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We're off to Les Arcs next month, and have realised we do need some days of guided riding.
We're currently thinking 2 or 3 days guiding and obviously want the maximum value for what we pay!
So.....which are the best areas to be guided around, ie the areas which we'd never find ourselves, without a guide. And will 2 or 3 days be sufficient?
Also what have people paid previously for guiding (when not going as part of a structured holiday)?
pre guiding guiding?
just ask the guide to take you to the best bits? job done!
or go hunting. we found some BONKERS stuff out there. nothing like the xc/all mountain type trails. absolutely insane shizzle.
just follow your nose, and expect to get lost. can't ever get proper lost tho, just head downhill!
We booked a guided day with www.thecoolbus.co.uk when in Les Arcs last year and it was amazing. Just did one day where we were driven up to Col de petit St Bernard and rode down into La Thuile on the Italian side. Without doubt the best day's biking I have ever done. I'm guessing we did the best part of 60 miles.
Bri was our guide - he had recently competed at the Mega and was a perfect guide. Rode fast enough to push us without being silly.
We had a group of 7 and I think it was about €200 in total for the bus and guide for the day. Bargain!
If I was going back I'd definitely want to ride La Varda and Double Header trails again. If you like techy descents those are both great, though probably not for the first day.
"Magic Carpet" for more flowing, pedally singletrack. Sensastional very long, gradual descent.
Otherwise like tracknicko says, tell the guide what sort of thing you like and let them do their job.
IF i was paying 200 euros. i'd make damn sure they were taking me somewhere good...
200 euros!
I'm glad I've posted this! Someone else has asked for £200 for a day, guiding only ie no transport etc. Perhaps that is what you have to pay, but still seems steep to me.
Split 7 ways it was a bargain. Picked up in a nice clean van with a trailer on the back, driven for 45 minutes or so, guided for 8 hours onto stuff we would never have found, while 2 other people drove up to collect the van and take it back down. Obviously perceived value may depend on group size but everyone has to make a living!
I think one day is possibly enough as it is exhausting and there is a lot of easy to find stuff in Les Arcs itself to fill another couple of days.
Picked up in a nice clean van with a trailer on the back, driven for 45 minutes or so, guided for 8 hours
this sounds a lot better than some chump joining you for a ride and charging E220...
Went to les arcs 3 years ago, used Rob from coolbus for guiding for 1 day. Was very resonably priced as there was only 2 of us riding. That got us enough info to get on with it ourselfs for the rest of the holiday.
Best trails were Double header and La Varda.
Excellent place!!
La Thuile for a day
Petite Col du St Bernard (all over it)
Sainte Foy (loads of trails)
Tignes
all good and outside of the Les Arcs area