Guide and mountain leader
Bureau des Guides et Accompagnateurs de Briançon
From Briançon, this guides office covers a very wide range of guided activities, from ice climbing in winter to canyoning and paragliding in summer.
At a glance
- Area
- Briançonnais
- Opening season
- Year-round
- Official website
- www.guides-briancon.com (new tab)
- Opening times
- All year, daily, 5pm-7pm. In summer: daily, 2.30pm-7.30pm, plus Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, 10am-12.30pm. Mobile and WhatsApp: +33 7 62 41 51 48.
- Phone
- 04 92 20 15 73
- Address
- 24 rue Centrale, 05100 Briançon
Information from Département des Hautes-Alpes (Geotrek)(new tab), checked on . Opening times may change: please check before you go.
Experiences on offer
- Summer and winter mountaineering
- Climbing and multi-pitch routes (from €230 per day)
- Via ferrata and canyoning
- Hiking, llama trekking, sledge hikes
- Ski touring, off-piste, ice climbing
- Paragliding
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