I’ll start: the Col de Coux ridge:

Another good one was the Wiliwilinui (seriously) ridge above Honolulu in about 1997 (there is some great riding on Oahu if you can handle the enormous faff of getting there) – DH on a massive ridge in a rainforest directly above a big American city was a bit different – but all the photos are analog…

Here’s someone else’s:

Near Balmeggerhorn, Switzerland.

That’s some good ridge

Ah,Is that ‘Col De Cou’ the Morzine one? A true alpine classic, I feel best climbed from the Swiss side and descending to Morzy.

Awaiting more ridge pics…

If you mean my picture no. It’s in central Switzerland well away from the crowds of PdS.

This ridge was great. More undulating than descent. Views were awesome, photo doesn’t do it justice. Over the Swiss border from Morzine

Check out my ridges

in Wales

and this bad boy in Switzerland

I think that one in Wales might merit a trip next summer – would love to know where it was.

I think all the best rides involve some kind of ridge/exposure.

My first photo was descending from Coux in the direction of Champery. I didn’t know you could take it back to Morzine too! I accessed it from the Mossettes lift then down the Swiss National, up and along and then hike a bike. I don’t think they encourage/allow you to ride there now but on that day the visibility was so poor it was empty, so why not.

I know there are some epic ones in Verbier and Les Arcs, anyone been?

I love ridges, both down and up! That Welsh ridge looks amazing, as does the Honolulu one.
Sunset Ridge

Jonny dropping down the ridge in time for sunset by basqueMTB – mountain biking holidays, on Flickr

Dusty Ridge

Dropping down Carlos’s Ridge by basqueMTB – mountain biking holidays, on Flickr

Scenic Ridge

Clifftop Singletrack by basqueMTB – mountain biking holidays, on Flickr

Green Ridge

Keith and Alistair Etch-a-Sketch by basqueMTB – mountain biking holidays, on Flickr

Out near my mountain shack in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas……. My favourite place in the world, for various reasons 🙂

Arete des Zittieux in the Tarentaise. I take photos here almost every week. This was one of the first I ever took and I still think it’s the best.

that picture sums up why I like to ride in the Alps

Chamonix a few weeks ago 8)

The best ridge descent in England that I know of (Ullock Pike)

me on snowy ridge

I love ridges! Intrigued by the welsh one? any ideas on location??

that’s me mincing my way down. Stevo took the piccy!

Some stunning stuff.

Not exactly spectacular, but at least it’s just above my house 🙂

FRNick, is Ullock Pike rideable? It looks amazing.

yep, all rideable – really really good. 😛

The welsh ridge is just north west of Capel Curig. Not really a ride, just a push up and ride back down, with some really really scary, and for me unridable bits. More pictures here and here. Send us an email if you want an OS ref or some such.

This thread is making me miss the Alps allready.

Crib Goch – actually quite scary…

Italy:

IMG_4801_flickr by Ewan Panter, on Flickr

Ridge along the top of Chatel bike park

IMG_08942608 by Ewan Panter, on Flickr

Some amazing stuff. Anyone got some Verbier/Zermatt ridge?

This one’s just above Zermatt:

Can anyone identify this killer looking ridge? Somewhere around either Verbier or Zermatt (I appreciate this doesn’t narrow it much). It looks like it could be the ridge on top of the Verbier bowl, but I have no idea.These guys ride there, if that’s a clue.

Courchevel/3vallees area (solo riding though):

one particular ridge descent:

another:

Not amazing at showing the ridge, but I quite like Rushop

Really nice – are those 3V pictures from on/near Saulire

Pretty sure the hill on the Wales ridge is Pen yr Helgi Du.

3 valleys look great! have to check out my IGN map!

jhw – The Verbier pic is the top of the Ultimate.
I took one abit lower down.

great photos
Barre Des Ecrin WNW ridge (sorry no bikey ones)
[/url] Barre Des Ecrins – NW ridge by Hoppy66, on Flickr[/img]

Hey stevo, I don’t remember that view a few weeks ago….

fruita

some great pics here – inspiring stuff 🙂

All local……….

MrCM – having just descended Lower Man on his old jump bike!

High Street …

Could be anywhere….

“are those 3V pictures from on/near Saulire “
The First ridge is from La Saulire heading north to Col du fruit
(from where there are 2 really good exposed descents, one into either valley)
The second ridge is from Le Verdet* south (between Meribel and St Martin de Belleville) past Roc de Fer to Le Grand Lac (Again another descent back into Meribel which is great)

*theres another ridgeline descent (which looked awesome, for some reason I chose to go south) from Le Verdet north back to Pas de Cherferie, from Pas de Cherferie:

You can see the fireroad climb leftish uphill, look closer and you might just be able to see some more of the ridgeline path

Hey stevo, I don’t remember that view a few weeks ago….

Just had a look and I didn’t even take one of you guys up there this year! It was pretty minging, eh? Haven’t had weather anywhere close to that since – just turned a bit cold and snowy now. September was scorchio for most of the time, just had a cracking end-of-season day with the locals today. Feeling pretty autumnal now!

(One year and) a few weeks ago here: Arete des Zittieux again!

Wattel in Vinschgau.

from the peak in the middle of the pic to where it was taken.
sadly no pic of anyone descending as i was up there on my own in the middle of a storm.

a little ridge:

and seen from above and from opposite side

stevomcd – Member

Hey stevo, I don’t remember that view a few weeks ago….

Just had a look and I didn’t even take one of you guys up there this year! It was pretty minging, eh? Haven’t had weather anywhere close to that since – just turned a bit cold and snowy now. September was scorchio for most of the time, just had a cracking end-of-season day with the locals today. Feeling pretty autumnal now!

(One year and) a few weeks ago here: Arete des Zittieux again!

That’s my bum!

Ridges arent always good places for bikes, so 2 with and 2 without;

Nice.

Nick you surpassed yourself with those Verbier and snowy ridge shots…! I would have been a bit uncomfortable on the latter!