Women only – MTB Intermediate bike skills

For those that want to progress their skills, ride faster and with greater confidence over more technical features. Progress your skills to improve your trail options. Climb, descend and corner with more confidence and conquer more technical trail features.

This course is designed for the rider that has existing basic skills and confidence to challenge themselves to take their riding to the next level.

Looking to improve your existing skills, learn new skills and ride in a more dynamic style? Our intermediate skills course will take your riding to the next level. We`ll give you a quick refresher on the foundation skills before introduing the intermediate skills so you can tackle those tricky trail obstacles.

MTB Intermediate skills include:

Line choice
Step up / Step over
Riding roots.
Tackling drop offs.
Advanced cornering techniques.
Advanced braking.
Technical descents
Technical climbing
Maintaining flow.
Rock gardens.

On this course, we spend the first part at our skills park developing the intermediate skills before moving off to the main trails to practice and build your confidence in the areas you’re tempted to be conservative.

In addition we’ll have a full debrief to reflect on your experience including some well deserved refreshments.

If you have any specific learning goals on a course day, please contact us and let us know.

Course location	Chalet a Gobet, Lausanne
Kit list	Suitable MTB in good working condition. An undamaged well fitted modern bicycle helmet and full fingered gloves. Please bring snacks and at least one litre of water. Please wear clothing suitible for the days conditions.
Age	16+
Suitable for	Riders who have mastered the MTB foundation skills and are looking to develop skills to be able to confidently ride red trails.
How the day runs	The course will start at 9:30am and finish around 3:30pm with plenty of breaks. This is delivered as a low pressure course but can be both mentally and physically taxing. With this in mind, you should also expect to finish early.