Mountain bike skills camp in Engelberg

Improve Your Mountain Biking Technique

We are very excited to announce that together with Ski Lodge Engelberg and Dario Küffer we are organising a mountain bike skills camp in Engelberg this summer. Engelberg is the perfect playground to enjoy some incredible single tracks but also to enhance your skills and become a better, stronger and a more comfortable mountain biker. We will offer two different camps, depending on the level of your mountain biking: Beginner and advanced.
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Beginner Camps

The beginner camps focus mostly on improving your riding technique such as riding position, line choice and of course switch backs. The beginner camps are suitable for bikers who have picked up an interest in the world of mountain biking and are eager to experience more action on the trails. You should have previous experience from riding single tracks and want to improve your skills further.

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9 -12 September

Advanced Camps

The advanced camps focus more on perfecting your riding technique in order for you to go faster, master those"endo" turns and perhaps get you ready for your next enduro race. If roots, rocks, drops and tight switchbacks are no match for you even in steep and exposed terrain, the advanced camp is something for you. Please check our skills assessment to get a better understanding of the different skill levels.

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4 - 7 October

Price / Person

3 Nights:           CHF 1,150

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Including

• 3.5 days of mountain biking with a Swiss certified MTB instructor.
• Small groups with a maximum of 6 riders + guide(s).
• Skills clinic to improve your technique throughout your stay.
• 3 nights of accommodation at Ski Lodge Engelberg (double occupancy).
• Hot Tub and Sauna at the lodge.
• Breakfast and dinners at the lodge.
• Lunch (picnic style in the mountains).
• All transportation during the riding days (e.g. ferries, train, lifts & shuttle service).
• A LeRipp team member to support you onsite.

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Dario Küffer - Swiss MTB Guide & Instructor

Dario is your lead instructor during these camps. He has more or less been mountain biking before he could even walk (slight exaggeration) and been riding and exploring the trails in central Switzerland ever since.

As a Swiss certified MTB instructor he currently lives in Luzern, where he runs a mountain bike guide/instructor company called Trudy Bike. Dario is born and raised in this part of the world and has been a guide for more than 8 years. He knows the central part of Switzerland inside and out. If there is any hidden trail worth riding, Dario will find it.

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Sample Itinerary (4-day camps)

Day 1

• Arrival to Ski Lodge Engelberg during the first half of the day, check in and get settled in.
• Warm-up ride around Engelberg to get comfortable riding again.
• Apero at Ski Lodge around 19 followed by team dinner, where we will go through the rest of the camp.
  

Day 2

• Hearty breakfast in the morning.
• Be ready to hit the trails around 08:30. The first day we will either ride Jochpass Flow trail or Surenpass, depending on conditions and level of riders. There will also be an element of technique training during the day. Depending on which camp you join, we will be focusing on different skills. We normally finish biking between 15 and 16.
• Apero at Ski Lodge followed by dinner.

Day 3

• Hearty breakfast in the morning.
• We have a few different options for this day. Either we will have a day of shuttling or explore the "4-lake tour" to Stans, depending on which camp you are signed up to. 
• We normally finish biking between 15 and 16.
• Apero at Ski Lodge followed by dinner.

Day 4

• Hearty breakfast in the morning.
• On your last day we will either head out to explore Stafeli - Grafenort or Walenpfad.
• We will return back to the lodge around 14 to get ready for departure.
• Share photos, give high fives and say "see you next time" to your new-found friends.

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