Alp Experience Holidays

Chalet Celine is a great place to start your day on your MTB as we are within striking distance of several great runs.

The chalet is well equipped with a secure garage for your bike, and plenty of outside space for any repairs and bike cleaning (hosepipes available)

Download the trail map here http://www.lesgets.com/en/planstraces/index.html

June 27th/28th Pass Portes de Soleil MTB Race

3 circuits from 35 - 80kms starting from Les Gets

click on the link for full details

http://www.passportesdusoleil.com/index.jsp?

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What sort of rider is catered for?

All types, the Portes du Soleil works hard to cater for all levels from the leisure cyclist with families to XC MTBikers. But it is famous for the Downhill MTBikers. Together with the Freeride MTBikers they flock here in their thousands to test their skills against the prepared DH courses and try the new jump parks and 'Shore' areas in Les Gets. However this is a bonus for all, as the XC trails and remote single tracks are now free of the full face helmet and body armour clan looking for a bigger drop, so it leaves the peaceful remote sections for the more adventurous MTbiker to explore. At the other end of the spectrum, the village trails and double track are enough for novices and families to ride and get around on.  Bike rental ususally costs between €25 and €70 per day, depending on the level of bike.

Cross Country 

For the x-country die-hards, the almost never-ending trails wind their way up and down the mountains, through the alpine forests, crossing rivers and through alpine pastures. Covering the boarder between France & Switzerland the trails are superb examples of mountain biking at its best.

The 'Tour' of the Portes-du-Soleil is an 80km marked trail looping round the whole regin. Utilising the network of lifts the tour gives an amazing 80% downhill, 15% on the flat, and just 5% climbing

The recent world championships held in Les Gets consisted of a course of 6.5 miles with 30% singletrack and an elevation change of 200m per lap.

Unique in the world : 380 km of MTB signposted paths, 24 lifts, an FFC circuit of 100 km, 10 downhills runs, trial circuits, biker-cross and riding schools !

Freeride & Downhill

The Portes-du-Soleil contains 11 permanent downhill tracks, graded using a colour coding system; blue, red, black (although don't worry, there are by-passes for the trickiest sections!).

With one lift pass you can have access to the famous Mont Chery run (World Cup 2002 & World Championships 2004), the free ride Morgins run, the Super Châtel Danger H, or the Pleney permanent downhill leading into Morzine town centre. The full list of permanent Downhill courses is below:

Morzine:
The Pleney (black), 3.3 km, altitude difference 560 m

Les Gets:
Mont Chéry (black), 3.8 km, altitude difference 620 m

Chavannes (blue), 1.3 km, altitude difference 255 m

Morzine:
The Pleney (black), 3.3 km, altitude difference 560 m

Châtel:
The Classic (blue), 2.7 km, altitude difference 440m
The Danger H (black), 2.7 km, altitude difference 440m

Champéry-les Crosets:
Grand Conche (black), 3 km, altitude difference 470m
Crosets II (red), 1.2 km, altitude difference 258m

Freeride specific
Morgins:
The Foilleuse (red), 2.5km, altitude difference 500 m
The Majectic Free ride, 2.2 km, altitude difference 500m

Torgon :
Descente Freeride UCI, 18 km from Tronchey to Vionnaz

Les Gets runs - not for the faint hearted!

The Jump Park: on the slopes of Chavannes, under the nauchets chair lift, this Dirt and Freestyle area features a range of runs for experienced bikers: wall rides, bump fields, whoops, banked turns, steps up, steps down, double jump, north shore, etc...

• A 4-Cross run: Reached from the les Chavannes downhill run, this track can be taken by several riders together and features include banked turns, jumps, tables etc.

• The Canyon de Gibannaz: a freeride in the woods with several tracks with north shore features

• Several downhill runs with different degrees of difficulty and styles (single track, banked turns and other features).• Red and black cross-country track