Les Gets Prepares For Summer Packed Full Of Mountain Action With Tour de France Start And MTB WC Events

First time in its history for hosting a start in the Tour de France – July 16
Hosts of the Mountain Bike World Cup Downhill and Cross Country events in September
New barefoot walk through the peat bogs of the Chablais UNESCO Global Geopark
New four season toboggan ride launches

The mountain town of Les Gets, an hour’s drive from Geneva Airport, has a number of events and activities taking place throughout the summer, including a start of the 15th stage of the Tour de France – the first start in the town’s history. The Mountain Bike World Cup takes place from September 6-10 in the resort and in-between there’s a number of other events including music, sport and arts festivals.

A new four season toboggan run is opening with a 714-metre descent that takes almost 6 minutes that expands the resorts strategy to offer all-year-round activities to a wide demographic and compliments the existing Alta Lumina Park.

There’s also a new barefoot walk through the peat bogs of the Chablais UNESCO Global Geopark – water-saturated land where visitors can feel the mass of energy accumulated since the last ice age. Les Gets is teeming with these little-known, multi-faceted wetland areas and sensitive peat bog ecosystems.