Me and the wife will be touring a bit of Europe in June, ending with 4 or 5 days in a ski lift assisted MTB mecca in the french alps.
I like the sound of Les Arcs.
To suit her, we would be looking for a good selection of long epic singletrack descents, she doesn't like steep stuff. She loves swoopy singletrack. Ideas?
Also - Bike hire. We cant bring our own bikes unfortunately, so can anyone recommend a good hire company in the area, preferably one we can book ahead with and be sure the bikes will be in good condition?
Cheers
If you're looking to stop with an MTB guiding/lodging company then '[url= http://www.trailaddiction.com/ ]Trailaddiction[/url]' are probably about the best in the Les Arcs region.
If you don't stop with them they still offer guiding (though spaces are sometimes limited).
If you don't want guiding then Les Arcs has some really good route marked trails including a huge one that starts just about as high as you can reasonably go and swoops all the way down, via Arc 1800 and then onwards down, down, down, down and down some more to Bourg St Maurice.
Guiding is good and you will find great trails but some people find being guided or being with guided groups intimidating and if this is so then all is not lost, Les Arcs has loads to offer and sometimes its nice to go at your own pace rather than that dictate by a group.
Cheers. yea, I don't think we will be taking any guiding as the wife will want to go at her pace and not have it dictated by a group or guide.
Well at least for the first day or two.
Any ideas on bike hire anyone?