Downhill Day Around Verbier


New sensations, characteristic of skiing, are dished out large in freeride mountain biking around these hills!

I have been dividing my time between climbing, sailing and mountain biking these past few summers, showing people the wonders of these Alps. As technology pushes the limits of compromise, so have the trails, suitable for riding, morphed into the most fantastic summer playground for biking. Verbier's Bike Park is slowly adding new trails. Many, specifically for the young and insane all-out-downhiller.

But so many of the single tracks, which seemed too steep years ago, are now open to the most fantastic of sensations, offering rolling banked switch-backs, gnarly dark steep rooted woods, alpine ridges with stunning views, and various modes of transportation to link all these single tracks together for glorious multi-day tours through France, Italy and Switzerland. If you have not checked this out, hop on a fully suspended bike, such as the super Swiss Thomas Bikes, put on a bit of body armor for the inevitable rakes over rough ground, and enjoy all the new terrain which has now opened up.

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Posted: Thu - September 13, 2007 at 06:51 AM        

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