It’s been a while that I haven’t updated my blog, so I’m trying to give you some news what’s happening in my life…
As I’m working right now in the Wallis region, my leisure days are limited but I still have enough time to enjoy what I love to do most in summer – biking… Freeriding in summer and winter, how wonderful 🙂
So two weeks ago on my day off I went to St. Luc in the Val d’Anniviers region, a small little town with lots of small wooden huts that are so typical for the valais region. We are now already in the french speaking part of Switzerland, where none of the locals wants to speak english or german ;-)… and I never learned french, so my french knowledge is very poor…
http://www.st-luc.ch/en/Place/
St. Luc also has a bikepark, a secret spot for now… My plan was to go riding first in the bike park and then continue on a freeride tour… There were still a lot of workers, kids, locals alongside the trail as the park isn’t finished yet, so good vibes along the trail…
Downhillbiking is definetely much more fun with friends or other riders but it is much more of a challenge riding all alone. If something happens, nobody is here to help you, you are completely responsible for your own health…. But I’m aware of that ;-)…
During the week I’m mostly up for biking or slacklining, so it never gets boring. Right now I’m organizing and planning a 6-day bike tour starting from Chamonix and leading all the way to Zermatt… Over the alps of course… Hopefully the weather is gonna be okay to realize this project… Keep you updated about that…
Then last week I drove to Crans Montana. That’s the cool thing about the Wallis region. For bikers everything is so near, easy accessible, thousand different possibilities, modern infrastructure, cable-cars or busses shuttle you everywhere…
Crans Montana is a posh mountain village in the Valais region… Well known for its huge hotels and the jet-set. A lot of swiss business people have a chalet up there. The view from up there is amazing! 360 degree mountain panorama with views to Mont Blanc, Matterhorn, Weisshorn and other famous 4000m peaks…
Already last year I’ve been riding here and this time I had planned a tour to do something else. I had a description of the trail but no map, still I thought I would be able to ride my planned tour… Well, it came different… Of course, without a map it isn’t that easy but the trails are good marked, whatever… From Cry’d’Er, the top station of the cable-car I followed the trail all the way to the top there… Hard work because I carried the bike for over half an hour… But the view on top was amazing! It seemed to be on the moon, such a special landscape…
It would have taken to long to take the other trail and hike back up, so plan B was on the go… Riding in the Kona Bikepark… As I had the afternoon ticket anyway, I enjoyed riding in the park, met some nice swiss guys and had lots of fun….
I also had my helmet-cam with me… The videos I’m cutting and editing are non professional but I would like to give you an impression of the beautiful surroundings and maybe it’s a reason to go there one day 😉
So enjoy watching ;-)…
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