It’s great that bikes have pedals for, like, pedalling and stuff, but we’d rather sit on our arses and let something else do the work. Preferably whilst belching CO2, cos that’s more like a 2 stroke crosser, and we all just wish we could ride motocross don’t we.
So, opening dates for Chamonix lifts, and the surrounding area. Boom, voila and here you go (and a bit of music to listen to whilst you read):
Chamonix (usual CdMB caveats apply)
Bellevue: 13th June – 27th September
Le Tour: 13th June – 20th September
Flegere: 13th June – 20th September
Brevent/Planpraz: 13th June – 20th September
Tramway du Mont Blanc: 13th June – 27th September
Prarion: 20th June – 20th September
Grand Montets: 27th June – 13th September
Vallorcine: 27th June – 23rd August
And some 1hr distant roadtrippin’ options
La Thuile: 27th June – 30th August http://www.lathuile.it/datapage.asp?id=223&l=1&s=E
Portes du Mont-Blanc: Not up yet, but probably 27th June – 6th September http://www.combloux.com/en/activities/summer/mountain/lifts.html?obt=sitraLOI455581#detailsobt
Tignes/Val d’Isere: More than 1hr, but still free, 27th June – 30th August http://www.tignes.net/en/summer-sports/free-and-a-la-carte-activities-252.html
Grand Massif: Not up yet but probably 4th July – 30th August http://ete.grand-massif.com/les-tarifs
Pila: Not up yet, but probably 20th June – 6th September http://www.pila.it/en/pila/estate/stagione-estiva/
Portes du Soleil: Mostly 26th June – 30th August but some earlier and later http://en.portesdusoleil.com/summer-lifts.html
Verbier: All weekends in June then 29th June – 25th October http://www.verbierbikepark.ch/horaires_fr.php
