Mountain team building
Grenoble → Vercors → Villard-de-Lans
The mountain doesn't cheat: it turns a group of colleagues into a real team.
The Vercors nature park, 45 minutes from Grenoble, is the ideal place to put that to the test: escape game in the forest, snow activities, team hike, nature immersion, practical info. Our mountain team building activities are built to leave a mark, not to fill a programme.
Half-day, full day or multi-day corporate retreat: the Pied Vert field team builds a 100% tailored programme with you, suited to your group and to the season. From 2 to 80 participants, whatever the physical level.
Why entrust your corporate retreat to Pied Vert?
- Impact through nature: clean air, wild settings and shared effort build a cohesion that no meeting room or bowling alley can match
- 100% tailored: programmes from 2 to 80 participants, every season. What matters is that each colleague leaves with a smile and a sense of achievement
- Local expertise: our state-qualified leaders live in the Vercors. They know every path, adapt to the weather in real time, and lead your team with pedagogy and craft
10 nature activities for your next team building
Nature escape game
Set off to find the legendary chest of the Count of Bois Bubar, lost in the Vercors forests. Warning: no puzzle gets solved alone.
Cooperation, listening and collective intelligence are the real keys to this nature escape game, the lead activity to bring your team together in a wild setting.
Available at Villard-de-Lans or in the Return of the Wolf at Autrans-Méaudre version. In winter, try the snowshoe escape game!
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Navigation & mountain survival
The Fire Challenge
In teams, your colleagues walk the Vercors paths, solve puzzles and gather ingredients to be the first to light a fire the ancestral way, without a lighter or matches.
A navigation challenge that mixes healthy competition with cooperation, by day or by night, for 2 to 60 participants.
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Full-scale strategy game
The Totem Guardians
Your team becomes guardian of the Sacred Totem: a collective challenge in nature where every player matters to put out the flames of an ancestral curse before it's too late.
For 10 to 80 participants, this full-scale game mixes cooperation with strategy. Designed and run by mountain professionals.
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Reaching the goal together
Team building hike
The most inclusive activity. Walking side by side breaks down hierarchical barriers and frees conversation.
A mountain hike is the metaphor of a company project: setting a heading, helping each other through difficulty, celebrating at the summit. Our leaders adapt the pace so no one gets left behind.
Half-day, full day with a local picnic, or evening at a refuge: everything is tailored.
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On the trail of the
Wolves of the Vercors
Head out on the trail of the Vercors wolves with your team. Observation, play, collective intelligence: together, you'll learn to read signs of the wolf's presence, decode its role in the ecosystem and piece together its history with humans.
Not inspired by the wolf? Our naturalists also offer the deer rut, the agility of the chamois or a wildlife outing among the wild species of the Vercors.
Head off on the wolf's trail →
Five-senses outing
Take the pressure down with a sensory pause in the Vercors: mindful walking, stretching, listening to the sounds of the forest.
Ideal to switch off from work rhythm or to close a corporate retreat on a calm note. Run by our Pied Vert mountain leaders, this outing favours letting go and managing stress as a team.
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With snow ❄️ ❄️
Building an
Igloo
After a technical brief from your mountain leader, the real challenge begins: cutting, assembling and putting together an igloo solid enough to shelter inside.
Extend the experience by organising a mountain meal inside (Vertaco fondue or raclette by candlelight), or even a night in an igloo.
In summer, snow gives way to poles and knots: after an introduction to lashing, your team builds a real wooden shelter. Bench, table, plates. Will the camp be ready for dinner?
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Effort before reward
Snowshoes & raclette
Bring your teams together for an evening snowshoeing by the light of headlamps. Our leaders guide you through silent forests, far from the buzz of open-plan offices.
After a fine walk, head for a refuge to share a melting raclette by the fire.
Discover the snowshoe evening →
See all the winter team building activities offered by Pied Vert.
Got other ideas for a mountain team building? Every outing on this site can be adapted to your mountain retreat: nature activity, Vercors hike, snow activity.
