Les deux alpes

apple eater

this is now my closest and easiest to access place to ride on this years holiday.

can it be done on a hard tail or is it just too hard for them?

i'm not a jump lover so will be looking at fast xc and quick top to bottom routes that don't involve launching 40 + feet

rockmonkeysc

There is some xc riding in the bike park.
http://www.activeazur.com/mountain-biki ... deux-alpes
Im positive you will find more than enough with a map and compass away from the bike park as well.

paul.skibum

Buy the french equivalent of an OS map for the area (there are good bookshops in UK that sell them - one in Covent Garden for sure if you are near there) - anything with a solid red line is good to go, dashed red line maybe ride-able....

felix.london

not the best place for a hardtail/XC that's for sure, super steep over there and not many 'XC' trails. Where you staying?

I live in Serre Chevalier which is about an hours drive from L2A and there's def a few more XC-friendly routes over here...

http://www.serre-chevalier.com/en/summer/lift-accessed-recreation/bike-lift-rides/

apple eater

Felix what you posted looks just we are looking for, unfortunately it's a 3 1/4 hour drive from Chatillon en Diois where we are staying.

dusk

felix.london wrote:

not the best place for a hardtail/XC that's for sure, super steep over there and not many 'XC' trails. Where you staying?

I live in Serre Chevalier which is about an hours drive from L2A and there's def a few more XC-friendly routes over here...

http://www.serre-chevalier.com/en/summer/lift-accessed-recreation/bike-lift-rides/

interesting, I was in Montgenevre in June for some road riding and would have liked to hire a mtb for a day but nothing seemed to be open. I had noticed a couple of minibuses with bike trailers driving around Villeneuve though.

felix.london

apple eater wrote:

Felix what you posted looks just we are looking for, unfortunately it's a 3 1/4 hour drive from Chatillon en Diois where we are staying.

If you're over there I would head to Villard-de-Lans then. Much gentler mountains but also some gnar if you want it and nearer than L2A. Nice little village too.

http://www.villarddelans.com/ete/bike-park.html#.U99zKYDHC2s

felix.london

dusk wrote:

felix.london wrote:

not the best place for a hardtail/XC that's for sure, super steep over there and not many 'XC' trails. Where you staying?

I live in Serre Chevalier which is about an hours drive from L2A and there's def a few more XC-friendly routes over here...

http://www.serre-chevalier.com/en/summer/lift-accessed-recreation/bike-lift-rides/

interesting, I was in Montgenevre in June for some road riding and would have liked to hire a mtb for a day but nothing seemed to be open. I had noticed a couple of minibuses with bike trailers driving around Villeneuve though.

Montgenevre has great little bike park. Lifts open last weekend of June so everything generally shut up there til then but yeah, you could've got a bike in Villeneuve for sure

dusk

I walked up past the Montgenevre park and it didn't look massive but came across some great looking trails on the other side of the valley. I'll have to plan a trip in July/August next year!

apple eater

Thanks felix that second area looks to be almost on my doorstep. Can't bloody wait!

felix.london

apple eater wrote:

Thanks felix that second area looks to be almost on my doorstep. Can't bloody wait!

Good stuff, check it out.

They do a massive mountain bike festival each year. Here's the video for this years event;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZZv-ZZTwfs