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mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>&quot;You wont find better alpine trails anywhere in Europe...&quot; What Mountainbike.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size: 11.0pt;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Epic rides on the most incredible technical singletrack mountainbiking in the world - that's what makes us tick. Big days out - the chairlifts can lend a hand during July + August and the van in June + September, but even then they are totally optional and serve primarily as a means of extending our singletrack adventures. We'll still be climbing as much as people want to in order to reach the best riding, the best views and the best picnic spots around. 'Backcountry' has become the term for it, we've always just called it mountainbiking! If you d like to see the riding for yourself, we at BV are dead proud to feature in <a href="http://vimeo.com/16634581" target="_blank">Find</a>, the latest riding DVD from <a href="http://www.resetfilms.co.uk/" target="_blank">Reset Films</a>.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_2" o:spid="_x0000_s1040" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="an amazing autumn day on Sketchy Dismount. It was -5 degrees!Mountain biking with BikeVillage holidays in Les Arcs, French Alps" style='position:absolute;margin-left:324.5pt;margin-top:0;width:364.5pt; height:262.5pt;z-index:1;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square; mso-wrap-distance-left:126pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:126pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="../../../../../images/Dave_in_front_of_Bellecote.jpg"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=486 height=350 src="../../../../../images/Dave_in_front_of_Bellecote.jpg" align=right hspace=168 alt="an amazing autumn day on Sketchy Dismount. It was -5 degrees!Mountain biking with BikeVillage holidays in Les Arcs, French Alps" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><br clear=right> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><br> The singletrack around BikeVillage and Les Arcs is ridiculously good - so much mountain biking we could ride from our door and do something different every day for two months. There's the high level (2000m+) super flowing singletrack above the tree line, with amazing views onto Mt Blanc and all the other surrounding peaks. Then there's the tighter, cheekier singletrack down in the woods below Les arcs and La Plagne, with more switchbacks than you ever dreamt existed. Cross to the other side of the valley and it's a more open, almost mediterrainean feel to the singletrack, with rock slabs and faster flowing trails. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_3" o:spid="_x0000_s1039" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="A spot of tough September climbing through some beautiful larch trees. Mountain biking with BikeVillage holidays in Les Arcs, French Alps" style='position:absolute;margin-left:147.5pt;margin-top:0;width:187.5pt; height:249.75pt;z-index:2;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square; mso-wrap-distance-left:7.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:7.5pt; mso-wrap-distance-right:7.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:7.5pt; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="images/Sam-climbing-near-sketchy.jpg"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=250 height=333 src="images/Sam-climbing-near-sketchy.jpg" align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="A spot of tough September climbing through some beautiful larch trees. Mountain biking with BikeVillage holidays in Les Arcs, French Alps" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>We have reopened many of the local trails with our own fair hands (never leave home without a pruning saw and a trenching tool!) and so are pretty used to having them to ourselves!<br> <br> We've been riding the les Arcs/la Plagne/Beaufortain area six days a week for twelve years solid and we still find new trails all the time - that's part of the reason so many BikeVillage guests come back again and again, to mix some old favourites with our latest singletrack offerings  see the </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'><a href="http://www.bikevillage.co.uk/whats_new.htm"><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>what's new</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black;mso-ansi-language: EN-US'> page for the latest updates.<br> <br> And it's not just the trails that set us apart from other mountain biking outfits. Along with our passion for the riding comes our dedication to tailoring the experience to each rider. We only take up to twelve guests and ride with three trail leaders  that s a maximum of just 4 riders per guide, with a permanent spare guide incase of injury/illness. We are not aware of anyone else operating with and promising such a high ratio of leaders to riders. The upshot is that you ll always be doing the sort of riding at the sort of pace you love best, even when the group as a whole has vastly differing aspirations on that front. <br> <br> </span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_4" o:spid="_x0000_s1038" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Ian Jones, a BV regular, dropping into the top of Frosty's Challenge. A very cheeky number indeed! Mountain biking with BikeVillage holidays in Les Arcs, French Alps" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:187.5pt;height:249.75pt; z-index:3;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:7.5pt; mso-wrap-distance-top:7.