Our mountain train makes a useful link from Aigle in the valley back to the Leysin, of course it’s also a good access point for anyone coming via the main rail network. This route takes a tour of the valley before descending to Aigle. It’s a push for my 900Wh so you might need to […]
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A circuit from home to Vers L’Eglise and back with a great lunch at the L’Auberge de L’Ours in Vers L’Eglise. This combined some of the best trail sections into a nice route with some good variety.
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I’ve recently got a new bike, a Canyon Spectral:On CF9, and I’m still setting it up a little. I’ve also updated our bike rack so today was the first time I’ve taken the new bike anywhere. The south-facing slopes on Monts Chevreuils seemed likely to be passable and just right for a few hours in
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I’ve not gone full in on winter riding and I don’t have winter tyres and/or studs. But I do have some new Maxxis Minion tyres which seem pretty good in the snow. I’ve found it’s quite challenging in snow, at times it’s like riding in mud and struggling to get traction. The difference is that
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Pretty normal for the time of year but we had some snow, mixed with sun and broken clouds it’s best viewed from the top so I took a spin up to the top and back down through the ski area and the villages below Leysin.
The cabane at Monts Chevreuils is a good round trip from Leysin, it’s about 50km and +/- 1650m which obviously depends on the exact route. The simplest is to go via Pierre du Moëllé and around Lac Hongrin assuming the road is open. There is actually charging for an e-bike at the cabane but you’ll
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There’s a tunnel into the military range at Lac Hongrin, it’s really only open at weekends as the range is in use and the tunnel is one-way on a schedule. It’s tricky to ride there from Leysin, the way down through the forest are really red/white hiking trails. We’ve had a bit of rain so
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There’s still snow on the top (June 12) but lower down it’s spring and very green. This is a fairly random circuit around Leysin, around Lac Mayen, down to Prafandaz and Veyges.
While there’s still a lot of snow at height on north slopes it is beginning to clear lower down. The rain and higher temperatures last week have cleared south slopes in particular. We headed to the small peak of La Riondaz which on the end of the line of peaks above Leysin with great views
