anyone know where abouts it is and how to get from it from the town?
Is it up near vallorcine on the other side of the valley?

Yep it's up the valley, get the train to val or go to letour and over the saddle into the top of it. Such a sweet track. Well worth a visit. One thing to note. They are only letting 5 or 6 bikes on each train now so best thing to do is get the chair back up at the end of the day and do the col du possetts run back along the valley.

thanks neil

neil, i have just had an email from someone in chamonix who says that the bike park is at Les Houches/Bellvue (about 4 miles south of Chamonix)

also the new d/h run from Flegere opened yesterday

Hi Neil n Gooner, there are some good jumps, 6 pack and such like in les praz just opposite the helicopter station, and a skills loop type bike park thingy thats worth a go if your up there, off the Bellvue lift.
Hope to see you in 10 days Gooner.

forgotmename,

we fly in late monday night so will be biking from tuesday morning and probably at the pub for an apres pint (if we can afford one!) from abot 4:30 so hopefully see you

looking forward to trying the new flegere d/h run

yer there is a riding centre at Les Houches, i thought you meant the new dh stuff at val…

Val wins hands down imo for that style of riding…

yeah we like vallorcine when we tried it for the first time but as you said getting back on the train can be a problem with the 6 bike rule although there is a nice little bar to wait at if its the end of the day!
I don't think the vallorcine lift opens until july so we usually make this run the last of the day

There's a small 'park' at les houches. A dh run at Vallorcine (august) and a new red and blue run from L'index to flegere and another red run from flegere to les praz. OPens 18th June. Nobody has ridden it all yet but the bottom bit is a load of switchbacks.

There is also some hidden north shore that nobody has used for years and the aforemention bike jumps next to the PGHM helo's.

There was a sort of dh run at le tour, don't know if thats still there as it isnt open yet.

Gooner, i am driving through the day on 22nd, so we'l be riding from wed, so il look out for you apres ride on weds, brevent not open until sat so we'l be waiting at lift station around 9am 26th.

You've basically got 3 built DH areas in the Chamonix Valley – Les Houches Bike Park is, er, in Les Houches – a couple of km down the valley from Chamonix itself (various runs for different abilities including a lot of Shore). Then there's Vallorcine (very steep and technical in places), which is just beyond the top of the Valley on the way towards the border at Chatelard. Finally, the actual Chamonix Bike Park" itself is the newest addition – this only officailly opened fully about two and a half weeks ago, as there were a few issues with snow and logisitics that delayed it from the 3rd July. This is just outside the town centre at Flegere, next to th Golf Course. There's 2 reds (can be ridden as one continous descent, with a 1300m height loss) and a blue – and the top section "Planet Mars" is great fun in particular!If it's gelpful for anyone, we just did a review of it -Review of Chamonix Bike Park July 2010 Hope that helps!