If there were a mountain-bike heaven, you could find it deep in the French Alps between Lake Geneva and Mont Blanc, on the slopes surrounding the 1,000-year-old village of Morzine. Here 12 ski resorts ...

Morzine and Les Gets have some of the best downhill mountain bike riding in France and the whole of Europe. There's a mixture of freeride jump trails and crazy steep lines through the woods. I flew ...