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We’re full!

admin — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:18:29 +0000

Well the call for custom went well. We went from having 2 guests on Saturday night, to 18 (+ 4 staff) for the BBQ on Sunday night. During the week we had 7 guests and Tommy (work experience) staying in the chalet, so every room booked up!

We thank you all!

We went out for two guided mountain bike rides, once on an epic over to Flaine and then a few days later a route that takes in some of our favorite riding routes down to Samoens.

1. The Flaine trip is described here.
2. The Samoens trip here.

50 guests for the Pass’portes

admin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:27:40 +0000

This wasn’t a record, the record was 74 and goes back a few years (the passportes weekend again) but this was the first time we catered for them all. We hired the Bel Alpe hotel, lock stock and barrel, the owners spent 20 minutes showing us how to use it and then handed us the keys. We’ve known them since we arrived in Morzine in1999 so it wasn’t as if they were taking a huge risk? The main body of guests came with Andy from Biketreks (thanks Andy!) and in fact we probably new 30/50 guests from previous visits which made things easier. It was hard work, we all (Sam, Gareth, Carl, Sian and John) did a number of 12 hr+ days but it was worth it. Everyone was happy too. But then I maintain that may have had something to do with the weather, it’s very easy to be happy with blue bird morning and 25C in the afternoons. This picture is of the Biketreks crew.

New lift to open

admin — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:46:20 +0000

It’s been rumoured for a while, and as we are still in June and as it is not yet open it is still a rumour.

But for mountain bikers on holiday in Morzine, Les Gets and Samoens …..

I stuck my head in through the window of the office at the Grand Massif Express (the big new lift that lifts off from Samoens and takes you 900m uphill to Samoens 1600) and they hope to open on July 11th for pedestrians and bicycles. It’s not “definite” just “peut-être”. If this news is true it’ll be a great addition to the area. I for one will be heading over to Samoens from Morzine, up the Grand Massif Express across to the two lifts at Morillon (careful, they sometimes close for lunch!) up these, traverse over to Flaine on some great mountain biking trails, up the DMZ then take the mother of all descents back down to Samoens. By then you’ll probably want some uplift home!

Standby for a full report and beware the DMZ closes mid August sometime. Check before you set off! You might try looking at the Grand Massif website. Though last time I looked the opening dates had not been published.

Trail building volunteers wanted

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:58:24 +0000

This is big news for Morzine, the OT (Tourist Office) is asking for help building a new “easy” trail on Pleney. They have brought in a proffessional from Bike Solution to direct the work and they are looking for voluteers to help out on June 16/17th. Brilliant, I can’t wait. “Engaging the users” is something that has always been a hurdle for the OT in Morzine, lets hope it’s the start of a new dawn.

The invite follows

“Bonjour à tous,

Yohann Vachette, de Bike Solution, vient mardi et mercredi prochains (16 et 17 juin) pour commencer les travaux de la piste verte.

C’est Jardiflore qui fournit la pelle mécanique.

Si vous souhaitez apporter votre concours à cette réalisation, et aider Yohann dans le suivi des travaux (piquetage, élagage si nécessaire, petits travaux manuels, finitions…), vous êtes les bienvenus et Yohann accepte avec plaisir un peu d’aide.

Merci et à +

Bruno (OT Morzine)

If you want to help out contact Bruno or drop us a line at endlessride, we’ll push you in the right direction.