Have a week off and looking to go somewhere abroad but think the lifts in the Alps aren't open then. Can anyone suggest somehwhere similar ?
cheers 🙂

if lifts aren't a necessity, then i can wholeheartedly recommend bikevillage.

just brilliant 🙂

cheers, but don't think they're open til 5 June? My holidays are 31 May – 5 June, so not the first full week of June

have you looked at bike verbier – http://www.bikeverbier.com/index_bv.php

i am off with them in their first week of the season – 29 May till 5 June

Scotland! and you can catch the World Cup DH and 4X whilst you're up!

Rivierabikes looks good.

Verbier, mate is going 2nd week then Trailaddiction in Sept. I have no money so not going 😥

rivierabike are excellent.

Second Scotland

http://www.aquickrelease.com – quality Pyrenees singletrack 🙂

First week of June?
Bike Village (although they seem to open on the 5th??), Bike Verbier or Riviera Bike.

Third vote for Scotland… 😀

Riviera for Italy, they're magic!

should 4th for Scotland since I am a native 😆

yep, BV open on 5th.

5th for Scotland 🙂

It'll be snowing in Scotland that week. Head for the sun. 😮

BV sometimes open early if there's enough demand,drop Sam,Lyndsey a mail
HM when you going out?

6th for Scotland.

We will be family camping in Aviemore again this year that week or the week after. That Lairig Ghru descent again. Can't wait.

andylaightscat – all being well i'll be out from the 26th june to (approx) 26th july

figured i may as well blow the last of my student loan on a month in the alps… you coming out again?

8)

From personal experience of all of them, then I'd also recommend bike village, rivierabike or bike verbier for that time of year. If you want a higher chance of good weather (and less snow) then you might also consider southern spain, e.g. near Granada. That's where Im headed in May, and the trails there are also absolutely superb. Try ridesierranevada or some of the many other operators down there(search for mountain biking near granada or sierra nevada).

I'd also check with them what kind of bike you have / riding you are after and match that with what style of guiding they are offering that week eg more xc biased, or are you after uplifts and primarliy downhill oriented trails…..can make a big difference to how much fun you'll have!

Scotland for the world cup, there will be 20,000 other mountain bikers there though

Second A Quick Release – great riding, and even better food. You need to ride up some hills to burn the food off…
It's also a bit quieter there at that time of year, so you can sometimes do trails then that are too rammed with walkers later in the season to be rideable.

+1 for Bikevillage went a couple of years ago early June, no lifts but had a great time, lots of singletrack, food, booze, good company.

HM,
should be out about then,was out 13-20 march working on the house with Sam,couple of rides,snow down at 1100m so sangot,martret,st germain,vulmix
out june for a week on road bike then 3-4weeks later on,a good year 😀

what happened to the rohloff? the "bolt on" seattube cablestop been ok?

We are based in the Austrian alps (in the Skiwelt) and the lifts open from 13th May, with the majority open from the 22nd.