New Apartment in Les Menuires

We are adding a self catering apartment in Les Menuires to our portfolio next season. It sleeps 4. Les Menuires is a family orientated resort with good skiing in the beginner intermediate range. You can see more info at www.ski-lesmenuires.co.uk

It's cool too in Summer

This is primarily a ski blog - and St Martin de Belleville is primarily a ski resort - but it's great fun in summer too. We went up to chalet broski mid June for long weekend and it was a blast. During the day we did some VTT (velo tout terrain - or mountain biking in english) and part of the group did a Via Ferrata not far from the Chalet. In the evening we had a monster BBQ on the terrace complete with cote de boeuf. We did two of the best VTT circuits in the valley so I will document them here in case you get the urge :-)

The first is the easier of the two. Start from the large plateau below Les Menuires. (while i think of it i have a self catering ski apartment sleeping 4 here coming up next season - in the same style as Chalet Broski). Take the path on the far bank of the river. Its mostly down hill and there are some really fast sections with lots of twists and turns. There is an optional climb about half way - but in any case you arive in St Martin de Belleville with a big grin about 15km later.

The second starts about Residence Le Brelin - the lager black and white 1970's building in Les Menuires housing the aformentioned apartment. Its directly opposite the sports center - you can drive up to the parking - its about the last turning on the right as you leave les menuires for St Martin de Belleille. From behind le Brelin you pick up a path called sentier du Balcon. Follow this to the top of the St Martin de Belleville gondola. Its about 10k of superb track - with a couple of boulder fields, some narrow bridges, some stream crossings. Sometimes its narrow with a bit of a drop - but the difficulties are always avoidable by getting off and walking.

At the gondola follow the track down towards St Martin de Belleville - ariving at les Granges just about the village. Cycle down through st Martin and just before you get to the main road (to les menuires) take the steep descent on the left. After about 100m there is a right fork which takes you most of the way back to Chalet Broki avoiding the main road.

We will be back in August for some more VTT - there is a 50km and a 100km chalenge that are only possible using the lifts (open in July and August)

Bon Route