Biking
downhill camp in Switzerland (8 days)
Dates :
18th-25th July 2009 // 8th-15th August
2009
Prices from :
1600 USD (with bike+full protection equipment)
1250 USD (without bike and equipment)
For those who take their bike, helmet is mandatory
as well as the complete protection equipment :
back, elbows, shoulders and knees.
Registration deadline: 3 months
before
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for a personalized trip/price (i.e 1 day) at the
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Overview
The idea of this camp it to make
you discover (for all levels) the best resorts
of Swizterland in matter of Bike Downhill. Our
guide will show you during these 7 days all the
secrects of the great swiss mountains. By joining
this tour, you will have also the chance to ride
every day brand new Iron Horse Sunday ! We will
concentrate us on Downhill pure with zero effort
to go up (all slopes and transfer by bus included)
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Terrain
Just the best resorts - Verbier,
Crans-Montana, Les Portes du Soleil, St-Luc, Bellwald
et Montreux offering perfectly shaped singletracks,
nord shore, gap, double, 4x.
We require a good condition level
because there are 6 days of ride, of course it
is always possible to take breaks during the day
(except on day 4).
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Accommodations
We have selected personnaly a
very confortable and nice hotel in the resort
of Crans-Montana, where we will stay for the week.
Our choice was also influenced because of the
great typical food and his very friendly atmoshphere.
Very close of the best pub. Possibility Single
or double (110 USD extra charge).
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Agenda
/ Itinerary
Day 1
Our guides will welcome you at your arrival
by plane at the international airport of Geneva,
and will drive you to your hotel in Crans Montana.
On the road you will come accross the Lake of
Geneva, Montreux and finally the Rhone Valley,
where most of our spots are. In Crans, after a
nice dinner all together, we will have a meeting
about the security and we will introduce you for
the week by showing you a video of all the spots
we are going to ride.
Day 2
After a good breakfast we will
discover the resort of Crans Montana.
2 downhill tracks are available, one
red and one black, where took place the swiss
national championship. Afterwards, little
freeride on "single Vine" down to Sierre.
Day 3
We will drive again the great
Rhone Valley to arrive in Verbier.
We will ride the bike park which
is fabulous and equipped with "nord
shore" and various gaps (double..)
We will have lunch on the track with a fantastic
view of the "Mont Blanc". We will go
back on a "single" track that will take
us to Châble and then by bus to Crans Montana.
Day 4
Les Portes du Soleil.
We will go by bus to Champéry. From there
we will discover 6 resorts and that all
by bike! It starts with Champéry,
to Les Crosets via Morgins, continue to Châtel
via Avoriaz, then Morzine and finally return to
Les Crosets. Possibility to test the track
of the World Cup 2007 going down to Champéry.
The lunch will be taken in Morzine.
Day 5
Day of freeride. We will take
several "singles" in the resort of les
Rochers de Nayes and arrive at
the train station of Montreux.
We will finish the day with a bath session on
the beach of the Lake of Geneva.
Day 6
St-Luc is situated
in front of Crans Montana. The transfer will take
about one hour, driving accross Sierre and going
up the famous Valley of "Val d'Anniviers".
We will ride in "Tignousa", on a track
offering "nord shores" and "step-up"...
Day 7
We will take the road to Bellwald,
a little resort, located under the glacier
of Aletsch. The tracks, equipped with
a "double nord shore",
are maintained by friends living in the resort.
Day 8
After a last breakfast, we'll
drive you back to the airport of Geneva... it
will be sadly the time to say good-bye.
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The
package includes:
- Geneva airport transfers
- 7 nights accommodations
- All meals (7 breakfasts, 6 lunches and 7 dinners)
- Guides + coaching
- All slopes and bus transfers
- Jerseys
The package does not include:
- Airplane ticket
- Travel and accident insurance
- Drinks and snacks during the day
The schedule can be subject to modification,
dependent of your flights and the weather forecast.
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