Summer Adventures in the Alps
From sunlit valleys to towering peaks and endless glaciers of the Alps, our premium, curated summer adventures are crafted for outdoor enthusiasts of all levels. Whether you're navigating scenic trails or honing essential mountain skills, our summer trips focus on unlocking your inner explorer, building confidence, and discovering a deeper connection to the mountains.
TOUR DU MONT BLANC TREK
Our all inclusive Life Happens Outdoors Tour du Mont Blanc delivers a world class hut to hut trekking experience across the French, Italian and Swiss Alps. We curate the route to showcase the most stunning sections of the TMB, including Lac Blanc, Val Veny and Champex Lac, giving you the highlights many standard itineraries miss. Your journey combines high mountain huts with charming Alpine villages, offering both authentic adventure and comfortable rest. Included meals add a memorable culinary touch throughout the trek. This is one of our most popular LHO adventures, known for its thoughtful pacing, spectacular viewpoints and community driven atmosphere that sets it apart from typical Tour du Mont Blanc packages. Expert reviewed and approved by Lucía Guichot Martín, AMM trekking guide and IFMGA mountain guide, on 23 August 2026. Meet the qualified Tour du Mont Blanc trekking guides who work with LHO.
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CHAMONIX VALLEY TREKS
Our LHO Chamonix Valley Treks experience offers a carefully curated selection of the valley's best trails. You'll stay at the same comfortable accommodation each night and enjoy full-board, including dining out as part of this adventure. Our selected guides and your LHO Team Leader will be there to care for you every step of the way and capture stunning photos of your journey. Meet the qualified Alpine trekking guides who work with LHO across our nontechnical walking programmes in the Alps.
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CHAMONIX-ZERMATT HAUTE ROUTE EXPEDITION
By blending comfortable hotels for rest and recovery, a strategic choice of mountain huts to maximize the trail experience, veteran IFMGA-certified mountain guides to maintain our flawless safety record, and our expert LHO Team Leader to boost morale, sustain the LHO vibe, and capture unforgettable photos, our LHO Chamonix Zermatt Haute Route Expedition is an exceptional alpine Haute Route experience. This iconic glacier trek takes you along one of the most breathtaking routes in the Alps, combining the best of the Haute Route Chamonix to Zermatt with expert guidance, stunning scenery, and a spirit of adventure like no other. Explore our wider Alps mountaineering expeditions and courses to compare this glacier journey with other technical mountain experiences. LHO Veteran Guides Grégoire Sauget and Philippe Legier have led LHO Haute Route and wider Alpine programmes. Meet the IFMGA mountain guides who work with Life Happens Outdoors.
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VIA FERRATA IN THE DOLOMITES
Spanning the stunning landscapes of northern Italy, our LHO Dolomites adventure offers one of the most thrilling via ferrata Italy Dolomites experiences in Europe. Beginning and ending in Bolzano, this journey immerses both first-timers and seasoned climbers in iconic routes like Catinaccio d'Antermoia and Sentiero de Luca, while exploring the historic Via Delle Trincee. With stays in remote mountain refuges such as Rifugio Alpe di Tires and Rifugio Locatelli, and a visit to the serene Lago di Braies, this Dolomites via ferrata tour is an unforgettable alpine experience!
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CLIMB MONT BLANC
Life Happens Outdoors' eight day Mont Blanc Summit Course is designed for fit, prepared first time alpine climbers who want structured acclimatisation, mountain skills training and a guided attempt via the Goûter route. It is not a beginner fitness programme: you must arrive ready for long mountain days and sustained ascent and descent at altitude. IFMGA certified guides lead the mountain days, with a published 2:1 guide to client ratio when climbing Mont Blanc. The eight-day itinerary is designed with flexibility and safety margins. Progression to the summit phase is conditional on fitness, technical readiness, weather, mountain conditions, access and guide judgement. The guides may change the objective or turn the team around when conditions or readiness do not support a Mont Blanc attempt. A summit is never guaranteed. Meet the IFMGA mountain guides who work with LHO in Chamonix and learn how their qualifications and Alpine experience support the technical leadership on our mountain days.
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ROCK CLIMBING IN CHAMONIX
Our LHO Chamonix Rock Climbing Course offers a well-rounded climbing experience that goes far beyond scaling rock faces. This carefully designed itinerary emphasizes skill development, safety, and personal growth, allowing climbers of all levels to set and pursue their unique goals. From learning the essentials of belaying and lead climbing to exploring iconic multi-pitch routes, each day in Chamonix is crafted to deepen your climbing expertise, build confidence, and ignite a lasting love for alpine climbing. Under the guidance of experienced instructors and surrounded by the breathtaking landscapes of the Chamonix valley, you’ll tackle routes that challenge and inspire, setting the stage for lifelong climbing adventures.
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SPAGHETTI TOUR EXPEDITION
Spanning the Swiss Italian border, our LHO expedition to Monte Rosa's summits is named after the Italian mountain huts serving famous Spaghetti. Starting and ending in Zermatt, the Swiss resort town, our expedition provides a complete experience, avoiding any retracing of steps. It grants access to all summits, enabling us to savor the region's finest without cutting corners. See the certified mountain guides who work with LHO across the Alps, including guides pictured leading previous LHO teams on the Monte Rosa massif.
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