Caving Alpes

The Comité Spéléologique Départemental de Haute-Savoie is a caving organization based in La Roche-sur-Foron. Their website provides information on the various commissions and activities offered by the committee. These include a library with over 800 books on various subjects related to the underground environment, such as karstology, hydrology, geology, topography, cave diving, photography and more. Federated cavers can borrow these books by contacting Norbert Wourms. The committee is also involved in biospeleology, helping to protect bats and studying cave fauna. They collaborate with other organizations and share their observations with the scientific community. The Comité Départemental de Spéléologie de Haute-Savoie is affiliated to the Fédération Française de Spéléologie and is recognized as an association for the protection of nature and a player in civil security.

Discover the vats of Sassenage, supervised by a professional, by following a playful course, marked out through the cave, on Nepalese bridges, monkey bridges and zip lines. At the border of caving and tree climbing, Accrogrotte allows you to make an underground course a real adventure. Different formulas are possible according to the aptitudes and desires of each person, from 8 years old. Attention, reservation is required! Other disciplines are also offered, such as canyoning, via ferrata, biathlon, etc.

Some licensees participate in club activities, caving and caving-diving in particular. The development exits take place almost every weekend, in the Dévoluy massif but also throughout France.

The Spéléo-Club des Mémises is a caving association based in Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie. It is part of the Comité Départemental de Spéléologie de Haute-Savoie (CDS74), which groups together the department's federated cavers. The CDS74 is a major player in caving in the region, both in terms of discovering the discipline and protecting underground environments. It also offers training and expertise for its members, as well as underground rescue services. Caving is a multi-disciplinary activity combining scientific, environmental, sporting and leisure aspects. It allows you to explore natural, man-made or anthropogenic underground environments, and to contribute to their study, knowledge and conservation. To discover caving, we recommend that you join a club or work with qualified professionals. The CDS74 is also involved in the publication of specialist works on caving.

Hiking, Canyoning, glacial caving, the Carmine Gaillard group benefits from the proximity of the alpine mountains to organize, with its 21 members, raids in the various caves in the region. Beginners can thus make their weapons, and the confirmed ones find descent to their taste.

SCA practises surface prospecting, underground topography, and occasionally canyoning. Its exploration work is mainly located in Haute-Savoie, on the mountains of Sous-Dine, Plaine-Joux, Bostan and the Salève… As for the initiation exits, they are mainly at the cave of Megevette, in Balme and in the Cave Cave. Meeting every first Thursday from the month to 20 pm at the club premises.

The Spéléo-Club du Mont-Blanc is an association based in Sallanches, in the Flaine massif. Although their website is still under construction, it is possible to consult the latest reports on the club's outings. We recommend that you check their website regularly for the most up-to-date information.

They offer a range of activities, including caving. The club organizes outings to caves in Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Isère, Ardèche, Switzerland, Spain and elsewhere. They offer introductory courses for beginners, as well as explorations for experienced cavers. The club has a friendly team and serious supervisors.