Organising your mountain retreat: practical info
Reaching the Vercors
The Vercors is easily reached from the major cities in the region:
- Grenoble: 45 min by car. See our team building ideas in Grenoble
- Lyon: 1h30 by motorway. See our team building ideas from Lyon
- Valence: 1h by national road
Grenoble TGV station, then shuttle or organised transfer to Villard-de-Lans, Autrans-Méaudre or Lans-en-Vercors.
Accommodation and catering
We help you choose where to stay: hotels, mountain refuges or group rentals. Discover our suggestions on the stay in the Vercors page.
For catering, we work with a network of local restaurateurs able to welcome your groups (raclette in a refuge, mountain meal, caterer on site).
Year round, with or without snow
Our activities adapt to every season. In winter, take advantage of the snow for winter team building activities (snowshoes, igloo, snowshoe escape game). If there isn't enough snow, we always offer alternatives.
In spring, summer and autumn, the Vercors opens up its forests, ridges and wildlife.
Let's talk about your retreat project
Contact the Pied Vert field team directly to prepare your corporate outing project with you.
- 07 66 64 90 96
- contactpiedvert.com
Frequently asked questions
How many participants for a mountain team building?
Our activities host 2 to 80 participants. For larger groups, several leaders co-run the outing to keep the conviviality and flow.
Do I need to be sporty to take part?
No. The point of a team building isn't sports performance, but the shared moment. All our activities are accessible, and we adapt the route and pace to your group.
What is the best season?
The Vercors works for corporate retreats year round. Winter offers a snowy setting for snowshoe, igloo or escape game activities. Spring and autumn are perfect for activities, hiking and wildlife outings. Summer mixes sport and relaxation.
Do you offer tailored quotes?
Yes, every programme is built around your goals, group size, season and budget. Contact us for a personalised quote.
How to reach the Vercors from Grenoble or Lyon?
From Grenoble, count 45 minutes by car. From Lyon, around 1h30 by motorway. Grenoble TGV station gives easy access for teams coming from across France. We can advise on transfers.
They trusted Pied Vert
They organised their outdoor retreat with Pied Vert, and their teams still remember it: ILCO Telecom, BD, Hardis, Expectra, Cimalp, ARaymond, Rossignol, Schneider Electric, Arkéa, Les Compagnons du Tour de France and many others.
Reviews
I highly recommend Pied Vert...★★★★★ Comment sent by Lina Morelin Mayon GoogleI highly recommend Pied Vert as guides. My team and I tried the 'Fire Challenge' activity and the 'on the trail of the wolf' walk up to the Clariant restaurant. We had fun and learned loads about Vercors wildlife. A huge thank you to the Pied Vert team for taking such good care of us!
Our agency organised a bivouac night...★★★★★ Comment sent by Kaban Eventsin Mayon GoogleOur agency organised a bivouac night for a 8-person seminar (executive committee) and they were delighted. The feedback is really positive. Yoann is a great guide. The gear used is top, and the dinner cooked on a little Jetboil stove was delicious. The night under the tent was a memorable moment, and waking up on the Vercors plateaus was a really memorable experience. Bravo!
The Pied Vert "little extra" for your retreat
Pied Vert offers a panel of activities accessible to all, for a good moment in the mountains and to meet your team building goals.
Pied Vert activities means:
- Experiences to live together: escape game in the forest, igloo building, wolf tracking. Moments that strengthen the bonds long after the retreat
- A teaching approach respectful of nature: each outing is a chance to discover the mountain environment, its wildlife and flora, with passionate professionals
- Outings in full safety, run by state-qualified mountain leaders
The Pied Vert plus? Based in the Vercors year-round, we're facilitators for the Vercors Destination to meet your needs.
For example, you want an atmosphere + a restaurant + a venue + an activity in Villard-de-Lans? We design the activity to start directly from a partner restaurant or hotel. We suggest several trusted venues, and you contact the restaurants directly.
Each activity can be tailored to your timing, to the make-up of your group (physical level / family). These activities can follow one another logically for a global approach to your retreat day by day.
We aren't alone in the Vercors. If your project doesn't match our know-how, we can also redirect you to other providers based on your wishes, such as Alice, who offers team building on horseback.
Want personalised advice? Call us on 07 66 64 90 96.