lesgets

A few facts to have in mind: - Les Gets make 400,000 lift rides per summer, the biggest number in Europe. Could explain why there might be some time to time issues with maintenance on a few trails. - Land ownership do not allow to make as many trails as the resort would like as they don’t “own” the mountains. Certainly easier for North-american resorts. - Les Gets is one of the first major resort in Europe to open its Bikepark (end of May), only a month after closing the Winter trail operations. With lifts to be equipped and trails to be built and secured, this is quite a good performance. - For a Fall opening, there is the same work to be done, to put the trails and lifts in Winter mode. One has to take into consideration the cost of operating the lifts (staff, bikepatrols, energy). If this would be a viable business, be sure all the resorts would be opened all year round! Again certainly easier for the North American resorts where they can make money on tickets, rental, lodging, bike schools and restaurants as they own all of those. Not to mention the lift pass price, lot cheaper in France. Anyway, the good news is still that a resort is flexible enough (and open-minded) to be able to open some lift/trails quickly in Winter, don't you think ?