This weekend the Les Gets lifts opened for mountain bikers. Both days were busy with lots of local riders showing up to ride old favourites and check out the new trails.
Great signage
Bike wash at the base of the lift
Berms galore
We took a few more pictures for you.
This week the lifts are open thursday through to sunday, then both Morzine and Les Gets lifts are open for mountain bikers full time from the 11th June.
We have just opened up special offers on our self catered chalet in June.
The lifts are open, the weather’s amazing and the trails are quiet. When better to ride?!
We have the last two places left leaving from Morzine on friday 24th June, plus two rooms available for the week leading up to the Pass’Portes.
Get out to Morzine on Saturday 18th june, spend a few days riding the Morzine and Les Gets MTB trails. Finish your week on a high with the epic Pass’Portes du Soleil MTB ride.
80km with 6000 meters of descent and 1000m of ascent. 16 lifts, 8 food stops choca with local specialities. Plus of course a week in the flowmtb chalet with great cake to welcome you home from riding and a big feed in the evening!
Get in touch to get these last spaces!
And this time, flowmtb’s Morzine mountain bike holidays are featured on Bikeradar. A big thanks to all our guests who left great comments about us at the bottom of the article.
Read the article here.
Just back from a fantastic long weekend to Sestri Levante in Italy. The perfect place to head before the lifts open here. Hot and sunny, good trails and slightly smaller hills to ease ourselves back into pedalling!
Not too bad finishing off a ride on the beach either!
50 graded and maintained DHs across the Portes du Soleil MTB parks.
1000s of kms of waymarked trails.
24 chairlifts and cable cars.
80km MTB Tour.
3 Airbags.
Where else can you get all that one one lift pass?
Summer 2011 Morzine Mountain Bike Lift Pass Prices
Adults Children Youth Senior Citizen
1 day : € 21 € 14 € 18 € 19
6 days : € 84 € 56 € 71 € 76
Season : € 210 € 141 € 179 € 189
1 : Children up to age 15 – 2 : Youth age 16-19 – 3 : Senior Citizens from age 61. All prices available at www.portesdusoleil.com
This year the Pass’Portes du Soleil MTB event will be extended to take place over 3 days, 24-26th June enabling 6000 people to take part in this incredible ride. Every year entries fill up fast, so the Portes du Soleil has responded to this demand by making 1500 more places available. However, places are still limited: 2000 people registered in the first hour and 4000 places were taken 2 days after registrations opened.
What’s so good about it? See what people had to say about the 2010 Pass’Portes du Soleil MTB
Participants commented on ‘the variety of trails and the views’ as well as ‘the welcoming
refreshments and fantastic organisation’.
When asked what stood out for them, many participants cited ‘the technical sections’, ‘the great long downhills’ and ‘the variety of riding,’. For others it was ‘the possibility to choose different options’ that made their day. Many of the riders also mentioned the ‘fantastic views’, ‘good refreshment stops and support’ and the ‘clear signage’.
94% of participants said they hoped to take part again
96% of participants said they will return to the Portes du Soleil
91% of participants rated the refreshments as good
*source questionnaire following the 2010 Pass’Portes du Soleil MTB, which received 1128 responses.
Some of you have been over to Rochers du Naye mountain biking with us. Just a couple of hours from Morzine, and with a great mountain railway to take the sting out of the climb.
Luckily for us the train stays open year round, so we’re able to get out riding there while all the Portes du Soleil lifts are closed.
Check out the GPX files here
At Easter we decamped to Sestri Levante for a couple of days of mountain biking. Some great trails and good grub.
