Morzine Autumn trail work update - with winter fully underway in the UK, the rides become muddier and the clean-up takes longer. While we’ve all been dreaming of those late evenings and dusty Morzine trails, the trail teams in the Portes Du Soleil have been hard at work since the lifts closed prepping the trails ready for the 2024 summer.
Summer 2023 was once again dry and hot across most of Europe, and Morzine was no exception. With virtually no rain all summer long, making for incredible riding conditions, the trail crews across the Portes du Soleil had their work cut out but made incredible efforts to keep the runs as bump free as possible.
While our tours in Finale Ligure are in full swing and our sister company, Atlas Ski Co, is prepping for the Winter season, here at Atlas Ride Co HQ in Morzine we are excited to be see the developments for what promises to be a bumper 2024.
Who’s counting down the days?!
Le Pleney
A favourite spot for anyone travelling to Morzine and the Portes Du Soleil means Pleney Mainline receives its fair share of traffic, and understandably so as the lift is straight from town and directly at the end of the trail, so lap after lap after lap is on the itinerary of most visiting Morzine.
In saying this, Pleney Mainline is usually really well maintained, which is even more impressive given the small trail team fighting against the tide of traffic. Credit where credit is due, these guys deserve some praise.
Onto some of the updates this landmark trail of Morzine has received. A top to bottom overhaul of every berm and technical section, it's smooth as silk at the moment, ready for the first tyre tracks of 2024.
Mainline's had a reshape
Avoriaz Bike Park / Super Morzine
The sun-kissed slopes of Super Morzine are home to some of the flowiest trails around. Maintained by Avoriaz MTB, and including the areas of Avoriaz, Les Lindarets, Serraseux and Super Morzine, the berms and jumps have all had a major glow up, being resurfaced and reshaped, leaving them looking like perfection.
A new red trail is under construction at the top of the Serassieux lift, we're excited to see how this new jump line develops.
Champery-Morgins
Found on the Swiss side of the border from Morzine, Champery-Morgins bike park has been the filming location for some of the best edits, with Vinny T’s Morgin edit, as well as World Cup racer and Atlas Ride Co guest Neko Mulally’s edit from his time with us.
For 2024 Morgins will have an entirely new lift system installed, a modern gondola meaning those fast laps will be even quicker from next summer. Not only yhis, the summer off will mean some incredible exciting developments for the bike park. Stay tuned!
Neko Mulally at Morgins
Chatel Bike Park
Chatel Bike Park is home to some of the biggest jumps in the area, as well as the iconic Vink Line. Due to the lack of rain preventing regular trail work this summer, Chatel developed more brake bumps than usual, but these have all been smoothed out by the dig team - and boy what a job they’ve done! Along with trail maintenance, they’ve built new features, including a North Shore piece of trail art.
Have you booked for 2024?
It doesn’t seem that long ago that we packed up our Morzine chalets and relocated to Finale Ligure, but the whole Autumn Finale season has been and gone, and it won’t be long until we’re back at our spiritual home of Morzine in 2024.
Are you joining us? Bookings are coming in fast, so get yourself booked into our Riders Week and come ride with us - we’ll take care of lift passes and your chef-prepared meals, leaving you to just concentrate on the important stuff!
With luxuries like hot tubs, saunas and an on-site mechanic, a Riders Week package is a true holiday, just with more bikes, which is a win-win in our eyes!
Self catered pricing starts at just £129 per person per week, or maybe Apartment Zore or Encoches if you want a home-from-home experience. Morzine has so many places to eat and drink, self-catering can be a great way to explore the town.
