late June and the first week of July are calmer and a touch greener. Mid-July through mid-August is family peak with a busier kids club and more capacity on the mountain. Late August and the first week of September are the warmest weather, with the village flowers at their best.
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