Adventure Ski

Adventure Sports & Ski Camp at Les ELfes Verbier

Les Elfes was a dream before I visited it . It was a yay moment when my parents agreed to send me . I was so enthusiastic while packing all my stuff and thinking about travelling to Switzerland with an international group of my age. The campaign brochures and its sites had already captivated me a lot. Finally the day came and I travelled with my chaperon Ms. Rachna and eight more children from India to Swiss.

At the GVA airport Les elfes had its own counter . The guy who came to pick us up was Fred. He gave a taste of how my coming week would be. He was too easy to talk to and such a hilarious guy . There I met two more people from New York and Russia . Nicole was the girl from New York and became a good friend of mine. It gave an essence of being free and independent. Then we travelled till Les Elfes together and was really impressed the way our chaperon told everything about we were seeing on our way. After reaching the members there welcomed us really warmly by introducing themselves with smiling faces . We were shown our chalets and rooms which were no less. Also we went to shop that day with our group and got our ski equipments . The same evening we met a French woman who specialised in baking cookies and snacks. They were lovely and we wanted to eat more than our bellies allowed us to. Next day we went to Ski on the bunny slopes and our trainers Alice and Alessio were so friendly and tranquil. Learning how to get skis on and handling them was a lot of fun. Then after that day our group got promoted to blue slopes . Travelling together on lifts and clicking pictures with them was the real fun. It was a sense of achievement and ” yes I have done something”. Getting lunch on slopes and sitting on snow was something unique and amazing . Even falling after every try didn’t loose are confidence but encouraged us to do better. Everyone of us was so curious to learn ski in such an amazing aura . Under this excitement I could also bear the coldest days of my life till now.

Then on the last day I realised that Ski is actually my cup of tea. We did the red slopes. We went 2400 metres high and skied . The view we got there just can’t be expressed in words. It seemed that I was on top of all the mountains amidst the clouds . Moreover when the strays of Sun came across the mountains it all glowed and looked all animated . Rainbows were visible and seemed to just purify one’s soul . Skiing down from there in that wind completely turned me into another person . That sense of handwork and accomplishment can’t come in me with any other thing I do. My chaperon used to encourage and cheer us so much . In all Les elfes is a mandatory place to go to find yourself and turn your personality upside down .

Nehal Gupta

The Indian Mascot