It's been a busy month for Lenzerheide. Not only did they host their first World Cup round, with XC as well as DH, the resort also played host to the Swiss National only a few weeks later.

But what else can the bike park and various lifts offer in the region? We headed out after the World Cup to find out what sort of Swiss delights were on offer. What we found was a truly diverse collection of singletrack options, mixed in with some truly enjoyable bike park offerings.

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Being the true pro that he is, Brendan Fairclough joined Paul Aston, along with Neko Mulally, Steffi Marth and some Pinkbike crew members to check out the other areas of the bike park after a full week of racing downhill. Each gondola can take 3 bikes and 3 riders and is pretty speedy up the mountain. Wonder if this guy will throw a whip...

The main gondola access to the Bike Park is on the east side of the resort. The west side is half face and 160mm trail bikes or less only, which the resort feels and knows helps keep the walker/mountain biker relations in a happy state. With a new gondola being built this summer to improve access to this side, we can't wait to go exploring next year.

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Swiss mountains are just the best right? Here Steffi and Brendan prepare to drop in.

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Brap! Power wheelie number one for Fairclough on the blue trail called FLOWline. This is how you access all other trails in the park and the flowing berms are a great way to get into your lap.

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Scrub-a-dub-dub.

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With jumps of varying size as you head down the trail, FLOWline lives up to its name.

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Not seen at many bike parks - clear signage so you know where you are. Also, there are loads of these posts as you head down the mountain, meaning should the worst happen you can easily tell assistance where you are on the trail.
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There are further plans to develop the bike park. Marco Boeni (one of the top guys behind the project) tells us that things are only going to get better.

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Sending it into the sky just before the trail splits into PRIMEline (red graded), Brendan finds a chance to send it into orbit.

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"Just one more time Bren, we're close to photo of the year here" - photographer Nathan Hughes was loving the hip on PRIMEline.

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PRIMEline has a number of features you can play on, here Brendan delivers a perfect stoppie across the bridge over SRAIGHTline (the World Cup DH track).

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Steffi smashing another berm at mach 10.

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Riders were going huge over this bridge on race day down STRAIGHTline - here Brendan shows you can follow what these guys were doing on any day in the park.

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Lenzerheide has a huge team of trail builders that keep the trails running sweet, just what you want to keep things in grade A condition.
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All trails framed with some fantastic plant life and woodland.

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Neko Mulally tagged along with Paul Aston for a couple of laps. Here on PRIMEline there's an awesome tree tunnel with some awesome tabletops. Trains with your buddies are what riding is all about.

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Get low get low! Neko keeps things close to the ground.

Throwing some shapes at the Lenzerheide bikepark on a shoot with Brendawg.
Getting those tables dialled is easy with the huge amount of hits down the park.

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Do you like to go fast? Lenzerheide has you covered.
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What would a bike park be without some shore? This photo is from near the top of SHOREline, which features a number of well-presented ladders mixed in with some nice jumps.

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Before the World Cup, the resort hadn't seen a drop of rain for weeks. Blasting dusty corners just doesn't get old.

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Let's go again...

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Lunch time drying ready for afternoon shredding.

After taking gondola Rothorn 1 to the top of the bikepark, you can take the aerial railway Rothorn 2 even further up the mountain. Even though you are one the same mountain, the scenery changes and the views get cranked up to 11. After packing away the downhill bikes for the day it was time for the trail bikes to take us deep into the valley and start lapping from 2,865m above sea level all the way down to Lenzerheide at 1,475m. Yes we said lap.

It's worth noting that Lenzerheide offers a special sunrise ride - definitely worth a look, click here for more info.

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Being able to take a lot of bikes up (we had 7 in our crew) the opportunity for mega alpine trains is real.
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Here you can see the freeride snow lines that can be ridden when the white stuff comes. Bikes are not permitted down the scree though, for now...

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Joining us for the afternoon were the Trumpore Brothers, Dave on the left and Lee on the right. Yes they are twins and yes they are those epic photographers you see on the watermarks of various bike media.

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Even better than having world class photographers was having super local and Lenzerheide Ambassador Tobias Woggon showing us the right way down. His alpine walking track game was super strong and he dominated the hardest sections of this trail like it was nothing.

