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A Honeymoon in the Alps

At a snail’s pace, my legs burning, I climbed the last mile to the top of the Grand Col du Ferret.  Wiping sleet and mud from my eyes, I wondered why we hadn’t picked a more traditional honeymoon.  At that very moment, I could have been reading a book on a Tahitian beach or drinking …

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Watch: Fat Biking in the Beautiful Swiss Alps

“The Snow Bike Festival is Europe’s “Winter Festival of Snow Biking”. The third edition of the innovative snow-bike event took place at Gstaad, Switzerland, from January 19 to 22, 2017: 4 days of thrilling snow-bike action. For the first time, the International Cycling Union UCI honored the race with a “Stage Race Class 2” accreditation. …

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Downhilling in Lenzerheide: The Whistler of Switzerland?

The name “Lenzerheide” will ring a bell in the minds of most mountain bikers around the world, thanks to this small mountain town having played host to UCI World Cup events in both 2015 and 2016. And unlike some venues who only host either downhill or cross country, Lenzerheide was home to both events. The World Cup will …

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Lift Rides to the Backcountry: Exploring the Grandiose Welschtobel Trail in Switzerland

Here in the US, “lift rides” and “backcountry” are two mutually-exclusive terms. But in Europe, they don’t have to be. On my second day riding in Switzerland we used a pair of lifts to access one of the most remote trails that I had the chance to ride in the Alps: the Welschtobel Trail. Using the …

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20,000 Feet of Descending in One Day – Get a Biketicket 2 Ride!

Have you ever heard a friend tell you a tale of an epic trail, and knew that you just had to go and experience that mountain bike ride for yourself? That’s exactly how my first trip to Switzerland began. I was sitting at a brewery in Colorado chatting with a friend of mine, Zack Vestal of Scott …

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