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While I’m planning for next year, does anyone know of a good trail down to Taninges? As that would make a pretty big elevation drop
I regularly see MTBers relaxing in the cafe on the corner and always wondered how you get down there and back without running your own shuttle?
Or is it a case of ride down and ebike back to the top nowadays (hopefully not).
I'm at a bit of a loss about those among us who complain about the condition of the trails - the area is one of the most popular riding destinations in the world and as such gets a lot of traffic. There is (as far as I can see) constant trail maintenance going on.
As per my post on P1, I’ll happily complain about the absolute lack of maintenance going on, by an exceptionally limited number of people. We were there early season and the official trails were wrecked.
I don’t go there to ride them though unless I have to, to link up to other bits, even then I get more arm pump doing a lap down Les Gets than an entire day of back country riding down to Samoens. 🤦♂️
But hey, everyone wants another blue/red flow jump line right?
They are the most tone deaf/thick skinned/french about it, it’s remarkable. 😆
Qi actually would like more green and blue flow trails so that new and young riders can get more progression and enjoy the holiday more.
I would like to see some enduro tech trails. Endless flow trails when the only real difference between a green and a black is the size and commitment required to clear the jumps holds no interest to me. As HobNob says far lore fun to be had at Samoens. I hope to go back and see if there are some good legacy trials following the recent edr race
Those would be cool, but I’m guessing they are harder to build to last. I imagine they’d get trashed fairly quickly with the amount of traffic Morzine, Les Gets and Chatel gets in a summer.
I’d also like some better XC/ebike routes as the few official ones we checked out tended to just be mainly fire roads and regular roads with the odd little bit of track (thankfully we were saved by some knowledgeable forum users and given a great route)
Those would be cool, but I’m guessing they are harder to build to last. I imagine they’d get trashed fairly quickly with the amount of traffic Morzine, Les Gets and Chatel gets in a summer
They manage a few tech lines at BPW, they see some hammer. No idea on the traffic comparison to Morzine tho.
My first time in Morzine, not my first bit of Alpine riding. Absolutely loved it but found myself sitting out of repeated flow runs.
Berm, jump, cattle grid berm, jump, cattle grid berm, feature, cattlegrid Berm, what’s vibrated off the bike? rinse and repeat.
My thumbs still hate me.
The rooty off piste under one of the lifts was fun.
Enjoyed Morgins, Champéry DH track (spelling?) and whatever other Swiss trails we did.
Special mention for the green in Morgins with a mandatory gap jump.