Davos
We’d heard of Davos totally on account of Enduro2 race that moved from Les Arcs to the Swiss resort a few years before now. Les Arcs is one in every of our prime Alpine resorts so we knew we could also be on to a winner correct proper right here.
It was a two hour drive North nonetheless what a drive it was! Sweeping hairpins on roads as simple as a dolphin’s as soon as extra, then down valleys entombed by daunting peaks to realize merely over the hill from Lenzerheide.
Sitting at 1,500 metres, Davos is an enormous ski resort that’s nevertheless to truly actually really feel an inflow of British mountain bikers nonetheless is appropriately beloved by Germans and the Swiss. With six cable vehicles, 27 marked routes and a separate bike park we had been on no account going to have the flexibleness to hit all of it contained in the 48 hours we had available on the market nonetheless there’s undoubtedly potential to spend per week or longer correct proper right here.
“IT’S A BATTLE TO KILL SPEED THROUGH ZIG-ZAGGING CORNERS BEFORE DROPPING INTO WIDE OPEN FOREST TRAILS WITH A HOPSCOTCH OF ROOTS TO PICK LINES THROUGH.”
It’s a path and enduro focussed home with most descents taking larger than 10 minutes to finish. There’s no lack of technicality nonetheless you’ll really actually really feel like just a bit little little bit of a wally for a lot of who flip up with a downhill bike. The spotlight of all of it should be the Bahnen tour. A mapped out route that makes use of assorted chairlifts to get you 10,000 metres of descending over 86km. It could possibly be achieved in a day for a lot of who’re really pushing or unfold over two and launched a bit additional chill.
That is excessive Alpine using at its biggest as rocky trails in the reduction of via meadows, alongside ridgelines and down steep rooty forests. It feels absolutely unspoilt and the paths on the prime had been abandoned after we rode them so early contained in the season. A spotlight comes alongside on the Rinerhorn ridgeline overlooking Davos itself, hucking in off the fireroad, it’s a battle to kill tempo via zig-zagging corners earlier than dropping into in depth open forest trails with a hopscotch of roots to resolve on strains via.
The Bahnen tour overlaps with the Davos Epic path, Switzerland’s solely recognised IMBA Epic path. At 45km extended, it’s an correct backcountry expertise that we’d wish to return and hit appropriately with a bit additional time.