Included:

• • Transfers from Milano Malpensa airport to Courmayeur and back
  • Four days of guided e-MTB tours with an experienced local guide
  • Five nights of private room accommodations in high-end hotels and lodges
  • Five breakfasts and four dinners
  • Luggage transfers for the duration of the tour

Not included:

• • Transportation to Italy
  • Bikes, gear, and spare parts
  • Lunches
  • Guide gratuities – optional

E-bike rentals are available upon request. If you’d like to rent an e-bike from your guides, just let us know in the “add-on” section upon booking.

Experience:

This trip is meant for intermediate to advanced riders comfortable riding on narrow singletrack with some rocks and roots, as well as proactively riding most trails. If the corners are too tight or the trail is too technical, you are welcome to walk a few meters, but your guides are happy to help you work on your skills so you can ride them.

If this trip sounds too hard for you and you’d like to explore more beginner-friendly bike holidays in the Alps, click here!

Fitness:

You need to be able to ride for multiple days in a row at a moderate pace for several hours each day. You should be able to handle moderately steep climbs of up to 1000-1500 vertical meters (3,300 – 4,950 ft) in a day, including some pushing or carrying your bike if required. Also, you need to have prior experience riding at altitudes of 2,000+ m (6,560+ ft) and understand the effect they have on you.

Here’s a list of the equipment you need to bring:

• • Helmet
  • Eye protection
  • Kneepads — optional (but recommended)
  • Day pack large enough to carry all the items listed (around a 25-40L bag)
  • Water bottle or hydration bladder (2L capacity)
  • Comfortable biking shoes
  • Appropriate clothes for layering and 6 days of biking
  • Waterproof rain jacket
  • Sunhat
  • Toiletries (sunscreen, hand sanitizer, bug spray, toilet paper, etc.)
  • Sunglasses
  • Camera — optional (but recommended)

You can rent your e-bike in Courmayeur, but your guides can also provide e-bike rentals. If you want to rent an e-bike, make sure to contact them in advance.
Dress comfortably and for the weather in clothes you can move in. We suggest bringing clothing appropriate for the season. Layers are best and don’t wear jeans.

Group sizes and pricing

• • For this adventure, the usual client-to-guide ratio is 7:1.
  • It takes a minimum of 4 people for this tour to operate. The maximum group size is set at 14 participants.

E-biking in the Mont Blanc area can be arranged for larger groups. Contact us to make arrangements.

Min. age requirements

• • If you are older than 18, you’re good to go.
  • Minors younger than 18 may be permitted to join the tour on a case-by-case basis, but must be in the presence of a parent or legal guardian.

If your group has bikers under the age of 18, contact us prior to booking to make arrangements.

To get to the start of your tour, plan to fly into Milan’s Malpensa Airport. Your guide will meet you there and transfer you to Courmayeur, the starting point of the tour, at the pre-arranged time.

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Once your booking is confirmed and your trip is paid in full, you will be offered to purchase Redpoint’s protection. If you need any help or require more information, let us know and we will be happy to help!