The Champagny en Vanoise is a new downhill mountain bike endurance route, with a huge 720 metres of vertical descent and cable car ascent. The Plagne Montalbert mountain bike run boasts banked turns, jumps and a mountain bike agility section (balance station, roundels).

There’s a beginners option too, the Montchavin-les Coches bike park, complete with wooden obstacles. Plagne Bellecôte is for the more specialised mountain biker, with a handling zone, balance units and crossings. la Plagne also offer a Mini-course for children (10 years and over), at Montchavin-les Coches.

The resort also hosts the Urban Plagne, a bmx and skate competition running between August 21-23.

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