Shred the best tracks on a Orcieres downhill mountain biking holiday in France. Learn to maximise your downhill fun on this Alps MTB trip with extra activities too!
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DestinationsA week of Alps MTB paradise including 3 days downhill mountain biking course in the resort of Orcieres 1850 with experienced local guides, a day of self-guided electric mountain biking to explore the high altitude lakes and a few other adventures (or more biking) of choice to top up your adrenalin for the week.
Orcieres downhill mountain biking holiday in France
Orcieres has seriously invested in its downhill biking infrastructure with a wide range of perfectly designed downhill biking tracks for all levels from green (easiest) to black (most technical). There’s a bike park with wooden bridges, swings, jump tables and Big Air Bike for mastering stunts and jumps and a play area for perfecting technique. In addition there are also two pump track courses in the resort.
The MTB area of Orcières is also a superb playground for enduro bikers with 5 enduro routes, including an amazing technical descent going all the way from the top of the mountain at 2650m to the base of the valley at 1350m where a free shuttle will take you back up to the resort.
The Biking and your Guides:
Before your downhill biking course starts you have a free day with a top quality electric mountain bike to explore the high altitude lakes, acclimatise your legs and lungs and prepare at your leisure. Then you will join your guide for three physically demanding guided downhill biking sessions where you will perfect your technique and learn top tips for maximising your biking fun.
Our guides are fully qualified downhill mountain biking guides with years of experience and local to the area.
Other Adventures:
As we are multi activity holiday specialists, we have also included 5 activity points so you can add some extra adventure to your week and give your biking muscles a rest! Jump into clear pools of Alpine water canyoning, challenge your head for heights on a via ferrata or fly high paragliding… the choice is yours. If you want more biking, you can also use these activity points for extra downhill mountain biking hire, or even a fully guided enduro descent on your last day. You can see the full list of activities by pressing book which will take you directly to the holiday page on our website.
Orcieres downhill mountain biking holiday in France highlights:
– Downhill mountain biking on the edge of the Ecrins National Park
– Fully qualified and experienced local guides to help you maximise your downhill biking potential
– Range of other activities and adventures for your free time
– Free day with E-bike hire to explore the high altitude lakes
– Choice of accommodation options for all tastes
– Stunning panoramic mountain views from wherever you are!
Who Will Love this Alps MTB Trip?
There are groups for all levels but experience of mountain biking on a range of off-road terrains is an advantage for this Orcieres downhill mountain biking holiday in France. An adventurous spirit and a thirst for challenge are probably the two most important requirements for this trip! Although you will be using lifts to get to the top of the mountain, do not underestimate the physical challenge of downhill biking. A good level of all round fitness is important.
This trip is also open to young mountain bike enthusiasts but children from 8 – 12 will bike in separate groups and at different times to teenagers and adults.
If you are a mixed group with some bikers and some non-bikers it is possible to mix and match this trip with other holidays like our learn to fly paragliding course or summer multi activity holiday, which are both based in the same area so you can all stay in the same accommodation but do different holidays.
Accommodation:
We have a range of accommodation bases you can use for your base for this Alps MTB trip form self catering apartments to hotel accommodation. Your choice of accommodation will affect your final price. Full details of the different accommodation options can be found on our website holiday page by pressing book now.
This Alps MTB trip revolves around a 3 day downhill mountain biking course which runs from Tuesday to Thursday. Around this you have a day with a top quality full suspension electric bike hire and a choice of other alpine activities which you can spend your activity points on including more biking.
Depending on which day you arrive as your arrival day is flexible, we'll arrange your eMTB hire and other activities around this course to give you a personalised itinerary.
For your e-bike day we recommend exploring the high altitude lakes so you can rediscover your biking legs and acclimatise your lungs to the altitude at your own pace. This is a perfect warm up for your downhill biking course.
When your downhill biking lessons start on Tuesday, you'll meet your guides who will equip you with full body protection and a high quality downhill bike.
Once equipped, you'll head out up onto the lifts and bike tracks. Your guide will give you top tips for downhill biking in full security whilst having as much fun as you can. Control and confidence are the name of the game!
The sessions lasts for a full on half a day and are physically demanding. For your free time after or before your session you can use your activity points and do something else or just relax in resort and enjoy the pure mountain air.
Children aged between 8 and 12 will have their lessons in the morning and teenagers and adults will have their lessons in the afternoon.
For the rest of your free time you have five activity points to spend as you please on more biking, including the option of a full enduro descent which is a popular choice or to try something completely different like paragliding or canyoning.
During this Orcieres downhill mountain biking holiday in France we will organise these additional activities and personalise your itinerary around them.
Once you have booked and chosen your individual activities, we will send everything you need for your personalised downhill mountain biking trip in an App for your smartphone so you have everything at your finger tips from weather to kit lists even before you arrive.
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