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Journal · SportsCross-country training camp: the whole house instead of a centre package
By Robin — your host · sources at the end · 12 July 2026 · updated 11 October 2026 · 2 min read · Our method
For a cross-country training camp, there are two lodging models: the centre, with its canteen and shared rooms, or the private house, where the group lives on its own schedule. The second suits clubs that run their own meals, timings and waxing. In Foncine-le-Bas, that is how Jura 835 works: one group in the whole house.
What the formula changes
A training centre does its job well: structure, coaching, trails close by, tight prices. We offer the other model. The group has the house to itself: in the evening you are among teammates, with no canteen hours and no corridor neighbours. Bedtime follows tomorrow’s session, not the house rules. Outside, the snow swallows the sounds of the village. The coach keeps control of the schedule, with no establishment rules to negotiate.
A real kitchen, a long table
The kitchen is yours. You set rations and timings without depending on a service, and cook big on long-session nights, filling tomorrow’s bottles before bed. The long table works two shifts: dinner first, then waxing, skis laid out and irons hot, tomorrow’s session taking shape while the stove burns. One evening a week, a wedge of Comté from the village dairy on the board; the other evenings, whatever the training plan calls for.
Train next door, come home for lunch
A camp’s rhythm comes down to proximity. A 10 min drive takes the team to the nordic area at Foncine-le-Haut, where Jura Tourisme lists 18 routes adding up to 110 km. You train in the morning, come home for lunch and go back out in the afternoon with no shuttle, and on bad-weather days you shift the session without losing the day. The trails and the whole area are covered on the dedicated page.
Dry, wax, go again
A camp is also won after the session, in the hour that follows the effort. The house has a ski room with space to dry your kit: boots, gloves and kit dry overnight, and you head out the next day with gear that is ready. Draw up a waxing rota on the first evening, in pairs, so the table does not turn into a traffic jam, and put the irons away as soon as the session ends. For the long-distance traverse that passes close by, see the GTJ at Foncine-le-Haut.
A club’s budget
You pay for the property, never per bed: the weekly rate begins at €4,200, split across the skiers into a figure any treasurer can follow. Up to 6 to 8 sleep in 3 bedrooms, with 2 bathrooms for post-session showers; the 1 Gbit/s line handles the evening video analysis. For a summer camp, see our trail week on five loops.