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There is a possibility we might be family holidaying in Morzine next year but from our visit as enduro schralpers* this year, we struggled to find decent routes back into town.
From the Avoriaz side, we got down as far as the bottom of the Zore lift but then it seemed to be a road run into town.
From the other side, it felt that we were on “cheeky” routes in places, following red numbered signs from the top of the Les gets Chavannes, but the trails felt abandoned.
If we stay in Morzine, and the kids have their bikes, I’d rather something something safer, if it exists.
Thanks
*not really
You can follow the PPDS route back after the Zore lift. It's a fire road all the way back down to about half a mile out of town. It's basically in the woods on the left where all the Zore trails filter into before they snake back to the lift.
From the top of Chavannes you can get back to the top of the Pleney (there are a couple of short but beastly climbs though) & them head back down the family blue to the town? Or head off the to the right of the Pleney lift & take the fire road back down.
If you go across from super morzine to Avoriaz you can go down gravelanche which is a large fire road.
The ‘Family Blue’ is the most terribly named trail in the valley. Don’t ride it with children!
Lol at lister.
We did the green family route in chatel, serpentine I think, and that was a bit daft.
They must breed the kids differently in the alps!
Route 22 Piste d'Atray was a rideable option for my kids compared to the 'Family' route.
Route 24 from Les Gets down to Morzine was really nice in a chilled out, more XC bimble through the woods kind of way.
We always got the Super Morzine lift down from the Zore side, too many locals warned me that the kids would hate it and walk!
(kids are 11 and 12, both on hardtails and loved all the greens in the area including the Chatel ones. Most blues were rideable for them with some time on the first couple of goes to check things. PPDS routes down into Les Linderets etc were all pretty much fine too.)
Lol at the serpentine comments. It's had some if our group over a couple of times, especially if it's been raining. It's been up graded to a blue fairly recently. Agreed with the blue family comments. It's can be quite steep and tough and needs a level of commitment.
The easiest way down from Les Gets is via the Deux Crickets* imo. From the ridgeline you drop off to the right just before the steep up. The very first bit is a little steep but it's very short so can be walked or there is a long run out if you do commit. It's just fire road with a few little bits of single track from there with a little bit of road and a few short ups.
From the morzine side the PPDS route from either the top or the bottom of zores is ok. There's a rooty bit which can be daunting but it's ok or walkable (I think you miss it if you go from the bottom of zores) The final switchbacks are a bit relentless and hard on the brakes but not tricky.
You can also go down from linderettes. Either do the road to start or down the ski piste. The piste is steep at the top and loose rock at the bottom but all rollable. The road is usually quiet. It doesn't really go anywhere. Once at the lift station it's off road to the lake then, off road by the river down to the track than runs along the main river into morzine.
* Actually it might not be called that. It's down towards the bottom of the Nyon
Thanks lister, I’d never even thought about getting a lift back down but it might be a solution.
There are quite a few nice timidish trails up that side now serviced by that lift a can’t remember,
I've ridden the "challenging" routes back to town form Zore and they're fun if it's dry - wouldn't want to do them in the wet. I've often got the bubble down if I'm in a hurry but the road is pretty good fun in a trying to get your knee down in the corners kind of way and there's not much traffic. Not sure I'd want to do it with kids though.
Not much help ;o)
The other option is if we go we’ll have the car and bike rack.
Parking in a convenient spot for each trip would work too, like in the car park at Zore and do half a day there.
Drive to linderetts, half day there etc....
There is this route down from Supermozine
Not sure I'd call it safe though 😀 especially in the wet!
To be honest, loads of people get the Super M lift down again. The fire road is a dull brake fest, the original (not sure if it's legal or not) Super M black has been a wreck, basically for ever & no matter how dry it is, it's still a bog in the woods. The actual road is boring & the off piste is pretty savage, and consistently sabotaged by the land owners, the risk of being clotheslined by barbed wire doesn't appeal, or at best nails through the roots.
that vid brings it all back...
Great bit of trail but hard on the arms after a long day.