Courchevel is without any doubt the most glamorous resort in the French Alps. Courchevel 1850 in particular is the largest and most popular village where the majority of luxury properties, designer shops, restaurants and bars are located. There are numerous Michelin-star restaurants here as well. Despite all these luxury, we are here not to ski or indulge in the luxury restaurant. We wanted to try mountain biking.

After breakfast, we went out the hotel for a walk. Great to see this perfect mirror image right in front of us.  
Son loves this place too…

Our hotel as backdrop.    

This hotel is called Hotel Le Mercure, located at Courchevel 1850.

We drove down to the destination…

On the way, I could see that most of the luxury 5-star hotels were closed at this low season. The good thing about travelling in low season..there is virtually no crowds and save a lot of time in waiting. Yippee!      

The outlook of the tourist center is really not bad…There was nothing much to do at this low season, except going to mountain hiking or bicycling… As planned, we go for cycling.

We had rented 4 mountain bicycles from this shop. The charges are not cheap though in the low season.    

Adapting to the gears and other settings..

The mission is to go down to the mid level by following a bumpy trail.

Ok, we can do it. Let’s go ! The muddy trail is really bumpy, till our hands and buttocks are all numb. I didn’t get the chance to take photos as attention is really needed to avoid accident.  

After 30 minutes or so, we stopped by for a break.It’s really a good life without feeling bumpy.        

Yeah, that would be your trophy when we completed the cycling.

For future remembrance, I deliberately asked them to stop for a short photo session.

Another 30 minutes time, we reached our finishing point in a town at lower altitude.

Husband said we could take the bus to go back to where we have parked our car. The bus service is not very frequent, so we got to wait…  

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