When to go

Coordinating your trip with the lift openings and regulated trails – how to do it!

Flegere downhill track – progress!

Work on the new trail at Flegere

Danny McAskill in Chamonix

Danny McAskill was in town last summer and Perfect Moment filmed him as he pulled eye-popping stuff all over Chamonix…

Lognan, descent via Plan Joran

Steep switchbacks on a rocky path through the trees…

Vallorcine downhill track

This twisting trail is a fantastic ride, plummeting down the side of the valley, and is being re-routed for 2010

Chalet Floria from Flegere

Turning off the initial fast burn down the fire road, round a fast balcony path and some rooty, twisting singletrack to the final descent to Les Praz. NB this track is off limits in July & August

Pila, Italy

An hour from Chamonix, Pila has converted a large part of its lift system exclusively for mountain biking in the summer.

Transrockies 2009

We’ve been cycling all these tracks over the summer in order to get fit for this event. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s an epic seven day mountain bike race that crosses the Canadian Rockies.

Transrockies 6

Last Start! It’s a noticeably greyer (and smaller) crew than the start at the top. Still, it was really nice how many people came out from the town to cheer us off. Amongst this crowd were various friends who’d had to drop out: fractured shoulder, messed up achilles, bumps on the head….

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Transrockies 5

Day 6: Elkford to Crowsnest Pass
It’s difficult to describe the utter lunacy of the first part of this day as rain poured down in solid sheets, punctuated by brief spells of hail and we all piled along the fire roads singing “Gimme Shelter” to keep the bears off. We heard later that the leading group [...]