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This blog was created to help our students and visitors in their quest to learn new languages and to share our passion for the mountains. If you like our posts, feel free to share them with your friends so we can help others to learn new languages and discover what Chamonix has to offer.
Alice is teacher French at Insted

Formation Professionnelle – Self-employed or a company owner

 | Formation professionnelle
  The Formation Professionnelle process – Self-employed or a company owner Follow the instructions bellow and feel free to contact us if you need any help. It takes time to get accepted to Formation Professionnelle, so you have to send the application minimum 30 days before the start of the course. The process differs if you are […] Read more

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Altitude medicine talk at Insted

 | Formation professionnelle, Insted
  We want to thank everyone for coming to the Altitude medicine talk! This was the first time Insted and Ifremmont did an event together and we think it was a big success, we hope that you liked as much as we did. “I would just like to say how good the first lecture (in […] Read more

Jérôme Para climbing in Chamonix with Ifremmont

What do you know about altitude sickness?

 | Chamonix
  5 True-False questions about altitude A good physical fitness help to prevent altitude sickness. Smokers are more exposed to altitude sickness. Speed of ascent is tightly correlated to symptoms severity. Acute mountain sickness (AMS) can occurs at 2500m. AMS cannot occur during a short altitude exposure (<4h). Find the answers bellow this picture   […] Read more

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Altitude lecture at Insted

 | Insted
  Learn more about Altitude medicine and Formation Professionnelle Insted and Ifremmont would like to invite businesses of Chamonix to 1 hour free lecture about Altitude medicine and Formation Professionnelle. Dr. Hugo Nespoulet from Ifremmont (The Institute for training and Research on Mountain Medicine) will have a lecture about Altitude medicine. Ifremmont is doing research in Chamonix about mountain medicin […] Read more

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Formation professionnelle at INSTED

 | Formation professionnelle
  What is Formation Professionnelle? Anyone working in France on a French contract can apply to a Caisse de Formation to receive a partial or full bursary towards the costs of French studies. The amount you can apply for depends on the individual’s circumstances. Normally 80 to 100% of the costs will be covered by […] Read more

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Study Ski Extra in Chamonix

 | Insted
  We have created a new package called Ski Exta for our Ski & Study-students Ifremmont and us at Insted started the creation of Ski Extra in June. It seemed early at the time when thinking about the winter but we are happy that we did. Today we can present the new Ski Extra-package that is an additional package for our […] Read more

Trail Aiguilles rouges

 | Chamonix
  Trail Aiguilles rouges, the most beautiful race in the world? On Sunday the 28th November it is time for the eighth addition of the local race Trail Aiguilles Rouges. It’s a 54km race, with +/- 3600m of altitude gain and it must be completed in less than 13 hours. This race is said to […] Read more