Mountain Biking

Welcome to MTB Heaven....

Whatever your choice of biking, freeride, cross country or Downhill, Morzine & the neighbouring town of Les Gets offer some of the best selections of trails anywhere, with the breath-taking backdrop of the French & Swiss Alps. Over 400km of signposted routes, and one of the most extensive summer lift systems in the world ensures that the Portes-du-Soleil region has plenty of terrain on offer for all abilities levels, from gentle family outings through to world cup downhill runs.

Downhill

The Portes-du-Soleil contains 9 permanent downhill tracks, graded using a colour coding system; blue, red, black (although don't worry, there are by-passes for the trickiest sections!). With one lift pass you can have access to the famous Mont Chery run (World Cup 2002 & World Championships 2004), the free ride Morgins run, the Super Châtel Danger H, or the Pleney permanent downhill leading into Morzine town centre. The full list of permanent Downhill courses is below:

- Morzine:
The Pleney (black), 3.3 km, altitude difference 560 m

- Les Gets:
Mont Chéry (black), 3.8 km, altitude difference 620 m
Chavannes (blue), 1.3 km, altitude difference 255 m
- Châtel:
The Classic (blue), 2.7 km, altitude difference 440m
The Danger H (black), 2.7 km, altitude difference 440m

- Champéry-les Crosets:
Grand Conche (black), 3 km, altitude difference 470m
Crosets II (red), 1.2 km, altitude difference 258m

- Morgins:
The Foilleuse (red), 2.5km, altitude difference 500 m
The Majectic Free ride, 2.2 km, altitude difference 500m

- Torgon :
Descente Freeride UCI, 18 km from Tronchey to Vionnaz


X-country

For the x-country die-hards, the almost never-ending trails wind their way up and down the mountains, through the alpine forests, crossing rivers and through alpine pastures. Covering the boarder between France & Switzerland the trails are superb examples of mountain biking at its best.

The 'Tour' of the Portes-du-Soleil is an 80km marked trail looping round the whole regin. Utilising the network of lifts the tour gives an amazing 80% downhill, 15% on the flat, and just 5% climbing

The 2004 world championships held in the neighbouring village of Les Gets consisted of a course of 6.5 miles with 30% singletrack and an elevation change of 200m per lap.

There's classic climbs like the Col de Cou, where the effort to get up makes the reward of a 1000m vert descent followed by a Mutzig at Bar Robinson all the more worthwhile.