Chamonix mountain biking holiday in France
Typically you will be sharing your experiences with between 4-20 like minded travellers (depending on the trip, operator and how many others are booked on the trip) and you'll have a group leader with you. Whether you are travelling alone or with friends its good value, and a great way to meet new people! While itineraries are pre-planned there is some flexibility and you'll have plenty of privacy. This trip will appeal to travellers of all ages who enjoy meeting new people as well as seeing new places.
How this holiday makes a difference
Environment
Our biking holiday takes place in a stunning mountain environment, below Europe’s highest peak – Mont Blanc, where all the team live and play. The untouched beauty of our adventure sports playground is its biggest attraction, and keeping it that way is one of our main priorities! We stay well clear of natural reserves and only bike on paths that are set aside for mountain bikers. We're passionate about sharing our amazing mountain world with as many people as possible, in an environmentally sustainable manner. Our biking holidays consist mainly of leg power, and we only use vehicle transport where absolutely necessary.
We are a small team, offering a 100% personal service, and are dedicated to sharing our love for the sports and environment around us. As a company, we recycle, reuse, and actively promote the environmentally friendly option in terms of transport and travel around the valley. We support the Chamonix tourist office’s campaign for an ‘eco-friendly’ town. We run shared minibuses, use natural cleaning products (vinegar, baking soda etc), and run an almost entirely paper free office.
We encourage all our guests to think about the environmental impact of their actions during their stay, providing information about the local ecology, encouraging minimal use of water and heating, and offering easy access to recycling facilities, free public transport, and environmentally friendly methods of transport – pedal power, foot, and even parapente! Our biking holidays leave no scar or litter on the environment. We keep our biking camps to small groups (of 8 or less) which helps maximise your experience, and minimise the impact on the environment.
Community
We are committed to maintaining a social responsibility to the community in which we live. Chamonix is a diverse and multicultural ‘melting pot’ of nationalities – all drawn to the mountain Mecca that is the Mont Blanc range. Our company is fully integrated into the French community we live in. Our team of staff are all fluent French speakers, and our Mountain Biking guides are local lads who are passionate about riding, but also passionate about and proud of their home. We have both a French and an English company, and we work closely with a network of trusted local suppliers, personal trainers, masseurs, yoga and pilates instructors and physiotherapists.
We are proud to be part of an exciting and developing community that is growing and changing constantly, but we also recognise the importance of maintaining and supporting the local heritage and history of where we choose to live and run our business. We are active members in the Chamonix Business Forum – dedicated to Chamonix’s environmental development as a whole. Together as a network of holiday companies and suppliers we can achieve so much more than just one small business, to protect our fragile environment and continue to promote our beautiful town in a sustainable and environmentally sympathetic way.
Our aim is to grow slowly, sustainably, and in the most environmentally conscious way we can. At every step of our company development, we consider not only the economic viability, but also the environmental viability – we want to keep our mountains the way they are for the rest of our company’s life, but also for our children and grandchildren to enjoy as we have.
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