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-right:7.5pt; mso-wrap-distance-bottom:7.5pt;mso-position-horizontal:left; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="images/Ian-Jones-on-Frosty's.jpg"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=250 height=333 src="images/Ian-Jones-on-Frosty's.jpg" align=left hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Ian Jones, a BV regular, dropping into the top of Frosty's Challenge. A very cheeky number indeed! Mountain biking with BikeVillage holidays in Les Arcs, French Alps" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4"><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>We can ride different trails in the morning and then meet up for lunch and all ride together in the afternoon. We can all do the same ride with a few cheeky options thrown in for the brave. We can offer extra loops at the end of the day for those still craving more singletrack or even (gasp) head home earlyish and stick the kettle on if you're having a bad hair day. All this really helps mixed groups and mixed couples to share lots of fun together whilst also fulfilling more selfish ride needs!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>We also run dedicated  <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'>Girl Friendly </b> weeks throughout the summer. The idea is to make sure that any female riders are in good company, thus avoiding any chance of being stuck in an all male group with dull bike chat! See the <a href="http://www.bikevillage.co.uk/dates_prices_booking.htm">dates &amp; prices</a> page for details of when they re on.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Another specialism of ours is skills coaching. Whilst every week of the season can contain a lot of skills work if you want it to, for 2012 we are running special  <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>skills weeks </b>. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>The idea for dedicated skills weeks is to lay on a full-time guide to help riders who have mainly 'red route' and mellower natural trail experience expand their riding to include more technical natural trails, such as we have quite a lot of out here! So far the skills weeks for 2012 are 7-14th July and 4-11th August.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><br> <br> If you want to practice some mountain biking skills we can spend time on a particular trail until you're hopping round tight switchbaks and riding over roots like a Jedi. If you've got a big race/event coming up we can head to the hills and get you prepared BikeVillage style - with an ear to ear grin and a litre or two of sweat marking your route. Indeed, bright orange BV riders have been spotted at about every UK enduro ever and Sam loves to take a hammering in the epic marathon events found in the area  just ask him about the World Cup course at Bourg d'Oisans and see him smile!<br> <br> For a real battle, we also offer our 'Everest Challenge' during June and September. The aim is to climb and descend 8848m of trails during the week - by no means unfeasible but definitely a bit painful! If you fancy a go then just email us - we need about 6 riders in total to run the challenge so a bit of warning is needed. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt; tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Also available for 2012 is the Beaufortain </span><a name="Hut_Trip"></a><a href="http://www.bikevillage.co.uk/hut_trip.htm"><span style='mso-bookmark:Hut_Trip'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Hut Trip</span></span></a><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, a fun wee 2 day adventure in the Beaufortain mountains to the north of Landry. Click the link above for more details but basically we set off all naive and cheerful one morning from BikeVillage. We then head up into them thar hills, ride amazing singletrack and overnight in a mountain refuge. Here we eat much cheese and drink whisky before getting our heads down for the night. Next day we greet the dawn at 2000m and set off for another epic day's riding back towards the farmhouse, where we agree never to speak of what has passed for fear our friends will disown us. It's a bit like the film Deliverance except that banjos,  P.I.G. pig squeeling and leather vests are replaced by cow bells, B.R.A. brake squeeling and lycra vests. Awesome!<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:center;tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Just do it. You know it makes sense! Andy McCandlish in MBR</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><br> If you have any questions about the riding then please do give us a call/email - it's a subject we are more than happy to chat about at great length! </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:50.25pt'> <td width=85 style='width:63.75pt;background:#FF6600;padding:2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt; height:50.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='background:#FF6600;padding:2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;height: 50.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:center;tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>e-mail us on </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'><a href="mailto:info@bikevillage.co.uk"><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>info@bikevillage.co.uk</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black;mso-ansi-language: EN-US'> or call/fax us on 0033 615 719 932</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js"> </script><script> _uacct = "UA-890061-1"; urchinTracker(); </script></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> </body> </html>