UCPA Partner Action Outdoors Launches New Family Ski Holiday Program For The 2018-19 Winter Season

UCPA partner Action Outdoors has launched its new winter family program with prices starting at £517 per person, ‘all-inclusive’ with 7 nights full-board accommodation, lift passes, ski instruction and equipment hire all included in the price.

The program includes dates over Christmas, New Year, February half term week and Easter, across three ski resorts in the French Alps with the UCPA centres in La Plagne, Les Contamines and Les 2 Alpes featuring as dedicated family holidays during those weeks.

Dates and prices:

• Christmas 2018 – La Plagne and Les Contamines, December 22, 2018, from £526
• New Year 2018-19 – La Plagne, December 29, 2018, £808
• February Half Term 2019 – Les Contamines, February 16, 2019, £701
• Easter 2019 – Les 2 Alpes, April 6, 2019, £585 and Les Contamines, April 13, 2019, £517

Prices include 7 nights accommodation, breakfast, lunch and evening dinner, 6 day lift pass, ski equipment hire, 12 hours of ski instruction for all levels, evening entertainment.

Tim Longstaff from Action Outdoors, said: “Our family ski weeks have become more and more popular over the past few years as they are without doubt the best value winter sports packages out there on the market over school holiday periods. We’ve also introduced La Plagne over New Year as the resort really knows how to throw a family party and the centre is ideal because of its ‘ski in, ski out’ facilities. All three resorts also have excellent snow records during the weeks we have selected them for as well as being suitable ski resorts for families in general”.

The UCPA family weeks are special weeks when the UCPA opens its doors to families and the age limits are lifted. Family instruction is open to anyone over the age of 7 years.

UCPA was set up over 50 years ago to encourage young people to take part in outdoors sports. It has since developed into a not for profit organisation that provides sport holidays for a wide range of ages with a huge range of accommodation options. Each year over 240,000 people enjoy a sport holiday with UCPA, enjoying accessibility to outdoor sports regardless of social background, income or culture. UCPA also offers trips and tours to some of the best destinations for outdoor sports in 75 countries including Vietnam, Portugal and Brazil.

A total of 80 different sports activities are offered in UCPA centres all year round, including, skiing, surfing, mountaineering, diving, sailing and horse riding. During winter, UCPA centres operate in some of the top resorts in the Alps such as Val Thorens, Tignes, Val d’Isère and Chamonix. The holidays are always All Inclusive – lift passes, ski hire, all meals and guiding is included in the price. UCPA is the largest ski school in France and have their own instructor development program which allows young people to develop their career in sport instruction, whilst providing a strong base of instructors and guides to work within each centre for the whole season.