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Mountain Biking Holidays in Morzine

The Mountain biking in Morzine and the Porte du Soleil area is some of the best in Europe with a huge number of mountain bike trails with something that will suit everyone's ability.

There are plenty of man-made downhill tracks, bike parks with large jumps, drops and North Shore style riding, stunning singletrack which is both steep and technical as well as some easier routes for the less confident riders.

The Porte du Soleil area has 24 lifts and 7 main riding areas - Morzine, Les Get, Avoriaz, Chatel, Les Crosets, Morgins and Champery and over 650km of marked trails.

• Morzine

Morzine is the best located village in the Portes du Soleil, with the easiest access to the largest biking area in the world. With a new Plenny lift opened for bikes in 2014 and the Super Morzine side which keeps coming on leaps and bounds, could there be any better place in Europe to ride your bike?

If you're looking for a run with berms and jumps, Zore main line, is for you. Fast flowing with small-medium table top jumps, also a few small gaps, with chicken runs around the outside.

PPD Black main line is fast, flowing, steeps and lots of features. A great run for advanced riders to improve their skill set.

You could ride Morzine for a week and not get bored. There's always another secret trail to find.

• Les Gets

Les Get is easily accessed from Morzine via the Pleney lift system. Its bike park has a great variety of family runs to extreme. The 5.2km downhill trail, La Piste des Ecureils, is a great run to learn on, a perfect single track with some tight turns to hone your skills. Not only a great place to learn but also to warm yourself up before you strive to hit bigger and steeper trails.

Triple 8 & The Shore are two trails which are very much entwined together so you might find yourself switching from one run to the other. They are, in essence, the same from the top. If going round berms is your thing, this is the place for you.

There is also a beautiful lake just to the side of the bike park to jump in after a day on the bike, a huge draw to Les Gets.

• Chatel

The bike park of Chatel is only a short ride from the top of Zore in Morzine. There are a few uphill parts to do but it is only a 15min trail until you get to a downhill single track into Linderets. Chatel has probably got the most variety in the Portes du Soleil. With 18 marked tails from very easy greens that will take you top to bottom

From Panoramic and Serpentine and everything in the middle and onto the extreme black that is Air Voltage, built to a very high standard by Scott DH. North Shore drops that get bigger and bigger. Black Shore is a good way to practice North Shore as it has many parts, all with chicken lines if it gets to big.

• Champery

Chambery has the Coupe de Monde downhill run, which hosted the 2011 UCI World Cup. Easily the hardest run within the Porte du Soleil area, not for the faint hearted, especially in the wet. Champery has good access to Les Crosets and great, also, for XC riding with a lot of Enduro trails

• Morgins

Morgins can be a bit of a slog to get to, taking around 90 minutes via the lift system. The run to Morgins is a little unexciting, riding down fire roads and ski pistes but it is all downhill so at least no pedalling. When you take your first lap, it will all make it worthwhile. Morgins is a great place for the high intermediate to advanced rider with loads of features and always more than one line.

The Blue run, La Derupe is fast, flowy and so much fun. The sort of run you want to do again and again but more like a red than a blue. This run is for more experienced riders.

Prices from £585 per person per week based on 2 sharing room - Bed and Breakfast - Including Flights

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