Riding the Alps since 2008
Riding the Alps since 2008
Aosta Grand Tour · 2027
Five days of enduro. The shuttle does the climbing.
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Five riding days across one valley, linked by van and chairlift so the metres go the right way. Ridgelines, technical rock, forest flow, riverside singletrack. Seven riders, one guide.
The upliftAltitude without the grind
The trailsRidge, forest, river, in one run
The hutYou wake up already high
Transfer from the airport if you booked it, then the hotel, the bikes built, and a first walk through the old Roman centre. Dinner in town. No riding.
The chairlift takes you high and you stay away from the groomed lines. Natural trails all day, three thousand metres of them, to find the flow before the big days. When the lifts are open we use them. When they are not, a dedicated shuttle day on Pila puts you on the same descents.
The shuttle takes the first part, then a bit of pedalling and some pushing to the drop-in, with the whole valley 360 degrees below you. The opening section is exposed, then it flows into the forest. Back in the van for the second one: another 400 metres up, then a descent that keeps going, beside an old river all the way into town.
A full shuttle day on the natural trails above Aosta: the best descents in the valley without paying for them. In the afternoon you switch to your legs and climb to the hut, where you sleep at altitude.
Waking up high means you drop straight into one of the most famous traverses in the valley, or add a short pedal for another. Back in Aosta by early afternoon, with the rest of the day yours.
The western side of the valley, with the massif above you all day. Shuttles and short pedalled links between panoramic traverses and forest trails, and another three thousand metres down.
Breakfast, then the transfer to Milan Malpensa if you booked it. No train connections to work out after a week in the mountains.
Five riding days · 13,000 m descended · one night at altitude
The honest bit
Better to know now than halfway down Day 4.
Exposed ridgelines, technical rock, real alpine terrain. Not groomed bike park.
Only 200 to 700 m of climbing a day. What costs you is descending five days back to back.
Not sure where you sit? Tell us how you ride at home and we will tell you straight, before you book rather than after.
FAQ
The full range: exposed ridgeline sections, technical rock, forest flow, riverside singletrack. Day 4 is the biggest day in our whole lineup, combining shuttle access with 3,500 m of cumulative descent around Aosta. It is the kind of day you plan a trip around. Real alpine terrain, not groomed bike park.
A bit, on day 3. After the shuttle there is some pedalling and some pushing to reach the drop-in, which for the right rider is nothing unusual in the mountains. You push, you reach the line, and what follows makes it worth it. It is part of the adventure, not something we apologise for.
All three, depending on the day. Day 2 uses the Pila lifts when they are open, and a dedicated shuttle on Pila when they are not. Most other days are shuttle supported. Some sections need pedalling to connect terrain or reach a start point. The mix is deliberate: each access method suits the trail of that day. Nothing is there by default.
The climbing is deliberately small, 200 to 700 metres a day, because the uplift does that work. What the week asks for is the other thing: descending hard for five days in a row. You need experience on technical alpine terrain and enough left in the arms on day four, which is the big one.
Four weeks in 2027. You do not need to bring a group: riders on their own and pairs join the departure like everyone else. Seven riders, one guide.
Late in the season the Pila lifts may already be shut. If that is the case on your week, we run a dedicated shuttle on Pila instead, and you ride the same descents.
Riding as your own group? The week also runs privately, on the dates you choose, from May to October. Price depends on group size, so just ask.
“At our request, they took us to some gnarly, steep technical trails off the beaten track, which offered a nice variety from the groomed bike park trails of Pila.”
Cain Martin · Google
“A lot of fun, super shuttle driver and Pierre the best bike guide ever.”
Ali Baba · Google
“From the outset, AVF, Anna and Tom were superb with knowledge, communication, ease of booking, flexibility, and professionalism.”
clynes lines · Google
Who picks this up
Operations Manager
Anna builds these weeks, books them and answers the emails. That is why her name keeps turning up in the reviews above: people meet her long before they meet a mountain.
Seven pages on the five descents that make this week: what each one is made of, how far it drops, and what it is like to be on it. Aerial views of every trail, the real numbers off the GPS, and two lines from the people who ride them. It lands in your inbox in a couple of minutes.
