Ride the Alps specializes in guided mountain bike holidays in the French and Swiss Alps

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All of our trips can be customized to suit your needs.

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Jamie, our guide, has more than 20 years of professional guiding experience

Winter alpine biking

With our new fleet of fat bikes we are now running winter biking holidays

Exploring the beautiful Swiss region of Goms on foot and two wheels.
Mary, Thursday June 1

A Sustrans family bike tour around Morecambe Bay on the edge of the Lake District.
Mary, Tuesday May 2

Spring is here! Last outings on the fat bikes before the trail bikes take over.
Mary, Monday March 13

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A trio of mix wheel bikes in the family now 👍😉 Out this morning testing Cammies new bike - he dropped in the steepest section of 3trees track down from picnic bench no probs ! A few more tweaks as all new bikes need - but fits him like a glove ! Thanks @selwynbicycles for helping with build up ! Another successful bike build project . Now ready to hit the lifts with him once summer season is open 😃👍 #greenbikeboys #bluebikegirls in our house !! 🤣 #ridethealps

A little spin out yesterday as such a lovely day !

A little spin out yesterday as such a lovely day !! Took the Selywn up to La Bourgeois - stead away as first ride up in a while . Plus loads of snow on track to summit ! But descent was almost totally snow free ! 🤣👍 did not stop at all on descents for pics or rest as was running thur the Velo verte enduro routes that are to be raced in June . Trails in good Nick at moment ! Think I climbed almost 1800m, as the race routes Yo-yo up and down on that side ! #noebike🚫 #ridethealps #selywnbikes

Finished our Bay Way today at Glasons dock . Today

Finished our Bay Way today at Glasons dock . Today was almost 100% car free on canal tow path and cycle way! A cracking day weather wise and for grandpas rim yesterday ! He’s said the bike was over 20 years old ! Cammie carriedhis panniers for two days and zip ties stopped the rim from splitting anymore ! All made it safe to end ! #alturacycling #sustrans #familyexploretime lits of cafe stops make it all pas by happily 👍🤣😉

We’ve done 2days of the Bay cycle way ! With gra

We’ve done 2days of the Bay cycle way ! With grandpa at 82 and good weather so far ! Lots of cafes stops 🤣 the best by far was @bakehousebornandbread 😋 Some tiny off #-road sections to avoid busy roads , but mostly on quiet couteau lanes with lambs gamboling about enjoying the spring sunny shine ! Another couple of easy days to go! B&Bs good and all kit carried in @alturacycling panniers so lots of road . Bikes on hire for me n kids, from lakes bikes , perfect for job ! But I’d rather be on my Selywn ! #familybiketours #explorebybike

What cyclist need to re charge !!! No e-bikes need

What cyclist need to re charge !!! No e-bikes needed when the cake is this good!! Best cafe in south lakes ! 😋😋 #bakehousebornandbread

New bike day for Cammie !! A mini mullet 🤣 27.5

New bike day for Cammie !! A mini mullet 🤣 27.5 front and 26” rear ! Lots of travel , slack head angle as built a new front end in steel to fit back end of my old patriot ! So bit of a frankistan bike - but at least he’s got a full sus enduro rig now ! Heavy rain the last couple days at home meant only tested it on local track! When back from uk visit we’ll test it some more !! #upcycle #minimullet #has2bGreen #ridethealps

Incredibly hard conditions continue a long push up

Incredibly hard conditions continue a long push up in very soggy snow / whisky at the top of course ! But had to stop short of the refugee to make sure clients got the plane home ! Was so hard to ride down as well🤣😳 aqua plane and no direction control what’s so ever ! Meant a lots of crashes and ever a puncture as @sboothilkley found a huge boulder to ram in too! All survived and made the flight home ! A hard few days but much fun was had by all! With lots of messing about on fatties or skinny skis in terrible snow conditions 🤣🤣👍 #fuckinggoatoutside #fatbikefun #ridethealps

Conditions dictate so much these days and made it

Conditions dictate so much these days and made it hard to ride in soft wet snow , but just made it up a col du ramaz - tour du France wet uk a bit quicker then we did !!Then next day impossible to ride - so had a taste of skinny skiing instead as raining so much and visibility so bad is all we could do !! #fatbikefun #adaptedfun

First day of fatbike trip went well ! Then the rai

First day of fatbike trip went well ! Then the rain was forcaste to come !! #fatbikefun #ridethealps

Our boarding with kids and ripping too off igloo i

Our boarding with kids and ripping too off igloo in back garden when ride all way home 👍😉😀

Amazing Fatbike conditions at the moment / hard pa

Amazing Fatbike conditions at the moment / hard packed snow to ride on and blue skies above 👍🤣 out with Mary earlier this week to check out conditions at Bonnavaz! #fatbikefun #ridethealps

The world ice swimming champs finished yesterday a

The world ice swimming champs finished yesterday and locals swimmers did fantastic ! I was employed to take the UK journalist that covered the event for a snow shoe to see local area !! They certain got good conditions 👍😉😀 Mary helped out too! Glad we got some snow in valley again! #fatbikecomute !

Snow on valley floor today - so out on the fatties

Snow on valley floor today - so out on the fatties to see the Ice swimming world championships pool in samoens - found we be film by a drone as we road past!🤣😉 snow again at last ! #fatbikefun #ridethealps

Fatbike season started 👍 some deep snow up on w

Fatbike season started 👍 some deep snow up on wind blow lee side of high ground ! Hard to ride thou for sure! Met a French Fatbike from Cluses on a cool Curve bike with snowshoe attachments on his forks ! Serious stuff!! A hard push up to bourgeois but amazing view reward😀 - then after lunch a mini Agy adventure on less snow but more rideable 😉 fun to be out in such a nice day !

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