wheres the best place in the alps for riding to suit all abilities, like gentle flowy single track and also more challenging descents.

Is moraine the best choice? What about Les Arcs area, although have read its not so easy to find stuff there.

Any other areas?

We take a mixed group to Morzine and it’s pretty spot on. Plenty of everything from full uplift downhilling to remote xc. Some tough trails and some easy ones and miles of singletrack.

Les arcs is a bit more advanced, much steeper too. Morzine has a great lift network as well and a lot more blues and greens. The trail grading is different to here, the blues are basically reds over here.

Yes PdS is a good choice, whether Morzine is the best place to stay vs say Les Gets or Chatel might be open to debate buts it’s well located to access the rest of the area.

Staying in Morzine means that if you miss the last lift of the day back up to your accommodation you won’t have to get a taxi/ cycle back up. When all is said and done though, I’ve always preferred staying out of Morzine itself. If you have your own transport you can take advantage of some great deals on accommodation. We have just booked an appartment for 8 for a fortnight for E600:00 in St Jean D’Aulps.