Did you know that the Alps take up more than a tenth of Europe's land area. Planning mountain bike holidays for next summer? Look no longer. Plan your next holidays in Switzerland's biggest singletrail paradise - Verbier. Verbier is located in the heart of a Swiss Alps, a short drive away from Zermatt, Chamonix and Portes du Soleil. Let's see TOP 5 reasons why come mountain biking to Verbier! 1. Bike Riding: You can choose between 23 enduro tracks, with a total length of 206

The Champéry-Morgins Bikepark is the local hub for mountain bikers from all five of the Swiss Portes du Soleil resort villages: Champéry - Les Crosets - Champoussin - Val d'Illiez and Morgins. The newly renovated bike park cosists of 9 downhill tracks, 7 Cross Country trails, 1 World Cup trail and 2 pump tracks! Comparing to other resorts in French Portes du Soleil this bike park is steeper and attract more advanced riders, however for this year - the park team did big effort

If you are coming to Verbier for a holiday this summer then there is plenty to do besides the many kilometres of amazing mountain biking routes, so if you are looking for some other activities to give some variety to your trip here are some ideas: Hiking, Verbier has multiple hiking routes to suit any age or fitness level, from the Bisse de Levron with its gentle gradient and beautiful views of the Val de Bagnes, to the Pierre Avoir ridge line trail and the Lac des Vaux loop

Chris tells us about the trails he's been riding past week: In May the lift system in Verbier is closed for maintenance so I have had to pedal a lot this week to get to the good trails, this has been good because I've had a chance to work on my fitness and also I tried to discover some new trails that I wouldn't normally do if the lifts were running. The weather has been perfect for riding: not too hot but not super rainy either, on one of the rides I did encounter a bit of u