Freeride

"The essence of Freeriding has roots that extend far beyond the shores of British Columbia. As some Freeriders have explained it, Freeriding is more than just riding frightfully narrow log bridges and doing 10-foot wheelie drops. It's about hanging with your friends and doing stuff on a bike that pushes the limits of both yourself and your bike.

"Mountain Bike Magazine" Zap. (July 2001)

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The Portes-du-Soleil contains 11 permanent downhill tracks, graded using a colour coding system; blue, red, black (although don't worry, there are by-passes for the trickiest sections!).

With one lift pass you can have access to the famous Mont Chery run (World Cup 2002 & World Championships 2004), the free ride Morgins run, the Super Châtel Danger H, or the Pleney permanent downhill leading into Morzine town centre. The full list of permanent Downhill courses is below:

Morzine:
The Pleney (black), 3.3 km, altitude difference 560 m

Les Gets:
Mont Chéry (black), 3.8 km, altitude difference 620 m
Chavannes (blue), 1.3 km, altitude difference 255 m

Châtel:
The Classic (blue), 2.7 km, altitude difference 440m
The Danger H (black), 2.7 km, altitude difference 440m

Champéry-les Crosets:
Grand Conche (black), 3 km, altitude difference 470m
Crosets II (red), 1.2 km, altitude difference 258m

Freeride specific
Morgins:
The Foilleuse (red), 2.5km, altitude difference 500 m
The Majectic Free ride, 2.2 km, altitude difference 500m

Torgon :
Descente Freeride UCI, 18 km from Tronchey to Vionnaz