New lift to open

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 [...]

Trail building volunteers wanted

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 [...]

Les Gets lifts open

May 30th 2009, the uplifts have opened in Les Gets. I got out on my bike for my first local ride of the season. We started with a circuit of Mt Chery, the precipitous bit was sign posted as closed. It was passable but required a little bit of carrying. We got back to Les [...]

Orange Alpine 160’s

The new bikes have arrived! They look unbelievably “bling”. I have been lucky enough to have this day in May for 8 years now. It’s one of the best bits of the job. This year we have a 16″ and an 18″ Orange Alpine 160.

I thought I’d pull the “prototype to this bike out of [...]

Final Ligure

I’ve just got back from a few days in Finale Ligure, Italy, I first visited about 18 years ago as a climber. I haven’t been back since. Carl and Sian had been there a few times with their mountain bikes and talked highly of it. It happened that a bank holiday weekend coincided with a [...]