Family Mountain Biking in the Glamorous Courchevel 1850

on March 24, 2013

Courchevel is without any doubt the most glamorous resort in the French Alps. Courchevel 1850 in particular is the largest and most popular village where the majority of luxury properties, designer shops, restaurants and bars are located. There are numerous Michelin-star restaurants here as well. Despite all these luxury, we are here not to ski or indulge in the luxury restaurant. We wanted to try mountain biking.

After breakfast, we went out the hotel for a walk. Great to see this perfect mirror image right in front of us.

This hotel is called Hotel Le Mercure, located at Courchevel 1850.

On the way, I could see that most of the luxury 5-star hotels were closed at this low season. The good thing about travelling in low season..there is virtually no crowds and save a lot of time in waiting. Yippee!

The outlook of the tourist center is really not bad…There was nothing much to do at this low season, except going to mountain hiking or bicycling… As planned, we go for cycling.

We had rented 4 mountain bicycles from this shop. The charges are not cheap though in the low season.

Adapting to the gears and other settings..

The mission is to go down to the mid level by following a bumpy trail.

Ok, we can do it. Let’s go ! The muddy trail is really bumpy, till our hands and buttocks are all numb. I didn’t get the chance to take photos as attention is really needed to avoid accident.