[Closed] DH Biking Morzine

i think that trail is largely responsible for my decision to never go back to the portes du soleil.

such a pointlessly rubbish waste of height.

but not, however, unique in it's rubbishness*. no, the biggest problem with that trail is that you need to ride down it if you want to get from Chatel to Morzine.

either that, or the gravel road. which is an even more soul-destroying way to use 300 vertical metres.

(*there are loads of trails just as bad - almost all of them in fact - but 'the toboggan run' is a linking trail, you [i]have[/i] to ride it)

Theres a wee sign on it! 😀

Funnily on that GR5 before that point and looking around the landscape it reminded me abit of the Lakes.

No idea what it's called, goes under the new (well, new last year) Chaux Fleurie lift that went from the Linderettes bowl up to the top of the Pre La Joux/Chatel bike park.

Am Looking at a weeks DH biking in Morzine next year, am a virgin to the alps and DH biking but i'm dead up for getting into it.

ahwiles - Member
no, the biggest problem with that trail is that you need to ride down it if you want to get from Chatel to Morzine.

either that, or the gravel road. which is an even more soul-destroying way to use 300 vertical metres.

There is a trail called Gas Gas (named after the trials bikes, obviously) that drops down from Mosettes to Lindarets although I have to admit I've never ridden it for some reason so can't tell you how to get to the start of it (although I imagine that you cut off the Panoramic route). Supposed to be fantastic, although the last time I heard of anyone (I know) riding it was years ago so it may be gone now.

I've ridden a trail from Mossettes down to Linderets that was little more than a goat trail. As you go up the Mossettes lift near the top you can see a small lake in the higher bowl. It starts folloing the walkers path along there. You get to it peeling off the fire road to Morgins almost as you come out of the lift station.

Its flat for a fair while as you follow the ridge along towards the top of the PLJ bike park area, then it drops down the side of the hill.

It wasn't much fun on a DH bike, as it was too tight and slow. Made a change from buzzing people down Puncture Alley though 😉

i think i've [s]ridden[/s] carried my bike down that.

some of it's quite nice.

but you can't get from the panoramique to mosettes without going down to lindaretts, and riding up the valley for a few km...

(or going up to avoriaz, and then back down but staying as high and right as the 'vtt interdit' signs will let you)

(and it's a mountain path, so no doubt it'll also have a 'vtt interdit' sign at the top)

Yeah, I'm talking out of my arse. It's not Mosettes lift (that's the one to Les Crosets, isn't it) but the one at Lindarets, where the zip wire is.

Funnily enough, last year we tried to find another old favourite from the Lindarets lift, Satan's Chute, which finishes above the luge run at the bottom of Pre La Joux. We remembered that you rode round the panoramic and cut off onto a VTT Interdit footpath to a cafe, then along the road for a hundred yards onto a fireroad, but from that point on, we completely forgot which turn off it was.

The outcome of this was that we lowered down the steepest scree face ever, followed by a terrifying slide down a rubble filled gulley that looked like it may cause an avalanche and kill us at any second, and culminating in me having the biggest radge ever. Shame, as Satan's Chute is a cracking trail, as seen below with 12 riding it back when he weighed 91 stone

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erm... this trail also links from the top of Pre La Joux to Linderettes... you lot are missing out 🙂

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlandsian/5945383075/ ]MTB Portes du Soleil July 2011 (35)[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/carlandsian/ ]Carl and Sian[/url], on Flickr

1) Chatel is in France, not on the Swiss side and it's by far the best place to stay
2) Lift passes are currently €21 per day
3) Get a guide if you want to find the good trails, Lloyd Grace from Professional Transfers or Mick from Holy Grail Mountain Biking are two of the best. They know all the secret trails!

how viable would Chatel be on a hardtail? Or would i be missing all the fun?

You'll get battered to hell by all the braking bumps and after a couple of days, end up hiring a full suspension bike.

A mate took his Yeti DJ out a few years ago. Day one, he was flying. Day two, well off the pace. Day three onwards, he hired a V10 at great cost.

Unless you are planning on doing mainly XC, I wouldn't even consider it.

Forgive the thread revival but does anybody know where the trail in the picture flow mtb posted begins?

Im told its off the col de bassachaux but could do with a bit more detail? It looks stunning, we're out there on Saturday and would like to give it a go.

Any ideas?

Cheers.