[Closed] Whos off to the Alps

Tomorrow as well for a week.
Probably a few days in Chamonix, a day in Verbier, Pila maybe and some
Might do the Grand st bernard route that Phil and Lucy showed us last year 😉
and some stuff local to us in Samoens where we are staying.

What will you be riding

Ah yes. Trek Remedy, Giant Reign, Santa Cruz bullit. I bought those 66 forks off you a few years back but sold them on recently otherwise you could have looked out for those!

Going on friday to bike village for a week. Cant wait

just got back from Les Arcs... 🙁 miss it already

the GF loved it... wants to spend a month there next year!! 8) 😀 have fun, take pictures and don't crash (i have friends in les arc right now, broken wrist, broken elbow, heat stroke and smashed bike, not all the same person :lol:)

Thought I reconised your profile, will keep a look out

Tracey

Off Friday night for a Drive to the Alps, spending a week with Trailaddiction...First time for me and really looking forward to it now.

Off to Morzine on Sunday, driving down, arriving Tuesday? Meeting up with Munkster and some from MTB_Wales too.

Likewise, say hi to P & L.
Nick

08 we did Morzine and 09 in Verbier and had a great time.

To appease the missus, this year we went on a [u]beach holiday[/u] in southern Spain. No biking, too hot, not happy! 👿

Leaving Friday morning for a leisurely cruise to Les Arcs, staying with Trail Addiction. Travelling via Beaune or Chablis on the way there, Reims on the way back. 😀 See you there Smeg!

Reggie, you werent far from some great biking in the Sierra Nevada!

smeg you'll have a great time.. been out with them twice... top ppl. great laugh..

Me! flying out to Munich on Wednesday. riding through Austria, Switzerland and into Italy.
S'fuggin exciting innit! 😀

Off to Les Arcs Friday! 😀

Last day at work today too (thank goodness, this holiday has felt like a long time coming!)

bahhh you gits!!! have fun..

Tracey, I'm organising a trip to stay a friends chalet in Chamonix. Just wondering if you know how long/far it is to Verbier from there. Are you driving between them? I'd ask if it was worth a visit, but I'm pretty sure the answer will be a big yes.

As Ambrose says, off to Morzine for the first time soon - been poring over the VTOPO book to try and work out what routes will be good without scaring the missus (or me for that matter) too much...

chamonix - verbier is about an hour. Park in Le Chable at the bottom of the Valley though as there is a gondola up to Verbier so you avoid the final drive. you also get to ride all the way down at the end of the day, which means you can ride Vertigo, Nuthouse etc

Well worth the visit, as said above park at the bottom, alot more parking spaces as there is normally a horse show and a festival at this time of the year so parking could be limited in Verbier , and get the lift up

Some pic of last years visit

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Tracey

Off a week tomorrow, but going to the [url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldofdave/sets/72157594415931604/ ]Julian Alps[/url]

:o)

Definitely try to make it across to Pila, drove there last year from Verbier across the grand st bernard, had the car for it too, was a great road!

Some video from Pila here:

and here:

I was there a few weeks back with the new contour HD headcam, will upload that asap!

It was HOT!!

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And that was at 9am 😉

Ed

off to Les Arcs friday 8)

video looks good, was thinking about doing this

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is it any good

Tracey

DH1 looks really flowy. tracey I have heard very good things about that section back to Aosta 🙂

Yep that last section to the valley is AMAZING.

However, at the moment they are building a new piste where it starts, so it's not obvious how to get there. IT IS WORTH FINDING!!!

From the bottom of the 4-man chairlift that takes you up the final section, ride down the set of stairs behind the restaurant there, turn immediately right in the car park, ride down the rough fire road and up the other side, you should then see the start in the tree line. It's one of my favourite sections of trail in the world, has a bit of everything. VERY steep in places, fast singletrack in places, some 4-5ft drop offs, a little ridgeline riding, and a crazy fast section through trees to end.

Enjoy!! Very jealous 🙂

Already been. Was ace.

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Here is a top-to-bottom descent in Verbier...great trail, gets VERY interesting about 3 minutes in. At that point we couldn't physically turn back if we wanted to 🙂

Going to Verbier on the 22nd Aug to see Auntie Lucy & Uncle Phil (Bike Verbier)

Cant wait :o)

Edcase, the lower half of that trail is called Nuthouse by Bike Verbier - lovely stuff

Nuthouse indeed 🙂

Off on Thursday next week for a long weekend in Les Gets with Alpine Elements. Took my Epic to Chamonix and hoping to find it more fun on a Kona full sus this year!

Off to the Himalayas tomorrow - 17 days with my bike.

Woooooooooooooooooooooooo Hoooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Long weekend in Kitzbuhel but not until September.

Lake District to Interlaken at the end of next month. Riding the Oldman-Jungfrau to watch some mates run the Jungfrau Marathon, always entertaining as they are the only ones fancy dress (cavemen this year) which always gets a good response.

Off to Morzine/Les Gets on the 13th for six days then down to southern Italy for a wedding. Then have another six days at an undecided location. Any suggestions? Can't wait as this is my first time biking in the Alps. Kinda nervous as I will be on my own for most of it(wife doesn't really ride much and my mate is only over for a long weekend).

Going to champery, verbier and Finale? in itali....10 days. Leave on the 15th aug, should be a corker if i don't **** myself up again....

At least when we get back the bloody weather should be better.....

Cake eater out of interest where are you from?

Heading off next week for a week - but biking ain't the main focus. Will be near Sion. Should get in a day or two biking tho

Top of the Col de L'iseran last week. Looks OK in the photo, but turned hypothermic minutes later with a huge thunderstorm and horizontal sleet.

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1st trip to Les gets on Friday, driving all night to get there for Sat am! it had better be good.

Tracey:

The descent from Pila to Aosta is great, but I wouldn't really call it smooth and flowy. It is in places, but it's also ****ing steep in others. Serious brake-burnage. Nearly hub-deep in dust last time I was there too.

Feldo:

When were you up at the Iseran? Rode there this Tuesday and last Friday, both cracking days! Wednesday was a bit stormy last week I guess...

Stevomcd:

Was up there last Weds. Was great on the ride up from near Bourg St Maurice and fine until I decided to descend down to Val, but the weather really turned and I had to turn back and climb 2k back to the summit to thaw/dry out until the weather cleared,(in the uber-expensive cafe up there).

Monday was up at Les Arc (Photo below at 2600m)and Tues rode up to the Col De P St B for Le Tour. Bit of a contrast to my local rides at Swinley and the Chilterns!

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