Alpine Mountain Bike Adventures

The Swiss, French and Italian Alps are our playground. For hundreds of years, a vast network of trails has been created to link the various alpine valleys and access the mountain peaks.

On our mountain biking adventures, we will ride on a wide variety of trails and paths. Smooth, fast, flowy in places, they can become more technical in rocks, roots, dust or mud in others. The descents are never extreme and the tricky sections can be done alongside the bike without any problems. You can expect some short, exposed sections on some adventures, but rarely dangerous.

We optimise our routes so that you can do almost all the climbs on your ebike. We generally use wide and pleasant forest tracks, sometimes road and suitable singletrack that will challenge you on the steepest parts.

Enduro Trips

On our Enduro trips, the climbs are mostly done by shuttle bus, public transport or ski lifts. We may have to pedal up to the start of more remote trails.

Our Enduro destinations are some of the best places on earth for mountain biking. The singletrack can be natural and technical or perfectly shaped and maintained by passionate mountain bikers. Either way, they will satisfy your appetite for negative elevation changes and provide maximum fun and excitement.

Our adventures take place in the mountains where evacuation possibilities are limited. Our guides have basic first aid training. If a serious injury is suspected, they will call in a search and rescue helicopter at the participant's expense. Personal accident insurance is mandatory for all participants. When participating in our trips, it is your responsibility to respect your limits, ride carefully, walk if necessary and be aware of the risks involved in mountain biking.

We look for comfortable and typical accommodation in the regions where we ride, or *** hotels. Most of the time, you will share a double room and single beds with one of your riding partners.

On some trips, we may have to sleep in dormitories in mountain huts or chalets.

Alpine Mountain Bike Adventures

Breakfast and dinner are usually taken at the accommodation in a half-board formula. We believe that the culinary specialities and specificities of each region are also part of the experience and of a mountain biking holiday that will also leave beautiful gustatory memories. This is why we prefer establishments that offer quality cuisine typical of the local area.

For lunch, you can enjoy an excellent, varied and copious picnic prepared by our support team, in a place with a nice view. On some stages, where it is not possible to reach the assistance shuttle, we will leave with a picnic in the backpack for the day.

Enduro Trip

Depending on the type of accommodation, we will be on half board (bike hotel) or self catering (private chalet).

For lunch, we leave it up to each person to opt for a quick picnic in a bakery or to take the time to sit on the terrace of a small local restaurant.

Our Alpine mountain biking adventures take place in the Alps. These mountainous regions enjoy a generally sunny climate during the summer season between June and October. Temperatures can be high during the day in the valleys, and cooler at higher altitudes when crossing passes. As with any mountainous region, the weather can change quickly, giving way to rain, wind and cold. It is necessary to always carry rain and cold weather gear in your rucksack in case of need.

Our enduro trips take place in a variety of locations with very different and changing climates. Information will be given in the description of the trip.

During our alpine mountain biking adventures, your luggage and personal belongings are transported each day in our support shuttle to the evening accommodation. As space in our van and storage lockers is limited, please use a 50L Duffle Bag or a medium sized suitcase (65 x 41 x 26 cm)

For our Enduro trips, we offer you round trip transport from our base camp in Aigle, we take care of your transport, your luggage and your mountain bike on our specially adapted trailer, to your destination. On site, all mountain bike shuttles are included.

To give you the best experience, our groups are made up of 4 to 6 people. Our small groups allow for smooth and homogeneous guiding.

If you are a group of more than 6 people or if you would like to book an Alpine Adventure or Enduro trip with your friends, please contact us to organise your dream trip.

Contact us to organise your dream trip.

Join an existing group and share a real adventure with your new riding partners! Let the magic of the great mountain biking community work.

Our alpine adventures and enduro trips are a real human experience and you will certainly make friends with your new friends who share the same passion as you.

The overnight stays are in double rooms and you will usually share a room with one of the other participants.

However, you have the possibility to book a single room when possible.

Open to everyone from the age of 12. If your physical and technical level corresponds to that of the chosen offer, then we will be delighted to share this experience with you, whatever your age.

For minors, parental permission is required.

On alpine mountain bike adventures exclusively in Switzerland, the minimum age for using an electric mountain bike is 14 years.

PFor ebike adventures, the different assistance modes and the use of two batteries per day will allow you to complete the stages without getting too tired.

