Description
Skiing and snowboarding are back! Come and join us for an exhilarating ski yoga holiday in La Rosiere, French Alps. Staying in a ski-in-ski-out wellness apartment hotel you are free to go up the mountain when you like, relax at the venue or enjoy the wellness spa or village of La Rosiere
We are very excited to be heading back for winter 2024 to our skiing yoga holiday in the French Alps after what has seemed like too long. We started AdventureYogi with this yoga holiday in 2006 so skiing and snowboarding yoga holidays are our passion!
We are back to an old favourite ski area, La Rosiere and the ski area of San Bernadino. It is a fantastic ski area that combines La Rosiere on the French side and La Thuile on the Italian side that it connects to.
We are in newly developed ski-in-ski-out wellness apartments in the heart of La Rosiere ski village, so you can come and go as you please to the slopes and you have shops, cafes, and ski hire shops at your fingertips. The apartment also has warming ski lockers so after a day on the slopes you can lock your kit away and know that it will be dry the next day.
An extra bonus is that the apartments also have a wellness centre and you have access to a 15-metre indoor heated swimming pool, saunas, indoor and outdoor hot tubs, and a gym. It is open from 10am so a quiet swim and sauna whilst everyone is skiing could be a nice way to enjoy your day.
This is where we will be sharing our yoga classes with you, we have exclusive use of the gym and yoga space.
La Rosière – Espace San Bernardo ski area stands out for its sunshine, snow coverage and its connection with Italy. New from 2019 is a whole new ski area called the Mont Valaisan ski area. It boasts 5 new red runs at an altitude of 2800m, offering more challenging terrain for the more advanced skier or boarder. It also offers more freeride terrain too.
La Rosiere is also known for great beginner runs and gentle slopes so it is perfect for all levels. If you are a beginner you can choose to relax at the apartment after your lessons and enjoy the wellness centre.
Start the day with yoga and get set for a full day’s skiing. Return to the apartment whenever you feel like it, enjoy the spa wellness area, unwind with a massage and a more restorative yoga class, ready for a delicious 2-course hearty and wholesome vegan/vegetarian evening meal.
This is where we will be sharing our yoga classes with you, we have exclusive use of the gym and yoga space.
La Rosière – Espace San Bernardo ski area stands out for its sunshine, snow coverage and its connection with Italy. New from 2019 is a whole new ski area called the Mont Valaisan ski area. It boasts 5 new red runs at an altitude of 2800m, offering more challenging terrain for the more advanced skier or boarder. It also offers more freeride terrain too.
La Rosiere is also known for great beginner runs and gentle slopes so it is perfect for all levels. If you are a beginner you can choose to relax at the apartment after your lessons and enjoy the wellness centre.
Start the day with yoga and get set for a full day’s skiing. Return to the apartment whenever you feel like it, enjoy the spa wellness area, unwind with a massage and a more restorative yoga class, ready for a delicious 2-course hearty and wholesome vegan/vegetarian evening meal.
Retreat schedule
Arrive in time for a welcome meeting and dinner at 8pm. Yoga will be from 7.15am – 8.15am each morning to energise and then again at 6pm – 7.15pm and dinner will be at 7.45pm.
Your last day of yoga will be Friday evening. You have some time to enjoy the wellness area of the wellness hotel and if you are a beginner you can enjoy it during the daytime if you choose not to spend all day on the mountain.
We can help arrange ski lessons for you prior to the holiday so that you will know what your personal schedule will be.
Take a look at the La Rosiere – San Bernado ski area piste map to see the Italian side and the new areas in La Rosiere.
From 6.45am
Wake up, tea, hot lemon, pre yoga snack
7.20am
Morning power hour yoga class
8.30am
Energising breakfast
From 9am – 4.30pm
When you are ready head out for a day on the mountain and come down when you wish
4.30pm
Or earlier, come back to the apartment, enjoy the wellness spa area, swim, sauna, steam, massage
6pm – 7.15pm
Evening restorative yoga
7.30pm
Hearty, warming and wholesome evening meal
9pm
Wind down and relax time
Yoga
Morning Class
Our morning classes are held in our yoga studio in the gym which is exclusive to use during our yoga classes. Your power hour yoga class will awaken and warm your body and mind so that you are ready for your day on the mountain. The yoga teacher will pay special attention to warming muscles, stretching out the legs and building stamina for your day of adventure.
Evening Class
After your full day of skiing or snowboarding, return to enjoy a hot tub and sauna and then relax and unwind tired bodies with a restorative evening yoga class. This gentle session will vary each evening and include pranayama and meditation to help the mind and body really let go and allow you to enter a state of deep relaxation.
Cuisine
Healthy and wholesome vegetarian brunches and Vegetarian / Vegan3 course evening dinner with local wine
Accommodation
Our accommodation for 2023 is situated in a newly built wellness apartment hotel that are ski-in-ski-out situated right in the heart of the ski village of La Rosiere at 1850 metres above sea level. La Rosiere is south-facing and so are our apartments.
