The Passport Du Soleil 5000 bikers touring France and Switzerland in the sunshine.

What a day! yet again the Passport Du Soleil turned out to be an epic adventure, we woke to find the sun out and a beautiful blue sky. First stop collecting the tickets and checking the bikes over, once this was completed all we had to do was ride some 75km of Alpine trails including around 1000m of ascents and 5000m of descents.

Starting from Morgin we took in the views of the Dent Du Midi before traversing across the Swiss ski resorts of Champoussin and Les Crosets before a long single track decent bought us out in the town of Champerey.

With big smiles all round there was no time to waste a quick refill of fluids and a bite to eat then it was off to the Telecabine to head for Avoriaz and then Morzine. As we dropped down the long and twisting decent into Morzine everyone was feeling the pace with the smell of burning brakes and weary arms the most common question was are we nearly down yet? ‘No chance just keep pushing on’.

As we were leaving Morzine for Les Gets the temperature was really starting to build and we were only about half way around but the epic terrain and fab trails just keeps you going with a smile on your face and knowing that once we made Les gets it was time to start the run for home only about 3h left now ‘Phew’.

9h 50 minutes in the saddle and we were finally at the end of the route, all that was left to do now was grab a cool pint of beer and sit back and relax with a BBQ! Great day with great company what more can one ask for.

The great camaraderie and spirit among all the riders out on the route makes for a truly great Mountain Bike experience and a day not to be missed out on! Get booking early for next year to avoid any disappointment and of course be ready when next years tickets go on sale as it only took around 2h for them to sell out this year.