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Yes, it was as good as it looks. Why do you ask?
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In the whole of the valley bikers and walkers share trails and paths. Some are of course unrideable to 98% of the mountain bike population, but this descent is what alpine riding is all about.

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If all areas had this harmonious relationship between bikes and walkers - just imagine where we could go on two wheels? Great work Lenzerheide.

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Part way down this awesome glacier lake was presented to us. Dave Trumpore took a dip to cool off and refresh, that photo won't be making it in to this piece.

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Perfect reflections with the mountains keeping watch. From this point you could actually see where you started and putting in perspective how far you'd come in not much time at all

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But probably best head off so we make dinner. No really Dave hurry up!

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After leaving the lake behind it was time to take down rock strewn, multiple lines goodness.
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Let the angel boners commence. While you must keep the flow going through the tricky rocks, it's hard to not take a moment to enjoy the view of Lenzerheide town below - the half way mark reached.

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When you've done one lap, why not go back up to the top for another? Just hope the operator gets here soon before something bad happens...
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Tobias and Paul anticipating the 2nd descent.

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That corner...

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Ridgeline riding is the order of the day here.

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Tobias was a fantastic guide, just hope you bump in to him during your time here.

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Instead of keeping the sky in shot you can use the lake instead.

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Trails were challenging but finding and line and sticking to it was the way to get down, just so much fun.

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From rocks to singletrack through a meadow - this trail really had everything going for it. This was easily the best bit of the trail - wide open and like something out of your imagination. With rocks thrown in for a reminder than you are riding down a mountain.

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A river crossing is a staple for any alpine descent.

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As well as being useful for filling up with some refreshing glacier fed water.
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Or you can just shove your entire face in.

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Time to head down the fire road finish to round off even more good alpine times.

Beautiful golden flowers and epic mountains. What more could you want More cowbell perhaps...
Beautiful golden flowers and epic mountains. What more could you want? More cowbell perhaps...

Well there you have it, a showcase in to what's on offer from Lenzerheide lifts. We had the best couple of days there and would like to thank Tobias, Gstaad Scott team and everyone else who got involved. Check out this link for more information and make sure you plan a trip this summer. If you stay in a Lenzerheide hotel you'll also get a free lift ticket, which puts the cherry on top.

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  • 87 0
 Stop it! I'm sitting in my office.
  • 14 0
 Same here, shouldn't have seen this right now... the rest of the day will not be very productive ... dreaming
  • 6 0
 @squarewheel - at least you live in the same country as that scenery!!!! I think I'm going to put some serious research into an alpine mtb holiday this afternoon. Those photo's are too beautiful to be forgotten about!!!
  • 5 0
 This makes it even worse. So close but yet so far.
  • 2 0
 gahh...@office with broken hand :/
  • 19 4
 The Gambler is by far the best bike I have ever ridden...
  • 1 0
 I'm hoping they make the carbon rear end (in the second photo) available aftermarket...
  • 2 18
flag adamconradx (Jul 29, 2015 at 6:45) (Below Threshold)
 meh. i like carbon but it always seems to break
  • 17 1
 @HutchJR yeh I can't figure out why they use it for bike frames, f1 cars, commercial aircraft bodies, wings, powerboats, fighter jets, helicopters etc etc... It just doesn't make any sense that they'd use a material that always seems to break..

Bring back cast iron I say, much stronger.....
  • 3 2
 just talking from experience... every single carbon product i have owned has broken apart from a set of enve wheels. I have never managed to break anything aluminium apart from the odd rim.
  • 4 0
 @HutchJR mm saw you snapped your v10, sure that would dent anyone's confidence in a material or brand. Worth mentioning that Santa Cruz customer service is usually brilliant as is the quality of heir products. Don't let one issue cloud your opinion, it's how brands deal with issues that should effect your opinion too. Ratboy, minaar and peaty rag those v10's, and theirs are no different from off the shelf. There is always going to be a tiny % of failures in any product, just look at the jeep recall this week, or toyotas recall a few years ago, unfortunately it does happen, don't let that put you off carbon all together, it really is amazing stuff.
  • 2 3
 @ad15 mh, yeah and I can't figure out how often f1, airplanes and helicopters crash on a rocky trail in the woods.

