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Activities: For Children and Teenagers

Outdoor activities for young people are designed to accompany children, youth, and teenagers in discovering the mountains in a gradual, safe, and stimulating way. Walking, exploring, and experiencing the natural environment becomes an opportunity to develop autonomy, awareness, and respect for the land through concrete and shared experiences.

The programs are designed to engage young people in dynamic and non-competitive activities, where movement, observation, and play become tools for getting to know the mountains and themselves. The goal is not performance, but the experience: learning to move in a natural environment, listening to the group, adapting to conditions, and taking care of what surrounds us.

Outings take place on itineraries and environments carefully chosen based on age, level, and conditions, with constant supervision that guarantees safety, an appropriate pace, and attention to group dynamics. Through walking, orientation, nature observation, and simple experiential activities, young people are guided to experience the mountain as a space for discovery and growth.

These activities are aimed at children and teenagers who want to be outdoors, move, have direct experience with nature, and build a positive and conscious relationship with the mountain environment. When activities involve the use of specific techniques or take place in contexts requiring mountaineering skills, they are carried out in collaboration with an Alpine Guide.

How activities for young people take place

Outings are designed on carefully selected routes and environments, taking into account the age, abilities, and dynamics of the group. Walking alternates with moments of exploration, play, and observation, transforming the activity into an educational and fun experience.

During the activities, young people are guided to move consciously, to orient themselves, to recognize elements of the landscape, and to collaborate within the group. The pace is appropriate, the approach is non-competitive, and the attention is constant, so that every participant can feel part of the experience.

These activities allow young people to experience the mountain as a space for discovery and growth, far from the logic of performance and close to that of shared experience.

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With whom? Who is the Mountain Guide? Who is the International Mountain Leader?

The UIAGM Mountain Guide is a climbing and mountain professional qualified to guide and teach climbing, mountaineering, ski mountaineering and canyoning techniques. Internationally recognized (with the UIAGM badge), they are the only figure legally authorized to professionally accompany people on crags, multi-pitch routes and on snow-covered or icy terrain.

The UIAGM badge guarantees high training standards, technical skills, risk management capabilities and in-depth knowledge of the natural environment. Relying on a Mountain Guide allows you to experience the mountains in an authentic, conscious way while mitigating risks.

UIMLA – International Mountain Leader

The International Mountain Leader (UIMLA) is a mountain professional qualified according to the international standards of the Union of International Mountain Leader Associations (UIMLA), the organization that brings together national associations of mid-mountain leaders from numerous countries.

This qualification certifies technical, environmental and interpersonal skills for leading people in non-glacial and non-mountaineering mountain environments, in all seasons. The International Mountain Leader is trained to plan and manage hikes and treks safely, interpret weather and environmental conditions, navigate with traditional and digital tools, assess risks and handle emergency situations with competence and professionalism.