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  • Alps after the lifts close?
  • Cheezpleez
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    Planning an Alps trip or similar for mid-Sept. Lifts will be closed by then but is there anywhere we could a) get uplifts or b) get good riding in without endless firetrack climbs?

    Anyone got any ideas or experience?

    snaps
    Free Member

    Zermatt – we spent the first week in October there & everything was open, three main lifts, plenty of lift assisted XC/FR type stuff.

    Cheezpleez
    Full Member

    Interesting! Will check that out.
    Anywhere else?

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    tomtomr
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    I think the main lift in Verbier remains on daily opening until late September, and later than that for weekend opening.

    If you buy a copy of Dirt there’s a voucher in there for bogof lift passes too.

    alpin
    Free Member

    finale?

    ir12daveor
    Free Member

    All the Swiss Alps resorts stay open ’till well into October.

    creaser
    Free Member

    Verbier lifts stay open until oct the riding is amazing

    Cheezpleez
    Full Member

    Ah, thanks all. I assumed all lifts closed by early Sept. Will look at Verbier.

    Finale is tempting, too, but a long way to drive, which is our preferred option

    Cheezpleez
    Full Member

    Blimey! Switzerland is chuffin’ expensive

    Cheezpleez
    Full Member

    Anyone used Justride in Finale? Prices look OK

    mikewsmith
    Free Member
    alpin
    Free Member

    Switzerland is affordable if you are earning swiss francs or have a credit card from mummy and daddy.

    cynic-al
    Free Member

    riviera and white room use vans

    ir12daveor
    Free Member

    Switzerland doesn’t have to be that expensive. You just need to know where to look.

    Cheezpleez
    Full Member

    Been with Rivierabike and loved it but looking at other options too. White Room is full when I’m free.
    Seems the lifts in Chatel stay open a bit longer. Anyone got experience of riding there?

    And @ir12daveor – go on, where should I look? 🙂

    watsontony
    Free Member

    Back Country with the White Room?

    is this the going rate seems very very cheap

    Munqe-chick
    Free Member

    Bike Verbier. phenomenal and worth every penny.

    bradbird
    Free Member

    I’ve been to Verbier before with MTB Verbier and it’s amazing. Looking to go back between the 16th – 19th of August on the cheap this time without a guide – anyone have good suggestions for single track XC routes? There are 2 of us and we’d dig to hook up with other riders on a similar mission.

    coogan
    Free Member

    The White Room. Lift was open only one day at Les Arcs and the rest was van and Landrover assisted.

    From June. Was awesome as always.

    stevomcd
    Free Member

    Back Country with the White Room?

    is this the going rate seems very very cheap

    You can pay extra if you like, no worries. 😉

    boltonjon
    Full Member

    I rode Zermatt for a day last month and loved it, but, as people above have said, its very expensive – especially the lifts

    However, its a great place – full of weird little electric vehicles – its like Thomas the Tank Engine on acid

    Also, its also completely full of retro classic MTBs just left against walls

    Moreover – you are riding some of the best trails in Europe under the shadow of the Matterhorn. Proper Epic!

    [/url] Matterhorn by boltonjon, on Flickr[/img]

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    [/url] GT by boltonjon, on Flickr[/img]

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    And mine

    [/url] Liteville by boltonjon, on Flickr[/img]

    mikewsmith
    Free Member

    Back Country with the White Room?
    is this the going rate seems very very cheap

    That seems to be the price but worth twice that!

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