Mountain Biking Holidays in Chamonix

Mountain biking holidays in Chamonix offer terrain to suit all levels and styles of riding. There are superb trails for first time riders, XC whippets or free-ride and downhill specialists. The ski lifts in summer transform the valley in all directions into a MTB haven. Ice and Orange can offer guided weekends or week long stays including all transportation, kit hire and guiding.

Family / Kids & first timers:

The trails lower in the valley, along the river Arve and in the Praz Bois, are the best place to enjoy safe and fun riding.

Kit: Good quality and well maintained bikes, perhaps front suspension, helmet and gloves.

Free ride and DH:

With great uplift service available throughout the valley the terrain here is best described as raw technical free-ride. Massive descents littered with rocky, rooty switchbacks and open wide flowing forest runs the options are huge. The variety will keep even the hard core riders happy for weeks on end. Some of our favorite descents are...

Top Brévent via combe de Brévent - Cham centre, Balcons Sud & Nord (watch out for walkers in peak season), Grand Montets - Praz Bois, Flégère - Les Iles, Merlet - Servoz. The new DH course descending from Tête de Balme to Vallorcine is also excellent and serviced by one of the newest lifts in the valley.

Kit: DH or free-ride full suspension, full face lid and eyewear, body armour and mobile phone.

XC cross country:

Loads on offer here with lung busting ascents and great enduro style circuits. The balcons sud & nord are great areas for diversity of terrain. There is a great circuit from the Bellevue lift in Les Houches round to the Forclaz area. The Balme area has more open and wide tracks but more rocky in places so make sure you bring some spares along with you!

Kit: Hard tail or light full suspension bike, helmet and pack.