Summer Hiking and Outdoor Sports
From Domaine Napoléon, the mountains become a true outdoor playground.Between hiking, adventure activities and aerial sports, everyone can experience the Hautes-Alpes at their own pace — whether you’re looking to explore, challenge yourself or simply enjoy the moment.
Hiking, Mountains & Trail Running
Explore the Hautes-Alpes on footExplore the Hautes-Alpes on foot, surrounded by unspoilt nature.
From easy walks to more challenging mountain hikes, the trails offer an incredible variety of landscapes, from forests and ridgelines to outstanding panoramic views.
Domaine Napoléon is an ideal starting point for hiking, trail running, nature walks and sporty mountain outings.
Nearby, must-see sites such as Écrins National Park and the Charance Estate offer a wide range of landscapes, with forests, Alpine terrain and exceptional viewpoints.
Experience the mountains from a different angle
For thrill-seekers, the mountains can also be enjoyed vertically.Climbing on natural rock faces, secure via ferrata routes or canyoning descents… these activities offer a different way to discover the landscape, between rock, water and adrenaline.
Climbing
Via ferrata on equipped routes
Canyoning: river descents, jumps and natural slides
Accessible experiences supervised by professionals, combining fun, adventure and safety.
Air Sports & Paragliding
Take to the skiesGain height and discover the Hautes-Alpes from a whole new perspective.
Paragliding offers a truly unforgettable experience, with breathtaking views over the valleys, mountains and Lake Serre-Ponçon.
Thanks to the nearby Gap-Tallard airfield, enjoy a unique moment between pure freedom, gentle thrills and wide-open horizons.
Rafting, Hydrospeed & Paddleboarding
White-water fun on the DuranceIn an idyllic setting on the Durance River, enjoy a wide range of water activities: rafting, hydrospeed, canoeing, inflatable kayaking and paddleboarding.
Rafting
Rafting is done in an inflatable boat designed for river descents. In groups of 3 to 10 people, you paddle together with a guide on board. It is an ideal way to discover the river, its currents and its energy.
The experience can be gentle and accessible, or more intense depending on the route.
From age 7.
Hydrospeed
Lying on a foam float, equipped with a reinforced wetsuit, helmet and fins, you ride the fast-flowing currents as close to the water as possible.
Follow your guide, steer your float and kick through the rapids for a real white-water thrill.
From age 12.
Canoeing
In pairs, you steer your inflatable canoe down the river, avoiding the different currents and obstacles along the way, while your guide leads the route from their own boat.
A fun and accessible activity to enjoy the river together.
From age 7, accompanied by an adult.
Inflatable Kayaking
Alone in your inflatable kayak, you choose your line and navigate the river with advice and guidance from your instructor.
A more independent and dynamic way to experience white-water adventure.
From age 12.
Caving
A unique underground adventureOn your own, with family or friends, enjoy an unusual adventure that feels truly out of time with Marc — our passionate caving guide, who has been exploring caves for 26 years.
A qualified state-certified instructor in caving and canyoning, as well as a mountain leader and Nordic skiing instructor, Marc will guide you safely through this fascinating underground world.
Explore like an adventurer — from age 5
Set off to discover a cave and experience a family adventure that is both active and fun.
Along the way, you will learn about geology, hydrology, archaeology and cave wildlife. You will also discover how your body adapts to a completely new environment — becoming curious, confident and ready to explore.
Caving is an adventure that brings people together. As you progress underground, you learn to trust, help and support one another — because in caving, teamwork really matters.
La Résurrection Cave – Agnielles Valley
10 minutes from Aspres-sur-Buëch and Veynes
35 minutes from Gap
50 minutes from Sisteron
A truly unusual experience
Caving is a shared adventure, combining self-challenge, discovery and unforgettable sensations.
This out-of-time experience takes you through surprising underground landscapes: crossing a small underground lake in an inflatable boat, sporty progression through water passages, and easy climbing sections.
Dévoluy area
30 minutes from Veynes
45 minutes from Gap
Underground Via Ferrata in the Dévoluy
Explore the Chourum des TunesExplore the underground via ferrata of the Chourum des Tunes, located in the Dévoluy massif.
This cave is a through-route: you enter from one side and come out on the other. The progression is varied and exciting, with cable handrails, a walkway, a monkey bridge, climbing sections and narrow passages.
This out-of-time experience takes you into a completely different world, with unusual situations and surprising underground landscapes.