Pyrenees Lift Assistance

MTBMick
MTBMick Posts: 7
edited January 2012 in Holidays
Heading down to the Pyrenees for next years Etape and looking for resorts with decent trails and ski lifts open for bikes. Searches on the internet not that revealing.

Any recommendations?

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  • ilovedirt
    ilovedirt Posts: 5,798
    Vallnord and Pra Loup are two off the top of my head, also some guys from southern downhill (staff, not forumutes) did a bike tour this summer around the pyrenees, visiting a load of unheard bike parks etc and did a load of writeups that went on the news feed thing. Give it a quick search, you might find them.
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  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    There's lift-accessible bike stuff at Luchon/Superbagneres... We did very little of the official bikepark stuff though, our guide took us down assorted locals' trails, which were absolutely brilliant in places but wouldn't be possible to find half of without a map or guide.

    You could maybe check in with Ian at A Quick Release, they're based in Luchon- perhaps there'd be the option to join a guided ruide there for the day to get the best out of the mountain.
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  • MTBMick
    MTBMick Posts: 7
    Thanks. We are staying near to Bagnerres. Found some more cross country stuff here and some talk of uplift so will check this out.
  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    I've no idea if the quality of riding around Luchon is typical of the Pyrenees, but it is bloomin superb. We stayed there for a week and only one ride wasn't straight from the front door.
    Uncompromising extremist

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