Tag Archives: Lift opening

Lift openings 2024: Up, and not crying

Posted on 3rd April 2024

Hey hi!

Yeah, I know, I know.

Long time indeed.

How’re you?

Oh, you know, oppe, og ikke gråter / 你吃了吗 / meshe lhal / could be worse….

Lets ignore a lost year and start where we left off. When do the lifts open for summer?

Chamonix

Bellevue: 8th June – 15th September (opening and closing 1 week later than 2023)

Flegere: 8th June – 22nd September (open 1 week longer than 2023) then 19th October – 3rd November

Le Tour: 8th June – 8th September (same as 2023)

Planpraz/Brevent: 15th June – 15th September (opening 1 week later than … [Read full post]

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Lift openings 2023: General Artificial Untelligence

Posted on 7th April 2023

A new summer of lift riding sprawls before us…

What lifts will open? When will they open? How long will you keep reading my tenuously connected intro before scrolling down to the actual info?

Still reading I see.

The big buzz in writing write now is a.i. If you’re in any way stuck for content, just fire a question into ChatGPT, let it write the article for you and then at the end of your piece SURPRISE! drop the bomb that the algorithm wrote it…

So I tried that and it was pretty disappointing. Which possibly sums up your experience … [Read full post]

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Lift openings 2022 // Third time lucky 

Posted on 4th April 2022
Going somewhere. Always
Lift opening information for summer 2022 vtt / mtb riding innit
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How to ride a bike in Chamonix 2.021

Posted on 21st April 2021
Chamonix in a picture. Lots of sports, lots of geography, lots of blue sky.
All the information you need to ride your MTB in Chamonix. Lifts, passes, trails, life hacks, influence coaching and less.
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Lift openings 2021 // Roll the dice

Posted on 7th April 2021
If you wonder why we run our brake levers at bit higher in the alps, this should answer your question.
Lift opening dates for the alpine summer 2021 mtb vtt season. Hopefully.
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Dorenaz

Posted on 22nd September 2020
Where is this going? Well, Wayne's going down and north, I've no idea where the blog's headed.
Mountain biking in Switzerland from the Dorenaz lift. Always open, always dry. Both the wit and the riding.
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Lifts in a time of Corona. Lift openings 2020

Posted on 7th May 2020
Some of my best memories from the trips were whilst on shuttle duty. Just sitting at the side of the road looking at the views, or drinking coffees whilst waiting in cafes. I am very much looking forward to getting back that life.
Summer 2020 bike park and lift opening dates for Chamonix / Valais / Aosta / Haute Savoie
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Anything for an easy life.

Posted on 17th April 2019
Pila. and pan shot saturday
Late season skiing = early season lift access biking.
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Ccccchanges: Lift openings 2019

Posted on 11th April 2019
One man and his dog. Llyr and me on the first ride of the year back in March.
All the lift info for bike season 2019, and some news about French MTB guiding
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How to ride a bike in Chamonix.

Posted on 3rd December 2018
Chamonix. Grand, isn't it.
Your handy, one stop shop for everything you need to know to go mountain bike riding in Chamonix. Lifts, trails, restrictions, beer and bikes.
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