Typical Week
Your week will include 5 to 6 days of riding averaging 3,000m climbing on fire road and between 10,000m to 17,000m of descending ALL ON SINGLETRACK. If you would like a day off we can organise paragliding, gorge running or trips to the beach or Granada.
Example Days
Blue/Red run day: (GPS Profile)
´L´Plate includes 'L', The Demoraliser, Pooh Corner, The Don Juan & Moody French B@stard.
Van from the door on road/fire road for 15mins followed by a short climb of about 15 minutes to warm up. At the top pad up and drop your saddle for a 6km flowing bermed singeltrack descent which gets steadily more technical as you go down. Stop for coffees then another 15min climb before heading back down on probably the fastest funnest singletrack you will ever ride.
Still more descending takes you down to the bar for cold beers, tapas and pizzas where the waiting van will take you back up to the casa. An all-day ride encompassing about 1,600m of descending.
Black run day: (GPS Profile)
´57 Switchbacks´ (actually 68) includes 57 SBs, Finn´s Fiend, Dangly Bits and Head Dab.
Load up the van which takes you up to the one and only big climb of the day. From the top descend for the rest of the day on a combination of steep switchbacks and long rock gardens totalling nearly 2,300m of vertical descent. An awesome day which will leave you shattered but very, very smiley. Finish at the bar for more cold beers and tapas then load up the van for the lift back to base.
Example Week
>Sat - Arrive at Malaga or Granada airport where we will collect you and head back to the mountains for a beers and tapas on the terrace, then build your bikes and soak up the sun or depending on your arrival time, take a quick 30min singletrack loop once or several time to get you and your bike checked out for the following day.
>Sun - Ride the Great Escape. Following a short technical climb ride the first taste of just how good the tracks with Switchbacks are. A 21km singletrack descent with incredible flow and grip. Everyones favourite. Finish with beers and a van lift back up to Bubion.
>Mon - L-Plate a good step up from day one which will force you to put into practice that which you learned the day before.
>Tue - Flowtastic. This is very similar to Great but with a killer singeltrack ‘climb’ – mostly rideable after a hardy breakfast. The day gets more technical as it goes on finishing with Lemmings – a brilliant black run of switchbacks and steep corners.
>Wed - A shorter day of fantastic singletrack downhilling (unguided). Or if you wish you can hire Luki for a small fee to take you to Granada or the beach for the day.
>Thu - Ascend into the Poquiera Gorge where we will coach you through (if required), one of the most technically demanding trails in Europe. John Thomas is a guides delight and loved by most but loathed by others. You will have dreams and nightmares about this one!
>Fri - Our legendary '57 Switchbacks' ride. A twisting singletrack descent of more than 1000ms followed by probably the best 17kms of singletrack you will ever ride.
>Sat - Pack up bikes before we shuttle you back to the airport for your flight home.
