Where do guides from Beaufort ride on their day off?

In Beaufort of course, and they show off what they can to their visiting friends!

Two friends of mine made the one and a half hour drive from Chamonix Valley into the Beaufortain. I insisted that they came early so that we could get on the 9am bus (!) and make the most of the day. The bike buses are great over here, but if you don't plan it correctly you can easily loose large chunks of the day. Another reason a helping local hand is so useful.

From the top of Mont Bisane it was time for 18km of descending all the way to Albertville. When I say all the way, I'm forgetting the 300m of vert 3/4 of the way through. It's so worth it though, the trail features everything you can think of in a package that was related to "Servoz woods" by Tom H. We made it down with about 25 minutes to spare and 'boshed' down some cans of coke whilst resisting the temptation to eat kebabs and instead opting for Tarte Beaufort's. When in Rome you know!

Loam-fest!

Roller-coaster rollers

Tech climbing

little teapots

Down here!

After lots of deliberating about what to show my friends for the afternoon we settled on classic Col de Pre trails. A hot pedal followed by some creative bike packing saw us climbing the last section into the woods. At the trail head we, well Wim, chatted with some old locals about mountain biking in the area. We all dropped in and they loved seeing us disappear off down the rocky trail. Gloria was getting her flow on now! Super lekker! Whilst others over shot corners.

We were not done after the flow show as we all had a little bit of energy left. And also guides still have work to do on their days off. It was time for me to ride a new trail too! Pink Eye.
Top Tip- Never ask guides where trail names come from...

Always climbing to be done

After a short climb we ate some madeline's, talked about deep-frying chocolate bars, and we talked about trail names... This trail we were all about to be shown was not super long, but it was lots of fun. Grassy meadows, rocks and roots and even a waterfall. But best of all, it finished right into Beaufort town, near the bar!

Gloria ordered a huge Hoegaarden beer, cos Colorado girls aren't just good at mountain biking, but they are also good at beer drinking! Happy trails to you my dear!

Pink eye delight

Pink eye delight part 2

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