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May 27th, 2009

Orange Alpine 160’s

The new bikes have arrived! They look unbelievably “bling”. I have been lucky enough to have this day in May for 8 years now. It’s one of the best bits of the job. This year we have a 16″ and an 18″ Orange Alpine 160.

I thought I’d pull the “prototype to this bike out of [...]

May 5th, 2009

Ride Morzine .org

RideMorzine is back online – it has a new TLD of .org. Lets see what happens with it!
http://www.ridemorzine.org

April 27th, 2009

Avoriaz Ski Randonee

The annual end of season ski randonee (ski mountaineering) race was held in Avoriaz yesterday.  There are 4 courses (Elite, Grand, Petit, Mini), Francesca Eyre and I entered the Grand (1400m of ascent) and Lee and Sian entered the Petit (1000m of ascent).
The results were:
Francesca and Gareth 2hrs 7min (last year 2hrs 18min).
Lee and Sian [...]

April 6th, 2009

Lift opening dates for Morzine and Les Gets.

Les Gets (Chavannes and Mt Chery lift) will be opening a week early for mountain bikes on weekends only from May 30th until June 19th. And then from then on full time.
Goodness knows how, there is more than a normal amount of snow about at the moment!
Looks like the “main” lifts will be open June [...]

March 17th, 2009

Mountain Bike and Road Bike Events around Morzine 2009

Road Bike Events around Morzine, Summer 2009.
Cyclosportives
Cluses- Agy, 31/5 click here for more information
Time Megeve – Mt Blanc 14/6 click here for more information
Morzine – Montriond 21/6 click here for more information

La Grand Bo 28/6 click here for more information
Critérium Dauphiné Libéré June 7 to 14, route to be annouced, more information?
Le Tour de [...]

March 17th, 2009

Lift Opening Dates in Morzine and Les Gets

Provisional Lift opening dates for 2009 are:
June 6th – limited Morzine and Les Gets lifts open (Pleney every day, Chavannes weekend of 6/7 June and then every day from June 14)
June 27th – full area lifts open
Aug 30st – full area lifts close
Sept 6th – limited area Morzine and Les Gets lifts close

March 17th, 2009

The bikes come out in Morzine

Carl, Sian and Andy (Biketreks) got the bikes out for a run around th Valley Verte yesterday, not mountain bikes mind you, the early season training machines.

You can see the left over snow, maybe a mountain bike would have been a better idea! Though looking at the depths of snow mountain biking could be an [...]

March 16th, 2009

A little ski tour

Ok so it’s not mountain biking yet, and it feels like a bit of a holiday!