I’m off on a trip to Morzine and Les Gets this summer, so, to cheer me up and get me all excited, anyone got any photos or videos they can post to show me what it’s going to be like and what I can expect, or links to albums if you’ve got a lot of photos, nice sunny one’s please 😀
Oh, and if you have any ‘must do’ routes let me know … some good long descending xc type routes would be good
No pics, I’m afraid, but there’s loads of long xc descents. you’ll love it. If you’ve got a car it’s worth heading over to Samoens for a day. It’s quite close and the riding makes a nice change.
Personally I’d steer clear of Les Gets – just seems to be a source of constant lift queues. I’d go up past avoriaz to chatel and the swiss bit has some epic singletrack.
And finally, crankworkx was on in Avoraz when we were there…. they had cheer leaders 😀
Wheelz – memories. Did that 4x into Les Gets with my son on child seat on the Five early last summer. You should have heard his screams of delight.
The day after I shot the video I took my nine-year-old son down the same trail on his Carrera hardtail. I was expecting him to struggle a bit, but he almost pwned me! It won’t happen again – I’ve set his brakes so the pads rub against the rear disc 😀
I’m heading back to morzine this summer to flowmtb budget chalet, been there the last two years only riding DH. Dunno whether to take my marin 140 as well this time and find some more “trail assisted riding” rather than lift up and shortest DH route back down.
How easy is it to find some of the delicious looking singletracks i’ve seen? eg. flowmtbguy’s first video?
There is a good XC route that leads from Avoriaz – Col de la Joux Verte round the side of the mountain down into Morzine, and over in Les Gets from the Chavannes lift there is another route (with some climbing) to the top of La Rosta with a great view of Mont Blanc then back down into Les Gets.
Both routes are marked on the site map.
I want to get back this year on my new 150mm with a decent set of brakes rather than a 100mm XC bike….
The ridge is a path from the ‘Col De Cou’ to Barme. This is how you get to it from the Swiss side:
From the top you can drop down to the ‘Mines D’Or’ on the French side or do the ridge down to Barme:
Not sure about any of it being cheeky. Don’t think the Swiss differentiate between ‘bridleways’ and ‘footpaths’. The local ‘Chausettes Rouges’ had a bit of a moan at us when we rode it although a local guide had recommended we try it…
I’d heard that the bit of ridge onwards from the barns at point 1816, on the col on the Arete de Berrois (just below the cross) was now classed as ‘cheeky’. The section as far as there is allowed though. So Once at the barns, drop down into that beautiful valley, lunch at Balme. Then screaming brakes down to Champerey, via La Braye.
I’ve been up to Col de Cou from Morzine side then down to Champery from there, but apart from some singeltrack at the top{which meant crossing some very slippery, dodgy leftover snow in the shade} it was double fire roads all the way to Champery.
Which way from the top is it to the Ridge trail then? Roughly I mean, and if it’s signed, which direction? Was an all morning slog up to Col de Cou from Mozrine mind…