After Friday’s ride I decided to try some more trails I hadn’t ridden in a while. Chatting to guests at breakfast about some routes to ride I realised I hadn’t been up the Col de Bassachaux all summer so Guy and I headed that way. We started out on a muddy, but great fun trail down to lindarets, me wondering why I hadn’t been on it sooner this summer. Once up and at the col we decided to try out a trail neither of us had been on before. It started as perfect Alpine singletrack, traversing the hillside. All going well untill a slip of the wheel saw me putting the wrong foot down and falling backwards down the hill - luckily the bushes were soft and a handy tree was there to grab hold of! We carried on snaking through blueberry bushes until yet again I put the wrong foot down and disappeared backwards into the bushes - at least they tasted good!
After that we rode a trail Guy had done before (but not me) and opted for a new second half - one of the best discoveries of this season. A fantastic mountain bike trail that appears barely ridden. Rocky, rooty, with some tight switchbacks, we had to head up for another go.
After that we descended down to Lindarets, in part on an mtb trail I hadn’t done this year, and then down to Lac Montriond, and back to Morzine.
A great day out rediscovering, and discovering, some fantastic Morzine mountain biking trails!
