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Off to Morzine in a couple of weeks. First time I biking in the alps. Generally going to stick to the bike park type stuff. But fancy one ride taking in the most spectacular views & trails. Any recommendations and / or pics?
Col de Cou into Champery is at that nice meeting point between pain/gain/scenery/technicality (conditions dependent) for folk who are merely competent on a bike.
Top of Mossette - view out to dents du midi? Take your pick of trails from there.
Or Mont Cherry in Les Gets - views back to Mont Blanc pretty good.
Best views will not be from the bike park trails FYI.
Best view is from Lac Joux Plan / Bourgesoie (Mont Blanc) then excellent trail down into Samoens (need taxi back up or to Morzine). If you want you can just ride round to the view point then back to the Les gets bike park. Also Mont Caly (as above Mont Chery lift then pedal round - red trail, nice restaurant). As above top of Arrete Berrois/Col du Cou (have to push to the very top above the hut at the Col) is good too.
Photos to follow (at work)
Col de Cou for me was amazing. Somewhat scary also along the narrow ridge and in damp conditions.
I cannot post photos from office - photo below form another STWer of "ride in" to Les Borgesoie ride to Sameons.
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Any links to the col du cou map? Definitely want to do it this year - where do I find a decent route guide - not coming up with much on Google?
@dashed - search on here, I think a few STW-ers have offered GPX
Online via mapping services you can find route on marked paths, have a look for these places. BTW phone app from swissmobil for mapping is excellent
Mosettes lift round on fireroad past Lapisa farm/restaurant to Col du Cou (hut), then push to top of hill and follow Arete Beroi, then down under cliffs at Barm/Braye and into Champery.
Photo from ridge above Col du Cou is in this thread plus directions
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Awesome, ta!
What's the score with paths/trails round chatel/morzine. Are some designated as footpaths only or bikes permitted everywhere.
I'm quite happy to ride cheeky at home 😉 but just wondered
There's a few no vtt signs on some of the short linking trails near the lifts where you get more riders but once you are a little further away it's all fine. In several years I've only ever had one issue and that was from an English couple walking on a marked trail. Probably best not to do loads of skids then post a video like the sweaty northerners did, though.
cheers Nick thats helpful and good to know.
I'm not a knarly type of rider and am not in a rush, will always happily go slow and say hi to anyone passing.