Riding a Mountain Bike brings a load of fun and sensations, it's also a great toy to discover new places and live new adventures each time you get on it.
But it is a demanding sport that also requires skills and capacities.
That's why it's important to get started or coached with a graduated instructor.
I offer lessons and guided tour adapted to your physical and technical level, to make sure that you will improve at your pace with safety and off course, have fun!
Technical Skills
Beginner or advanced mountain biker may you want to work on some specific skills, just to gain confidence on your bike, get faster, more precise... etc
This 2 hours lessons is for made to help you to work on it
Maximum 3 People, to make sure that you all make the most of it.
It can be in the Bikepark if needed
Bike Park
A ton of fun and sensation !
Let me guide & teach you how to ride through some of the best bikepark in europe like Châtel bikepark, Morzine and all the Portes du soleil
From Beginner courses to Expert
Backcountry guided Tours
Jump on your All mountain / Enduro Bike or Ebike to follow me on some of the nicest trails around surrounded by amazing backgrounds
We will pedal for sure and can use some lift and my private shuttle to make it easier (depend of the Tour)
7 peoples max / Tour adapted to the group level
Discover new spots
Bikeparks
Mountain bikers are always looking for new places to ride; new trails or new parks
Châtel,
One of the main resort Portes du Soleil , is ideally situated in the heart of Abondance Valley with an easy access from Switzerland or Thonon les Bains.
Well known for his worldclass Bikepark, Châtel also offers hidden trails in his backcountry mixing technical and flow, surrounded by beautiful backgrounds.
From Châtel you also have an easy access to Morgins, Leysin and Bernex Bikepark, where i will be pleased to guide & coach you.
Châtel Bikepark
A well designed bikepark, meticulously shaped, offering everything from the flowy green to the gnarliest double black slope.
Riding on the Famous Vinkline, Vorachatak , Air Voltage or any of the twenty -ich slope that Châtel Bikepark offers ;
Here it is all about "AIR TIME"
But if you are more into gnarly downhill or more natural slopes you will have fun on most of the black slopes like "Bikepatrol" or "Chânada" , a mix of steep and tech.
Since summer 2022 châtel is also part of the French Cup and will host the UCI Enduro new format in september.
Bikepark Régions Dent du Midi
Five minutes from châtel center by car for Morgins, 30 minutes to go to champery
The Swiss side of Portes du Soleil is also the "wild side"
An intermediate level is required as the terrain is quite demanding but i will be pleased to coach you there.
Most of the tracks are steep and technical but you ll find some good blue slopes with a lot of flow.
The shaper crew make a really nice job and you ll find some of the "nicest berms in the world".
And if you dare give a go on the famous Worlcup track in Champery
Bernex
Bernex is based 25 minutes away from chatel and is not a part of "portes du soleil"
Bernex Bikepark quickly became a "must go to" park and one of my favorite.
Built and shaped by Bike Vision this park offer you 6 tracks,
Beginners will find one of the best green slope i ever rode in a beautiful forest, it is smooth, flowy not steep and pretty long, have fun!
But here there is a good taste of freeride, try "Backcountry" or "wood roots " to check it out.
And if you love spending your time in the air dare to try the drop zone at the bottom of the hill, or the newest slope "The Chill Line" made by Vinny T and Seb Giraldi.
No doubt that i will be pleased to coach you there!
MTB and E-MTB Guided Tours
Portes du Soleil
Offering you an access to 12 resorts with a single pass, you will be able to enjoy more than 600 km of bike trail in Les Portes du Soleil.
Book a Full day with me to make the most of it, using the "Classic way" or the "Skills on wheels way" using less ridden trails in wildest area of les Portes du soleil.
Vallée d'abondance
Come with me to explore the valley where i live,
Châtel is known for its Bikepark , but the Backcountry area is full of old alpine trails or sometimes handshaped mtb trails.
Le corbeau, La Clandestine, Les Barmettes, les Chasseurs sound? to you
Steep and Technical or fast and flowy there is someting for everyone.
Calling it "home" since nearly 15 years, and spending a lot of time in mountains, l will be happy to share this trails with you.
Set up you bike and your pack and let's go
Le Valais
En Suisse voisine, le canton du Valais est une source de sentier inépuisable, tous plus incroyables les uns que les autres, sur des terrains très variés, offrant des panoramas exceptionnels.
Je vous propose ainsi de découvrir en autre, Fenestral, le col des Planches ou Charavex, en utilisant des moyens de locomotions tels que les cars postaux ou les trains à crémaillères afin d'économiser de la dénivelée positive.
Bike, Bed & Breakfast
New for summer 2024
Stay tuned, we will let you know more about it soon...
who am I ?
Yoan Favier,
Discovered Downhill Mountain Biking after my first season as a skiman in Les 2 alpes, and fall in Love with it,
I , since then, made my best to work in this new passion.
I became bike mechanic, shop manager and lately Shaper & bikepatrol at Châtel Bikepark; but it was not enough and i decided to become Bike Instructor.
Graduated in 2017 ( BPJEPS Level 4) i started teaching as a secondary job and this summer i decided to make it my living of it