Welcome to Bike Weekender - your chance to enjoy a short break mountain or road biking holiday in the mountains of the beautiful French Alps with family and friends.

Reaching the summit We are very pleased that from summer 2008 we are offering Road Biking weekends as well as our long established mountain biking breaks. Our Road Biking page can give you more detailed information about these weekends and we will continue to update the whole website with further details over the next few weeks.

The Aravis mountains are a stunning cycling area with miles of cross-country mountain biking trails and dedicated gnarly downhill mountain bike tracks, through pine forests and alpine pastures, and fantastic mountain roads and cols for road biking, made famous by the Tour de France and with stunning views over the Haute Savoie mountains and valleys. A perfect cycling destination!

More and more people are discovering that our weekend trips provide the perfect short break. You can; hire one of our mountain bikes for reasonable prices or bring your own, use our maintenance kit and store your bike in our well-equipped bike room. Ride some gnarly downhills in La ClusazAdd to that the relaxed fully-catered chalet atmosphere and a dedicated chalet team and you're sure to get the most from your biking weekend away in the Aravis Mountains.

Read on to discover how easy we make it for you to become a Bike Weekender and enjoy 3 or 4 days mountain or road bike riding with minimal time off work. We have ideal mountain and road bike packages for groups, couples, singles and solos and are also able to tailor weekends to your needs.

See our photos pages for a taster of the fun you can have with us.

As well as offering Bike Weekenders we can also provide Walk Weekender breaks and other Alpine Activity breaks for groups, plus we have a self-catered chalet too for those who may like to come and spend a week's holiday relaxing and biking in the mountains on a more independent basis.

 

NEW – ROAD BIKING WEEKENDSCome and enjoy a road biking weekend away with your club or just a few friends, taking on the challenge of the Cols in the Aravis Mountains made famous by the Tour de France.

 

 

TAKE A TOURof the Aravis Lodge and see the great facilities for yourself

 

 

VEGETARIAN SOCIETY APPROVEDBike Weekender and The Aravis Lodge Cuisine are now approved by the Vegetarian Society! One of very few chalets in the region to receive the accreditation. So veggies can eat our superb chalet food safe in the knowledge it is totally meat-free!

 


Vegetarian Society Bike Weekender are supporters of Climate Care