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While it's raining and there's plenty of Alpine discussions going on...
We've a Saturday morning to fill between doing Passportes Friday and driving down to Les Arcs in the afternoon. We're a bit short of time this day, but want to make the most of it.
What's good (and a bit off the beaten Passportes track) and not to far, starting from Chatel village or Chatel bike park?
I was thinking of a foray over into Switzerland maybe as I've mainly headed Morzine/Les Gets way before.
Suggestions?
J
If you only have half a day, park at Pre La Joux and ride the bike park., it has a fair variety of trails and a couple of fast lifts. Can be busy on a weekend though.
Morgins would be a good alternative though there maybe isn't as riding much for a shorter travel bike. It would get you up into the mountains, but you'll have covered a lot of that ground doing the passportes.
Depends where you're staying on the Friday night - Chatel isn't that handy for Morzine or routes back to Les Arcs. (For example if you stayed on the Morzine side you could drive up to Lindarets for first lifts and this would open up just as much terrain)
The problem you will have is that the Chatel bike park area will busy busy busy with Passportes riders on the Saturday.
The single track trails around the Mossets lift into Switzerland are also part of the Passportes route so will be busy also
There are a couple of great DH routes over in Champery that are not part of the Passportes route which would be worth a look at.
However, I would probably stay around the Chatel village area and explore the trails there off the main gondola out of the village as the Passportes route only uses one of the trails there.
May be worth buying an OS map of Chatel and riding some walkers trails around there as I imagine there will not be many walkers out and about for Passportes week end.
Also, maybe forget riding the Torgon loop on the Friday then go and explore this loop on the Saturday as not many people include the Torgon loop into their Passprtes ride.
Have fun
Regards
Jon
I rode to/from Torgon in PPdS 2008, I'd say don't bother with that loop, most of it's quite boring although the descent into Torgon was one of the best of the day. If you have time do a trail or two elsewhere (we did some extra trails in Morgins for example)