However, we recommend that you do a minimum of physical preparation to get the most out of the experience by increasing the number and duration of your mountain bike rides a month beforehand.

As far as technique is concerned, it is important that your level corresponds to that required for the trip. However, our instructors will be able to give you valuable advice on how to improve your riding and confidence. If there are sections that are too difficult for you, the safest thing to do is to get off the bike and walk over the difficulties.

Whether it's a Mac Gyver technique in the field or a mechanical problem at the service truck, we almost always have a solution for mechanical problems.

If you have chosen the ebike renting option provided by Elevation Bike, we do the repairs ourselves but charge for the changed parts.

If your personal ebike is no longer in running condition, we can rent you one to continue the adventure.

Rain and wind are natural mountain hazards. If the safety of the participants is assured, we may ride in the rain and mud.

The guide will assess the weather conditions, the terrain and the participants and may decide to shorten or modify the stage to ensure the safety of everyone.

For stays in Switzerland

From abroad: Geneva International Airport then public transport (train and bus) to your destination.

From neighbouring countries: by private car or train

For stays in France

From abroad: Geneva or Lyon International Airport, then public transport (train) to your destination.

On request, we can organise a transfer from your arrival at the airport to your hotel for the night before your stay.

If you choose an alpine mountain biking adventure in the form of a mountain tour, we return to the starting point by mountain bike.

For the alpine crossings from one point to another, we take care of the return with our shuttle.

For our Alpine Mountain Bike Adventures and Enduro Trips offers, please fill in the contact form, specify your chosen options, and read and accept our terms and conditions and cancellation policy.

We will then send you the details of your booking and a payment link or bank details to pay for the holiday and confirm your registration and participation.

At the same time you will receive a short questionnaire to find out about your riding experience and to ensure that you are suitable to participate in the trip.

Once the payment has been validated, we will send you a detailed guide to the trip which includes the different stages of preparation for your adventure.

Our Alpine mountain biking adventures are all-inclusive offers. From the moment you meet our team, you are completely taken care of. All costs related to the trips are included in the price: accommodation, meals, shuttle transfers, snacks, lifts if used, guide service and mechanical assistance.

Drinks consumed in the hotel or outside are at the client's expense as well as repairs to the bike in case of breakage.

For our Alpine Mountain Bike Adventures and Enduro Trip, we recommend :

- an All-mountain or Enduro mountain bike (depending on the trip) with modern geometry and a travel between 140 and 170 mm.

- In excellent condition and serviced (brakes, transmission, clamps, reinforced tyres)

- Have the specific spare parts for your bike (derailleur paste, brake pads)

The stages are sometimes long with significant elevation gain.

The use of two batteries allows you to ride with more interesting assistance modes for the practice of e-mtb, without having to worry about the management of the battery.

If you choose to come with your own Ebike, make sure you have two batteries with a capacity of at least 625Wh (!) as well as your charger.

If you don't have a second battery, we offer a package with ebike and extra battery included.

Here is a list of the minimum equipment you need for a day on one of our Alpine Mountain Bike Adventures :

- Jet helmet (loaned by Elevationbike on request)

- Sunglasses

- 20L backpack min.

- MTB shoes for flat or automatic pedals if you have your own pedals

- Gore-tex rain jacket

- Lightweight short and long sleeve jerseys

- MTB shorts

- Shorts with chamois

- Water bottle or 2L water bag

- Long gloves

- Lightweight kneepads (optional)

- Lightweight, warm fleece or down jacket

- Small personal pharmacy with your own medication or treatments

For our Enduro trips, we recommend :

- Full face helmet (light or jet) depending on the difficulty of the trails

- Knee and elbow pads

- A backpack with integrated back protector

- If you ride without a backpack, a light back protector

- Long gloves

EBIKE

Are you travelling by plane and do not want to carry your EBIKE, or do you not have a EBIKE or a second battery?

We will be happy to provide you with a top-of-the-range ebike and a second 750 Wh battery for hire at an attractive rate.

Choose the simplest solution!

Please specify this option on the Alpine Mountain Bike Adventure booking form.

MOUNTAIN BIKES

We have some very good enduro bikes for hire through our partner shops.

If you would like to hire an enduro mountain bike for an alpine adventure or enduro trip.

Please specify in the booking form.