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To visit in the summer?
I've always quite fancied Morzine for some mountain biking. And perhaps Whistler for the same reasons. Any other suggestions for a suitable summer holiday?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Used to have a flat in Chatel and used it often in the summer as a base for walking - fantastic scenery, flora and fauna and dead quiet with no 'get off my land' problems either.
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My brother went to Morzine as part of a Uni MTB race team and said it was fantastic. I've skied in Champery and if it's as good in the summer as winter then I'd go for that
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Saas Fee, Zermatt, pretty much anywhere in Austria, anywhere less than an hour from my house, Lech, Chamonix, the Massif Central, or anywhere really...
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I've spoken to many that have said Morzine is busier in the summer months than in the winter !! Not witnessed it myself but I think the World Mountain Bike Champs are held there around Sept/October. I really like Morzine (ISE - easy tiger !!!!) and will be moving there in Dec with my family. 
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Definately add Wengen to the list, if you tire of the mountains then there's the nearby lakes and even castles to visit 
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Great mountain biking around the Garmisch area. In fact the whole of the the area between Garmisch, Mittenwald and Innsbruck is just full of brilliant MTB routes, and huts for staying overnight. Or why not do a transalp from Garmisch down to Lago di Garda. Takes a week to ten days. Plenty of guided transalps available from Munich, but I'm not sure if there are any english spoken ones. I could try to find out if you are interested.
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D G Orf, how out of character for you to recommend Wengen! 
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Kramer, hey look if it has what is required i'll reccomend it, besides I've stayed there several times in the summer and it's very nice
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I went to Mayrhofen in the summer years back now, and thought it was stunning. If you have been there during the winter months as well it adds a different dimension to the trip.
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Zell am Zee is a fabulous and stunning area for a sumer hols. Everything you could want from an Alpen summer holiday; moountains, lakes, and SKIING.
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Kramer, SteveG, if you're interested, I've just posted some pictures of Mayrhofen and the area from my holiday last week - just as a taster of the winter scenery at least. This valley also has the Hintertux glacier for summer skiing.
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hayley t, Fantastic pictures, brings back a few memories
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You know it makes sense.
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Zermatt is fantastic; I would say it is (relatively speaking) a better summer resort than it is a winter resort, and it's a pretty good winter resort. There are something like thirteen (don't quote me on that) 4000m+ peaks around the valley, so the views from easily accesible heights are astonishing. Several glaciers, including the easily accessible Gornergrat (dont know how that works with a mountain bike, though), a good lift system, good pubs on the mountain and the Matterhorn; what more do you want? Too many people in the town, but it thins out pretty quickly once you're more than 50 yards from a lift.
Serre Chevalier area is also excellent. Although it has less spectacular immediate environs than Zermatt, the Parc des Ecrins is a superb wilderness with some dramatic geography.
Klosters/Davos has a good lift and train set up for getting around. We saw a lot of mountain bikers there, so I assume it's good. Davos is pretty charmless, but Klosters is pleasant.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Deux Alpes is my favourite. Although Les Arcs has plenty to do as well, and last July I skied virtually alone on the little La Plagne glacier - fantastic.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Being a climber (or at least, I used to be), I have spent many a summer in the Chamonix valley. Not exactly the most relaxing place but if you want walking/climbing amongst stunning mountains then it's got to be experienced at least once. The mountain biking is not as good as in other places, such as Morzine.
I have mates that keep returning to Morzine for the biking. It does eat bikes though and so be prepared to replace bits that break - (brakes, in particular, take a lot of abuse due to the huge descents).
I have spent a week in Les Deux Alpes, boarding on the glacier and doing some via ferrata and climbing as well. We didn't go mountain biking but saw many people that were. Was pretty lively in the evenings due to the glacier skiing.
Not exactly fitting your original criteria, but what about the Dolomites? Stunning areas for walking and if you fancy via ferrata, there are loads of routes of all standards. We stayed in Cortina a couple of years ago. Foolishly we thought that it would be like Chamonix and full of fellow outdoor sports nuts, but we felt a bit out of place walking through the high street in shorts, t-shirt and sandals while all of the Italians were promenading in their finery. Great mountains though.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I've had great summer weeks in both Lauterbrunnen & Courmayeur (Val Ferret & Val Veny are both beautiful valleys). I'd fine it hard to come up with a place that wasn't worth a visit in summer. Everywhere has walking/biking and climbing of some sort.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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We've had fantastic family summer holidays in Courchevel ... the bureau des Guides really put themselves out, with via ferrata, squirrel runs, accro-bungee, indoor climbing etc. And of course fantastic walking (2 day trip to the refuge above lac merlet, staying overnight, was the highlight of last year's trip) and mountain biking and swimming.
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That reminds me, at the top of the Zerotta chairlift is an open air (heated) swimming pool with an uninterrupted view of Monte Bianco. Reachable by that chairlift, but even nicer if you walk up.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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And I forgot to mention the artificial beach constructed at the Croisette (where all the ski schools meet in front of the main lift station) featuring volley ball courts ... and brave souls playing in shorts and bikinis 
International ski jumping at le Praz in August was pretty good too ... interesting when they slide off the ceramic onto the grass. country show atmosphere, complete with beer tent and bouncy castles, only instead of cattle and horses you get ski jumping followed by a slap up meal in a tent and the most fabulous fireworks reflected in the lake ... I could go on ...
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