| 'THE BEST BIKING WITHIN 3HOURS TRAVELLING...PERIOD. ' |  | Strengths:
Trails are out of this world, some of the best single track in the world. Ups and downs were just epic. You just end up feeling like you really have reached nirvana and it wasn't the altitude. Big drops, rocky technical descents, switchbacks evrywhere, sweeping long eye watering descents, sunshine dappled, woody singletrack, tracks along glacial rivers, snow capped mountains and glaciers all around plus cows with bells on!! Even a trip out of the valley into Switzerland was a bit spesh and you don't even need a passport. The guides and staff were brilliant. You know they are that good, but you don't feel like they are above you at all. They're knowledge was great about the area. If you wanted to follow their suggestions, you couldn't possibly be disappointed with your day out, or you can ask for a little bit of this, add a bit of that and a whole lot of grinning and they will sort you out. Meals are fantastic, all the food groups represented including taste and energy! The chalet we stayed in was a beautiful traditional French pad, warm and woody, with views of Mont Blanc rising into the skies outside the wooden shutters waiting to greet you every morning. Truly breathtaking. Chamonix itself is a wonderful town, pubs and bars aplenty and a bit of retail for the wife if you fancy taking her. All this within 3hours of your departure from Blighty. | | Weaknesses:
The climbs are of the "because they are there" variety, but fortunately, the lifts can be taken too because "they are there and they are easier"! But never forget that all that up means all those downs. After that can't really fault it. | | Overall:
Fantastic week of biking, nothing in this country can compete. Even the walkers on the trails can't get out of the way quick enough and cheer your lunacy on! The sort of epic rides that left me wanting to take every one there just to have their breath taken away and for their jaws to drop. Proper mountain biking and a great holiday. I'm going back this year with my new full sus. Can't wait would be an understatement. |
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