[partsbara]

gettin amped to head out to morzine the first week in sept... reading somewhere that the bike season closes in september.. .i m guessing this is toward the end of the month, not the beginning...

i d appreciate any info from crew who have been out there... links etc... when exactly does the place close ?? can we expect shiatty weather in early september ??

cheers

partsbara

 

[Lumpy_Gravy]

Good choice, I'm off there tommorow.

I think the lifts shut the end of the 2nd week of september. The weather should be great, not to hot. The track may be fairly worn with lots of braking bumps, particualrly as the reports so far are that they arent doing much in the way of track maintanance

 

[partsbara]

yeah, looks like the last day is the 19th of sept... damn worlds have stuffed my plans... looks like i ll be there from 16 - 19 sept... anyone else be around that time ??

partsbara

 

[Lumpy_Gravy]

check they dont shut on 14th September try some UK sites as alot of us go there

http://www.southerndownhill.com/

http://www.descent-world.co.uk/

 

[partsbara]

according to these jokers it s the 19th..

http://www.lesgets.com/page4bis.php?id_site=2&id_style=ete&id_page=main-presentation-e.html&id_menu=tete-ete-e.html&lng=en

i d be pissed if i got out there and it was all over

partsbara

 

[partsbara]

mmm, link doesn t work so well....

Lifts :
Opening dates for summer 2004 for the Chavannes and Mont Chery gondola lifts and the Pointe chairlift : 12th and 13th June, and everyday from 19th June to 19th September 2004.

Opening times :
.Gondola lifts : 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.
.Chairlift : 9.45 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.

 

[narlus]

what's the downside of being there during the world champs? you might not be able to ride the mt chery track (which is pretty damn), but there's other options, and you get to see the sick racing.

if they don't do any trail maintenance, you might get lost in the braking bumps on the lower section of avalanche (pleney lift from morzine); even just 2 weeks into the season they were getting unmanageable.

 

[partsbara]

what's the downside of being there during the world champs? .

i imagine the crowds would be hellish yeah ??? we wanna ride, not hang with the euros drinkin latte

 

[- seb]

what you'll find IIRC is that at the very start and very end of the season only the most central lifts (those in Morzine and Les Gets) are open, and the lifts in all of the surrounding valleys will be shut. In which case you're definately missing out.

 

[valve bouncer]

You goin' with Liz or the boys?

 

[scottishmark]

yeah, looks like the last day is the 19th of sept... damn worlds have stuffed my plans... looks like i ll be there from 16 - 19 sept... anyone else be around that time ??

partsbara

i might be! still really want to get out there sometime this year, shoulder allowing, so you never know!

 

[- seb]

Going out in 9 days for a fortnight

Looking forward to this more than I did Whistler.

 

[wysiwyg]

tommorow for me

 

[narlus]

Going out in 9 days for a fortnight

Looking forward to this more than I did Whistler.

really? why?

 

[partsbara]

You goin' with Liz or the boys?

one with the lads valve... ben, sam and me

 

[Tom DH]

Last year I went out for the last week in the season and the place was complete dead all the bars and shops in the town were shut and we were the only people saying in the hotel. But there was still plenty of good ridding to be done and had a great week out there. There was only one day that it rained the rest of the week was fine.
The only big problem was that only the two lifts in Les Gets and the main one in Morzine were open so there were only 3 main tracks to ride apart from the smaller ones tat go off from the main tracks and they sometimes closed for a hour for lunch.
There was still plenty of riding and the braking bumps were huge at the end of the season

 

[valve bouncer]

one with the lads valve... ben, sam and me

Ben's missus let him go your training tips must be working. ....Who's Sam? Sam Hill?

 

[- seb]

really? why?

I guess partly because I went to Whistler with just one mate, and I'm going to Morzine with 10 or so.

 

[partsbara]

Ben's missus let him go your training tips must be working. ....Who's Sam? Sam Hill?

hahhahaa... yeah ben is a little more on the game... looks like we re gonna stick to the original plan and go early in sept...

as or 'sam'... well lets just say that the worlds are the following week... us west oz lads gotta stick together... plus i think he needs some tips