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Ok, so I didn't actually participate....but I was there! The Passportes is an annual event that draws over 2000 mountain bikers to the region of Portes du Soleil, which consists of about 14 interconnected ski resorts and over 650km of bike trails across two counties (France and Switzerland). The object is to bike to/from every station in the region while collecting stamps in your "passporte" to verify that you complete the course. Lots of bikers on the mountain that weekend but still not much in the way of lift lines. The size of the place spreads out the crowd pretty well. I think I waited in a lift line for 5 minutes a couple of time. Normally it seem I have the place to myself. At events like these you see just about every conceivable bike configuration on the mountain - light XC bikes, full on DH rigs, single speeds, hardtails, full rigid, it's all good. :smile:




