March 24, 2025: Wildlife & Mountains: Best Practices

How to practice our outdoor activities without disturbing wildlife? 🌲🦌

Come and chat with Baptiste Deturche, wildlife filmmaker, and Christelle Bakhache, nature sports specialist, both members of the Lagoped Family. They will share their knowledge through images and discussions to better understand the animals that inhabit our mountains and the actions to take to protect them.

Born and based in Haute-Savoie, Baptiste Deturche is an independent wildlife filmmaker deeply attached to the Northern Alps. His love for nature is rooted in his childhood, nurtured by forest walks with his father and the family heritage of a life in harmony with the land. After a decisive encounter at university that introduced him to wildlife imagery, he started working independently to film wild fauna with an ethical and unembellished approach. For him, cinema is a powerful tool for raising awareness: "to make known, to make loved, to make protected". His work takes him to explore many territories, but he always returns to his first inspirations: the mountains and French biodiversity. A proud member of the Lagoped Family, he appreciates the brand’s local and responsible commitment, perfectly suited to the demands of his profession. Currently, he is working on several film projects, including two films dedicated to wolves.

Christelle Bakhache is the nature sports project manager for Asters, the conservatory of natural spaces in Haute-Savoie. Passionate about the mountains in all their forms – hiking, skiing, mountaineering, or sailing – she dedicates her work and leisure to reconciling outdoor sports with the preservation of natural environments. For her, the mountain is not just a playground but a fragile space that must be learned to understand and respect. Through her adventures, from wild Scotland to the Norwegian big walls, she seeks to explore nature in its rawest state, minimizing her footprint and cultivating a sensitive and immersive approach. A member of the Lagoped Family for several years, she sees the brand as a constant reminder that we share these spaces with other forms of life. For her, wearing the ptarmigan symbolizes a commitment: one of a more respectful and integrated approach to nature.