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I tried to get my wife into mtb and whilst she is bike fit (completed an ironman last year) she never spent her childhood on bikes so doesn't get the mechanics of altering body position for stability. Result is she is static on the bike with expected results.
We are just back from a week's learn to Ski holiday however and it was ace - easy going week of tuition, nice weather, good mountains and good apres ski. My wife loved it. My theory is if she loves the flow of skiing, she probably will also enjoy being on a mountain bike. She has since mentioned about going for a day's skills course at Glentress to see if she likes it.
However the ski holiday got me thinking - is there anywhere set up for uplift with tuition with km's of easy flowy green / blue routes? Explicitly not looking for hardcore dh stuff - but easy wheels on the ground swoopy stuff. If I can combine this with good weather, nice apres bike bars / restaurants I could be onto a winner...
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Scruff, I took Mrs G on a trip the year before last. She had been off the bike for a while (we have young kids, I am selfish), so was not as confident as I am.
We went for a dirty weekend to Verbier (admittedly not the cheapest place in the world). What made the trip was the guide. PureBiking Verbier were awesome. It might not suit as a location, but I recommend getting a guide (unless a really well signposted bike park). My wife effectively had tuition and lots of support from someone who wasn't her impatient husband. They know the routes and can quickly assess what would work best for all.
I think tuition at Glentress/BPW/Afan/Swinley (depending where you live) is a great shout, before you go away for a week.
Good luck.
That seems like such an obvious hole in the market that there must be something available.
Amongst other things, The bunny slopes could be coned or taped to learn turns of varying curves to negotiate up and down.
Some of the Austrian venues have more "bike school" type stuff. There is usually a weekly programme of daily guided rides with skills sessions early in the week.
http://www.bikeacademy.at/
https://www.die-bike-schule.at/
Check out Neilson holidays, they have a great activity holidays with MTB as part of the list of things to do.
Not at the adventurous end of the spectrum, but have bike you can hire which are pretty good.
I remember doing a guided Alpine elements holiday around Morzine. I and a lot of the others were novices. It was really good.
Go chalet, rather than the hotel though. Better all round.
Guessing you mean like what Great Rock used to do where you went for a week to learn how to ride.
We camped at Bourg St Maurice last year and rode Les Arcs - I thought the blue and green trails were a nice level for the Alps, and there is loads of infrastructure there for hire / tuition etc as it is a big ski place. My wife (who sounds v similar re: doesn't get the mechanics of altering body position for stability. Result is she is static on the bike with expected results) struggled a bit and managed a faceplant, but we were only riding a day here and there. I think with some instruction and getting her eye in she would have been fine.
The blue and green trails seemed a bit spaced out for beginners - we had some issues with having to ride miles down the mountain with my 8yo daughter on an awkward sort of route, but adults wouldn't have this problem.
For pure riding for yourself I think you'd need to get out of the bike park - I enjoyed it as it was v different to what I normally ride, but remember thinking I'd only get a couple of days, tops, out of the marked trails before getting a bit bored. The whole area is great though for a holiday.
Ciclo Montana will occasionally run two groups based on ability if you ask them nicely. Mark leading the fast group and either Matt or his son the other group. I’ve also seen Jackie out leading groups of S/Os on much gentler trails. Mail them and ask?
We went to Livigno in Italy for our honeymoon last September and Mrs 'nut loved the blue trails there. She's not a confident rider and had hardly touched the bike in the 6 months before we went but she rented a d.h bike and loved the blue graded flow trails and even the slightly more technical blues on the Mottolino side were fine. I think that having a d.h bike helped make her feel safer and more stable. It's a beautiful place with plenty of other things to do if you don't want to ride every day. It's pretty quiet out on the trails and the town is cheap too as it's tax free. Definitely worth a look I'd say.