In the Champagny en Vanoise valley will be the week’s breather.

Above all the Gorzderette is a gathering of enthusiasts who love the mountains. It’s also a multi-activity tournament of "sports-for-fun" (ice climbing, archery, Nordic skiing, big air, hay sled runs) centred on the ice climbing tower.

In the evening it becomes the top place for concerts. This event is also a chance for the world’s best ice-climbers to get together for a weekend when the order of the day is: "Relax, it’ll be just fine!"

Internationally renowned climbers, the likes of Daniel Dulac, François Damilano, the Slovak Marko Prezelj winner of the 2007 Golden Ice Axe, come and chill out for a weekend with their friends. This gathering of frozen fellows sets the tone for an ultra congenial weekend of festivities.

Click on www.gzd.fr for all the details, videos, and photos of previous occasions …