So it’s been about 2 weeks since I got back from Champery - about time I told you how we got on!
So being the inaugural freeride week, it was bound to be less than full, and so it proved: With 3 attendees, myself and our local Swiss-Canadian guide, Joel, our group was a speedy 5. Less hanging around for faffing, falling and punctures suited us just fine.
Josh and Guy on the Col de Coux singletrack
Day one: Champery
Day one saw us riding the local Champery trails, the Col de Coux was hiked up with big bikes in just under half an hour. Then the 700m descent back to Champery made full use of the 7 to 8 inches of travel we all had (except for Ryan, who braved it out most of the week on his Cove Stiffee SL). With that hike out of the way the rest of the day was spent riding downhill singletrack and the Swiss National course.
Day two: The Morgins trails.
Joel was dead excited to show us his (he’s a local trail builder) newest creation - latoboggane. It’s a fast, flowy, bermy, jumpy track they’ve built this year. And it was great. Super smooth berms, no braking bumps and a huge road gap that Joel was only too willing to demonstrate. The boy can fly.
Joel flys over the road gap
The afternoon was spent sessioning the new track as well as trying out the old blue run and the freeride black run (complete with ladder drops, jumps and some truly steeeep stuff indeed.
Chris rails a berm
Champery Jump park:
The boys were obviously not completely tired out when we got back to Champery that evening with a session on the Champery Jump park - right in town. Chris even managed to get to the 4th plank from the top of the wall ride on one attempt but admitted that it was getting a little scary when he started to see the road on the other side 
Chris styling it
Check back for part 2 of the round up soon (on the next Rainy day I suspect!)
The top two photos were taken by Chris. Cheers!
More pics in the gallery here
