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Thursday to Monday.
where and why ?
chairlift essential unfortunately.
TIA.
Morzine/Les Gets, easy to fly into (Geneva) only 1 hour transfer to resort, loads of places to stay, lots of great restaurants. Easy to find your way around the area without a guide.
sounds good - accommodation recommendations ?
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Just google chalets in Mozine and there will be loads, guess it depends on whether you want fully catered or self catering, but there is not a shortage of chalets etc out there.
PS if you want the the only chalet in Morzine with an indoor (except it is nearly out door, french patio doors opening out) pool and jacuzzi google chalet Philippe, owned by a British woman who married a Frenchman. awesome place right in the centre and next door to the Supermarche for fresh croissants etc.
Morzine, morzine, morzine.
Definitely morzine 🙂
Why so much love for morzine?
I've not been anywhere else but personally wouldn't be reccomending it quite so hastily
Make sure plenty of lifts are open, and it doesn't rain all week ..
We did a Thurs to Mon long weekend based In Morzine the other year with one of the days riding Chamonix, as its only 1 hour away.
Morzine is good as a long weekend trip, purely because of the huge lift network and massive amount of varied riding right from the town.
I don't think there is another resort that could offer the same amount riding in a weekend.
It wouldn't be my choice of resort for a longer stay though...
I think Morzine depends on your experiences, I have been for a week in July for the last 6 years, alwasy (except for last year for a few days) had a week of awesome sunshine. Of course you need to ensure you go when the lifs are open, but there is a huge range of riding there. You get quite a long way out just by using a few lifts. Every year the trails change, and ample to keep you entertained for a week. Head over to Chatel and the Pre le Jou area where there are maybe 7/8 runs, along with 4x course, 3 or 4 areas of North shore fun stuff, which you could spend 2 days there.
head further across up to Pointe du Moisette and down the back into Switzerland, less people as often they can't be bothered to head out that way.
I could go on .. am I selling it!?
Guided or unguided?
If unguided, then Morzine.
If guided, then Les Arcs (with trailAddiction).
Ditto Dialled Mike.
Best trails I've ridden anywhere lift assisted has been Les Arcs, but you need guiding to find them.
Morzine is pretty well waymarked so you can do a lot without the guiding.
Chamonix, staying in the Vagabond. Enough riding to keep you busy for a couple of days, great scenery, quality town.
Anyone tried Zermatt? i have been there for the snowboarding which is awesome, but heard its really good for biking?
Chamonix, staying in the Vagabond. Enough riding to keep you busy for a couple of days, great scenery, quality town.
Good call, but Local knowledge or a guide are essential to get the best out of Chamonix as you need to know where the trails are! The official "bike" trails are all fire roads!
I'd vote for guiding by Trail Addition in Les Arcs too, and non-guided in Les Get is very good, and so is Morzine. Let's be honest it's the Alps - it's all good. Finale Freeride is excellent if you're after more uplift orientated riding.
Twohats, any suggestions you'd care to share for guides and/or trails in Chamonix? I did 3 winters there but apart from a bit of hiking and hill running in the interseason my knowledge of the hiking/biking trails ain't good. There must be loads of good descents all over the Aiguille Rouges and Col de Balme.
Col de Balme at the top of the valley has some proper biking trails now. I'm out there for a couple of weeks in August - cannot wait!!
We did a week in Zermatt self guided last year - really good & hardly saw another bike, the guy we went with has now set up www.trail-hunters.com
Send everyone to Morzine. Keeps the good trails clear 🙂
Pila, Italy.
We will be doing a few days stay there this summer as its only 3 hrs from us.
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Shandy, these guys are supposed to be good
www.mbmb.co.uk
I couldn't even begin to explain where most of the best trails are as there are so many all the way up and down the valley, the "cheeky" ones being some of the best!!!
Pila, Italy.We will be doing a few days stay there this summer as its only 3 hrs from us.
Pila is well recommended, but anymore than a couple of days there and it gets a bit boring as the trail network isn't that extensive yet.
Chamonix, staying in the Vagabond. Enough riding to keep you busy for a couple of days, great scenery, quality town.
Shandy, or anyone else, in your opinion what's the Vagabond like? I'm hearing mixed reports. Is there safe bike storage in the lock-up there? Can you get a decent night's sleep there or is it kicking until 2 AM?
I'm passing through Chamonix in a couple of weeks hoping to do the Tour de Mount Blanc. I'm looking for a place to stay for a couple of nights, or maybe a week if snow in the high passes scuppers my TDMB plans.
So any info much appreciated.
Lecht - Hope you have a alpintastic long weekend .Apologies for the mild thread hijack 🙂
I'm not sure about the bike storage but if you're there in a couple of weeks I'd say it'll be pretty quiet, thats still well short of the summer rush. Its basically a hostel with a decent friendly bar. You couldn't rule out some of the locals having a bit of a session in the bar but I very much doubt it'll be enough to keep you awake at night.
They had a very big winter for snowfall and I know some old mates were still getting fresh snow in early May.
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