Mountain bike & cross country
Mountain Bike Rides
In the Aravis Mountain Range (La Clusaz, Saint- Jean de Sixt, le Grand-Bornand and Manigod) there are 9 runs of downhill mountain biking, 15 of cross country and 1 enduro including 13 feasible with your family.
A detailed map of all itineraries ( scale 1/50 000) is on sale at the Tourist Office. Price : 3 € ( front and back view pdf below).
2015 rates :
Aravis pass *: 19 € adult / 15 € child
Aravis ski pass 6 days : 90 € adult / 55 € child
La Clusaz day pass : 17,50 € adult / 13 € child
La Clusaz afternoon pass : 13 € adult / 8,50 € child
Grand-Bornand pass : click here
2015 Opening times le Grand-Bornand :
June 20th to July 03rd : (open daily except Wednesdays)
Rosay's Gondola : 9:30 am -12 and 2 pm -5 pm
Lachat's Chairlift : 9:45 am to 12:15 and 2 pm - 4:45 pm
Châtelet's charilift : closed.
Last climb / descent ¼ before closing.
From July 04th to August 31th: open daily.
Rosay's Gondola : 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Lachat's Chairlift : 9:45 am - 4:45 pm
Châtelet's charilift : 9:30 am - 12 and 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Last climb / descent ¼ before closing.
Opening times 2015 La Clusaz :
The lifts will be open during :
The weekend of June 12th-13th-14th, June 20th-21st and September 05th -06th.
- Daily from June 27th to August 31st.
See the opening times.
Officed outings by state qualified guides www.compagnie-guides-aravis.com
La Clusaz Office : +33 4 50 63 35 99
Le Grand-Bornand Office : +33 4 50 02 78 18
Equipment rental (bike, helmet, protective clothing...) in specialist sport shops at La Clusaz and Le Grand-Bornand.
Downhill : Downhill, fast and technical descent path.
Cross-country :Tracks more or less rocky, pretty wheels, with an elevation ranging combining ascents and descents .
Enduro tracks : Hard, brittle and very mountainous terrain, combining endurance of cross -country, freeride technique and the speed of descent.