CHALET LES FAYARDS

Moutain, mountain climbing, via ferrata, climbing, canyoning, walking and mountain bikink... go and discover the mountains

• Grand-Bornand guide office ,Tourist House. - Tél 04.50.02.31.12 or 04.50.02.79.00
• Thônes - Manigod guide office, Place Avet. - Tél 04.50.02.01.33
• La Clusaz mountain office. - Tél 04.50.02.40.83
• Saint-Jean-de-Sixt mountain office. - Tél 04.50.27.08.14

Refuge Mountain List

• Gramusset refuge (Pointe Percée),accessible by the Annes pass (2 hours), open from 27 June until 30 September + Weekend in October
• Rosairy refuge (Tournette), accessible through Belchamps - Les Clefs (1h30), open from July to September.
• Blonay Dufour refuge (Tournette), accessible by Montmin and the Aulp chalet, open from 15 June until 15 September + Weekend with reservation
• Larrieux refuge (Dent du Cruet), accessible by the Montremont valley (2hours), open from mid March until mid October with reservation.

Via Ferrata

• La Roche à l' Agathe : Thônes
• Yves Pollet Villard : La Clusaz.
• Tour Jalouvre : Le Grand Bornand.

Para-gliding - Hand-gliding

• Suize bridge, Le Grand-Bornand - "Les passagers du vent".
• La Clusaz Para-gliding school - "S en ciel".
• La Clusaz Para-gliding school - "Gevaux"
• La Clusaz., Oxygène Mont-Blanc.

Summer Tobogganing

• La Clusaz, Two 800m pistes.

Ski

Alpine

• At "Les Aravis" there are 120 pistes including 5 black, 30 red, 45 blue and 40 green over a total of 200km. There are 98 ski-lifts (7 cable cars, 24 chair lifts and 67 ski tows for a rate of 85 000 skiers an hour), 2 snowparks and 2 competition stadiums, Several snow coverage in all conditions.

• Ski station : La Croix - Fry - Merdassier (10km), la Clusaz (13km), le Grand Bornand (13km).

Cross country skiing

• 120 km of pistes including 4 black, 3 red, 4 blue, 7 green, 4 skating tracks, 1 lit piste 1 km in length and a bi-athlon stadium (cross country skiing + shooting). Meet up at La Clusaz (at Confins, Beauregard), at Grand Bornand (in the village, in the Bouchet valley)

Horseriding

• Thônes - rue Saint-Blaise, all year round, horses, ponies, indoor arena, riding and pony trekking.
• Saint-Jean-de-Sixt tourist riding center "Les Allobroges".
• La Clusaz, Patinoire pony club. Minimum age 4 years..
• La Clusaz, Confins pony club. Minimum age 6 years.

Golf

• Annecy - Talloire, Lake golf club, 18 holes
• Annecy - Giez, 18 holes.
• Chamonix - Les Praz, Golf 18 holes.
• Megève - Mont d'Arbois, Golf 18 holes.
• Evian Royal Golf Club, 18 holes x 72.
• Aix-les-bains, 18 holes.
• Practice 9 holes, Grand-Bornand, Golf Le Rocher Blanc.
• Practice 7 holes, La Clusaz - Les Confins.

• Mini-golfs
• Thônes - Place Avet, 18 holes from 20th June until the beginning September.
• Saint-Jean-de-Sixt, information at the tourist office.
• La Clusaz, 18 holes.
• Le Grand-Bornand, 18 holes at Chinaillon, 16 holes in the village

Tennis

• Thônes - Les Perrasses, from June-September, 7 courts, Hire by the hour, tournaments, individuel and group lessons.
• Tennis club de Saint-Jean-de-Sixt, information at the tourist office.
• Grand-Bornand village 5 courts.
• Grand-Bornand - Chinaillon, 5 courts.
• Spors club, tennis, 5 courts.
• Les Clefs village, 2 courts.

Karting, Quad, BMX...

Karting

• Thônes - La Vacherie. All year round.

Quad et 4x4

• Discover the summits/peaks, Aravis travel.

BMX

• Thônes - Free access track near the horse riding centre, behind the police station.

Fishing

• Thônes - Thuy lake. Daily or fortnightly pass.
• River, from 1st June - 30 September, tourists map 15 days.
• Pisciculture/fish farming trout fishing (material hire).

Swimming Pool

• Thônes, place Avet, 2 pools.
• La Clusaz, 3 pools + a 52m slide.
• Le Grand-Bornand, 3 pools + 1 slide.

Skating

• Skating
• La Clusaz, 1000 m² outdoor (protected in bad weather), day and night..
• Le Grand-Bornand, 720 m² outdoor.

Other Activities

Snooker / Pool

• Thônes - snooker club "Le Val" on the La Clusaz road.

Petanque / Boules

• Thônes - competition enrolement at the Eldorado bar.
• Saint-Jean-de-Sixt, 1 competition per week, information at the tourist office.

Archery

• Thônes - entrance at the horse riding centre July-August.
• Le Grand-Bornand, 15 targets of 5-50 metres. Open every day except Monday morning, information at the tourist office.
• La Clusaz, near the sports club, targets of 10, 15 and 30 metres. Open every day except Sunday, information at the tourist office.

Cycle touring

• Thônes, April-October. Tours at the weekend, program available at the tourist office.

Shops

• You can do your shopping in Thônes where there are supermarkets, small shops as well as craft shops.......or in the larger towns such as Annecy (20km), Albertville (35km), Cambery (60km) or Genève in Switzerland (60km)