This is like saying kevlar is good for underpants because army use it for bulletproof vest : totally dumb
  • 2 1
 It depends on rider preference, we have to agree that pros like the Syndicate have broken their fare share of Carbon bikes but it isn't a problem for them since they will get replaced right away, and is part of their job, push those bikes to the limits, even if it is Aluminum. If someone doesn't have the money to go through an inventory of carbon bikes and rides hardcore technical DH tracks mostly, that person is definitely going to have mistakes and falls, thus increasing the possibilities to break the bike, Carbon might be from an structural perspective tougher than alu but they never show tests of pointy rocks hitting the low tube or the BB, that scenario is a Carbon Frame destroyer, most aluminum frames will just get a dent. It is understood that bikes are not supposed to go through that, but it happens
  • 2 0
 @zede my argument is that carbon always breaking is fiction, have seen plenty of aluminium frames broken, just that folk focus on carbon breakages the same way there's a focus on here at the way 26" is being left out of new forks, wheels etc..

@narro2 Watch this video... It has exactly the testing you say never gets shown...

youtu.be/xreZdUBqpJs
  • 1 1
 @zede, my bad they do show the test... the frame broke
  • 3 0
 @zede. That was the purpose of the test...testing to destruction.. Did you notice how much more it took to break the carbon frame versus the aluminium one? Also that the carbon frame wasn't new, it was minaars then one of the staff..
  • 2 0
 @ad15, exactly!!, it was Minnar's, that's a frame from a 10K+ bike, a frame with top notch carbon, the best carbon for frames out there, but for most riders that ride the type of terrain previously explained would make more sense to get an aluminum frame over the budget carbon options out there.

I have nothing against carbon man, as I said before it is rider preference according to his budget his type of riding and the trails he rides.
  • 1 1
 where is the test "front wheel throws rocks on the carbon downtube" ?
where is the test "lambda rider crashes with his carbon bike on a rock section because he is not skilled as greg minnaar" ?
tsss, people are still using the same dumd arguments and still don't get it : yeah, carbon is hip, carbon is sexy, carbon is stiff, light and rich kids like it.
But carbon isnt for "not sponsored" people who are used to crash
  • 2 0
 @zede "front wheel throws rocks on the carbon downtiube". The bit where they give the pinkbike guys the frame and ask them to hit the concrete base of the test rig as hard as possible, that, to me anyway was a good simulation of rocks hitting carbon. Did you even watch the video all the way through?

@Narro2 if you listen to the commentary, the frame was minaars, used, then given to one of the staff to use for a season, there's nothing different from that frame to one bought by you or me. If anything that frame "could" be deemed as weaker as it's been used a lot.

Saying carbon isn't for "non sponsored" riders who crash is just sour grapes... There's nothing wrong with carbon for use by Us "Normal riders". Been riding carbon frames for 5 years now, I'm no pro rider but when I crash it tends to be messy, my carbon frame has performed brilliantly and I have no complaints at all...
No one is forcing anyone to buy carbon, each to their own, I don't like 29ers. Doesn't mean they're crap, just means they're not for me..
  • 1 1
 Facepalm
  • 1 1
 meh sheep carbon man never go fast shit carbon fan always is last
  • 8 0
 Yep, nothing cool about mountain biking. No sir, nary a thing. That's why I'm into golf and running 5K races.
  • 5 0
 Photo epic plus Brendog = sick!
  • 2 0
 So beautiful. Need a trip to the alps. And good weather. And a repaired bike. Sounds like a plan.
  • 1 0
 If, when you hit that lake, you keep going straight back to Lenzerheide instead of taking a sharp left, then you are missing out...would say Matt Wragg!
  • 3 0
 I like these photos!
  • 1 0
 Lived in Switzerland for a few years. Most beautiful place on earth. Loved the pics, brought back great memories.
  • 2 0
 Amazing photos and story telling. Thanks!
  • 1 0
 Steffy has the IXS Cedric Gracia edition ?, great helmet and design ¡¡¡¡
  • 2 0
 drool...if only it wasn't so hard to emigrate to Switzerland!
  • 1 0
 It's raining, but these photos reminds me the sun will shine again.
#Lenzerheidelivesmatters
  • 1 0
 Looks an incredible place!
  • 1 0
 I thought it said "beautiful golden showers"
  • 2 0
 'snot fair!
  • 1 0
 when i hit the lottery i'm going here







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