Because they are ski-in-ski-out – on arriving back from skiing all day you enter the locker room where you have a locker for the apartment where you can store your equipment overnight on warming boot driers so your kit is dry and ready for skiing the next day. No need to carry it up to the apartment.
You are based in a wellness apartment hotel which has a large swimming pool a fitness centre, a solarium, a sauna and steam room and hot tubs. It is shared with the rest of the building. It is accessible from 10am all throughout the day and evening.
There are 6 bedrooms in this apartment with a living/dining area where the group will gather for relaxation and all meals.
There is a single occupancy room with a double bed and en-suite. There is also a single occupancy room with a double bed and a shared bathroom. Three twin rooms are a combination of en-suite and shared bathrooms and there is a bunk room with its own toilet, shared shower, and balcony.
One of the twin rooms has a mezzanine with two single beds, as well as two single beds downstairs and an en-suite bathroom and so can be booked for 4 people sharing, great for a group of friends or for 2 people with a double bed and private space each.
Retreat Price
Twin sharing room with one other with two single beds and en-suite bathroom and valley views: £1645pp
Twin sharing room with one other with two single beds and shared bathroom: £1545pp
Flights: Please book flights as early as possible for the best deals. Check out our flight recommended times on the ‘How to get there’ page.
Ski passes: Please see ski pass prices below (not included in price):
La rosiere ski pass – do day by day only and it is €47.50 per day to be bought at the ski pass office at roches noires ski lift
6 day san bernadino pass €238
Beginners lift pass just on baby slopes and drag lifts €21 per day
Carre neige – insurance €22.60 for the week or can add per day for a few euros. Or check your travel insurance to see if you are covered.
Ski Hire: We will send you a price list to order your ski hire nearer the time and you can book online via your customer portal.
Includes
- Contemporary wellness apartment accommodation for 7 nights
- Use of the wellness area which includes 15metre swimming pool, sauna, steam room
- Ski in ski out accommodation with warming lockers for ski equipment for everyone
- Transfers to and from Geneva airport or Bourg – St Maurice Train station
- 7 wholesome and filling breakfasts6 x 2 course hearty and wholesome vegan / vegetarian evening meal
- 7 x afternoon tea – food intolerances considered
- 1 power hour of yoga in the morning each morning
- 1.15 hrs restorative yoga each evening except evening out
Not included
- Flights,
- Isurance
- Ski hire and ski pass
What past guests have said
”I was nervous about combining yoga and skiing but it turned out to be the ideal blend. Wonderful bunch of people. Would do it again in a heartbeat.”
I felt I have come away transformed healed and really connected to myself, nature, my body through yoga and connected to others I formed great relationships with over the time of this retreat. I feel really happy and content, unwound and very, very grateful to have been part of this. Luke – Cambridge, UK
”Skiing and yoga in one trip with a great bunch of people makes for a fantastic holiday! 100% recommended.” Jane – Oxford, UK
What to pack
•  Shawl or thin blanket for after yoga – important in case you get chilly in relaxation
•   All ski/snowboard wear/equipment that you have – don’t forget your sunnies and goggles
•   Water bottle and small back-pack for taking things up the mountain.
•   Camera
•   Good book
•   Sun screen and lip block
•   Slippers or crocs
Getting there
Plane options:
The transfer airport is Geneva. There are many flight options arriving prior to our pick-up time, but we highly recommend booking them early to avoid higher prices.
Suggested flight times OUT
London Gatwick – Geneva:
You can get any prior to arriving at 14.45 at the latest and wait for the transfer.
OUT: Gatwick: 11.35am arrive Geneva 14.15
London Luton – Geneva:
OUT: Luton: 12.05 arrive Geneva 14.45
Manchester – Geneva:
OUT: 09.55 arrive Geneva 12.45
We don’t suggest flight times returning home – but the earliest you can depart is 14.00.
Arrival transfers:
The transfer will depart at 15.15 on arrival day. Your flight should therefore arrive no later than 14.45.
The meeting point is in front of the Hub café to the left of the arrivals gate.
*In the event of flight delays on arrival and you miss the transfer you will have to make your own travel arrangements.
Departure transfers:
You will be dropped off at 11.30am on departure day so flights can depart any time after 14.00 from Geneva airport.
The group transfer is included in the price and takes about 2.5 hours depending on traffic.
Train options:
If you are coming from the UK you can catch either the night train or the day train.
Day train – If you prefer to travel by train you can leave from London St Pancras early in the morning with the eurostar and change in Paris from Gare du Nord to Gare du Sud on the Paris Metro and arrive in Bourg-Saint-Maurice around early evening.
Train times: TBC – they don’t release the tickets until 3 months prior. We will add the train times as soon as we know them. (updated 23rd September 2022).
Transfers are included in the price and it is a 20-30 minute drive from Bourg-Saint-Maurice to La Rosiere and your accommodation.
Booking
To book your place on this Yoga and Skiing Retreat in the French Alps, fill in the form below.
