Paragliding School, Paragliding Tandem Flights in Chamonix, Summer and Winter activity

The Mont-Blanc region is certainly the most beautiful playground to try a Tandem paragliding flight! An amazing experience that words cannot simply describe!
We can fly tandem all year long in Chamonix, summer and winter from a number of different resorts.
So what is Paragliding?  Paragliding was developed from parachuting canopies and modern paragliders can be soared effortless on windward slopes and across country in good wind conditions.
    
Paragliding enables you to finally realise man's oldest dream and discover the simple pleasure of soaring the skies. We offer easy and safe flights above the Chamonix Valley so you can fly like an eagle which is arguably the best way to discover Chamonix Valley and Mont-Blanc massif!
This is an activity for everybody, children, adults, without any particular knowledges.
No previous experience is necessary for all the tandem flights! Your active participation, with a short run, will be necessary for the take-off and the landing.
So just try unforgettable sensations to discover differently the more spectacular mountains of the Alps, with a full qualified instructor, tandem flight specialist. Franck Chapon is a former member of the French Paragliding Team and has been offering Paragliding experiences in the Chamonix Valley and all other the world for over 25 years.
   

1/ Introductory Tandem Flight in Summer & Winter
Brévent 2000m  or Plan de l’Aiguille 2317m
Launching? requires a short sustained run along a gentle slope, the wing lifts us off the ground (there is no sensation of falling). In fact, a good launch feels similar to an airplane taking off.
The flight? just relax in a very comfortable sit-harness and enjoy an amazing view facing the highest moutains of Europe !
You will have your hands free and if you want you can take photos or video...The amazement of this flight will also be for you the opportunity to learn the basics of piloting. Indeed, if you want, you will be able to pilot a little, by taking the brakes under the careful advice of your teacher.
Touchdown and landing? is genarally gentle and you need a short run for a couple of meters...sometimes we can say it could be” like a butterfly on a flower” ;0)
Duration of the activity: 1h00/1h30mn
Flight time: 15 to 30 minutes in the air , depending upon aerological conditions...
Equipment: Hiking boots or trainning, a windbreaker jacket, sun glasses, and don't forget a smile and your camera ;0)
Prices:
--Brévent midway station: “Planpraz”(summer & winter launch aera)
altitude 2000m  = 100€
(price of the lift= 11€ / pers. in winter including in your skipasses)
--Midway station of Aiguille du Midi: “Plan de l’Aiguille”
(spring and autumn launch aera)
altitude 2300m =  110€
Price of the lift= 12€ in winter including in your skipasses
General time you should expect to do the trip?
Brévent: Morning
Plan de L’aiguille: Afternoon
(“Plan de L’Aiguille” : it is not allowed to fly there in July & August)
 
2/ Cross Country flights of longer duration
For a wonderful, breathtaking amazing trip above the mountains to give you an incredible feeling: beeing in another world...
Let’s go joining eagles kingdom !This sort of cross country flight is possible only if we have enough strong thermals to lift up high in the sky (most of time, end of morning and beginning afternoon in spring and summer season !) It is why the flight times shown here are always approximate as it depends, generally, upon the degree of sunshine and the snow cover on the mountainside...
Between 45mn to 1h00 flying...
Price: 150 € (if we fly less than 40-45mn you will pay the price of a standart flight according to the duration of the flight)

HIGH MOUNTAIN TANDEM FLIGHT
1/ Grands Montets Alt. 3350 m (Summer and Winter spot, but take off skis on during the winter season)
Initiated by a Mountain Guide UIAGM /Paragliding Instructor !
High mountain flights Specialist !

 
 

Discover high mountain from a different angle: launch on a snowy glacier, very easily accessible from a guided walk in the snow in summer, sking down in winter. Available to eveyone, no prior experience necessary and with chidren from 14 years old.
Fly next to "Aiguille verte"4122m and "Les Drus"3754m, we cross after "La Mer de Glace" glacier, viewing all Mont-Blanc massif, which is one of the most beautiful paragliding flights in Europe...
Take off easily possible skis on, during the winter season !!
Duration of the activity: 2h/3h
Flight time: 30mn to 60mn , depending upon aerological conditions...
Equipment: Summer: Hiking boots(suitable to walk in snow), warm clothes, windbreaker jacket and gloves (We would be happy to let you borrow one of our flying suits).  Winter: your skis, Hiking boots(suitable to walk in snow), warm clothes, windbreaker jacket and gloves (We would be happy to let you borrow one of our flying suits).
General time you should expect to do the trip?:
In summer, we usually organize Grands-Montets flights at the beginning of afternoon.  Morning flights are sometimes possible dependinge wind conditions. 

Price: 160 € + 2 cable cars: 21€
 
 
4/ Aiguille du Midi : Alt.3800 m (Spring, Autumn and Winter spot)
One of the most spectacular tandem flights in the whole world...
We start by taking the Aiguille du Midi cable car to the sumit.  Roped up to your Mountain Guide-Paragliding instructor, sometimes with crampons on your feet, we then walk to one of the most fantastic launch sites in the world! This spectacular flight provides a birdseye view of the French, Italian and Swiss alps as your pilot flies like a bird through the Valley. 
According to the wind brise direction we have the choice betweeen 2 take-off sites:
Launch and take off on the south side: the flight takes you over the legendary “Vallée Blanche”
Launch and take off on the north side:
We will go to fly above north face of Aiguille du Midi then close to the Mont-Blanc, or all along the north faces of “Les Aiguille de Chamonix” !
All the flights depend upon wind directions and aerial wind conditions.
 
 
It is advisable but not compulsory to have already made a lower level "classical tandem flight" or to make one as training from either Brevent or Plan de l’Aiguille beforehand.
Duration of the activity: The whole event takes around a half day.
Flight duration: Between 40min to one hour depending upon aerological conditions.
Equipment: Warm clothes including a windproof outer layer, gloves and your camera!
(We would be happy to let you borrow one of our flying suits, gloves, head-band etc... you will need and we provide telescopic ski poles to climb down easily the ridge)
+ High mountain walking boots, suitable with crampons
(these may be rented with discount to our sportshop partner in Chamonix: “Sanglard Sport” )
Price: 230 €
+ 2 cable cars to reach the summit at 3800m:38€
 
                 
Special Aiguille du Midi combination training!
Classic flight from Brévent and Aiguille du Midi flight ! Price: 300€
 
More pictures of mountain tandem flights coming soon.

For all Tandem flights we offer Discounts for Groups & Families
 
More information on Availability, Prices & Booking:
Please email us booking@chamonix-sport-aventure.com
or call us: 0033 645 89 28 52