Mountain Bike Holiday
Up and Downhill Holidays offer mountain bike holidays in the beautiful area of Ellmau in the Tirol, Austria. If you are thinking about a mountain bike holiday, come and have a look around the site, see if this is the type of mountain biking holiday that you would enjoy. Singles, couples, groups are all welcome.
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May - We are excited to announce our new mountain biking holidays prices. Two choices for our mountain biking guests with (what we believe are) unrivalled group discounts. Early feedback about these mtb holidays has been very positive.
April - Holiday season is generally quieter this month, which allows us to get our fitness back up for the mountain biking season. Mountain biking this early is all about choosing low altitude rides and checking and clearing our routes.
March - We wanted to make it easier for our holiday guests to find cheap flights over to Austria for their mountain bike holidays so we put together our travelling page. There are some great deals to be found. Remember to check the small print for bringing out your own mountain bikes. Bike hire is available as an alternative for our holiday guests.
February - For those that want the inside details of what we are up to, we've set up a twitter account @MTB_Keith so you can see up to date photos and snippets of news and holiday guests as they happen. Only a few more weeks before we'll be out on our mountain bikes again!
January - We've had so much interest about our winter holidays that we've produced a site specifically for our skiing and snowboarding holidays. Winter holidays with UpandDownhill. Also, we've had our fleet of Intense bikes delivered for the mountain biking season. Spider FROs and a 29er. Let us know if you want to hire an Intense mountain bike with more rear suspension and we'll get it in for your holiday, maybe the Tracer VP?
December - It is now white at the farm and whilst our mountain biking guests are hibernating we are enjoying time with our winter holiday makers. Check out our mountain bike blog, we always enjoy receiving comments from past and potential holiday guests. Here you can also subscribe to our main feed or receive email updates.
November - A quiet month for mountain biking as winter draws nearer. So we'd like to share some of the links that get missed when people look through our site. In no particular order, a typical week - just an example of how you can enjoy a mountain bike holiday with us. Also, check out family mountain biking - many mountains have great kids areas at the tops so meeting up for lunch is just one of many possibilities. Whilst on holiday it's nice to use the extensive lift system to get your mountain bikes to the tops of the mountains. Here is an example mountain uplift day for you
October - We have new wheels. This time instead of mountain bikes, our new minibus was delivered. Room for eight holiday guests to travel, with full A/C and our (erm) choice music selection. Most of the mountain biking will be straight from the farm, however, the minibus will give extra choices and airport pickups if needed.
September - Our mountain biking holiday guests can look forward to an added treat from 2009 as we are able to offer Intense bikes for hire. When we haven't been out mountain biking with our holiday guests we've taken a moment to update our 'guides ramblings' blog. Let us know what you think...
August - The biking section of the site has been updated, check out an epic trail example, or an uplift day and explore the types of mountain biking that we offer on our holidays. Also, the mountain bike storage area has had a facelift. Relax and listen to tunes in a small seating area or tinker on your bike whilst enjoying a cold beer.
July - We are excited to announce our mountain bike guides blog this month. The blog has been in our minds for a while now, and it means that the updates on this homepage will be a monthly summary of interesting changes and updates to Up and Downhill. Whilst the juicy details are to be found in the blog. Other interesting events. We've been talking to a local paragliding company and they are offering a 5% discount for our holiday guests. Finally, we've added more mountain biking holiday photos that you might like to browse through.
21st June - Congratulations to Rachel Atherton, her brother Gee Atherton and Steve Peat for their fantastic results (Gold, Gold, Silver respectively) at the Mountain Bike World Championships in Val di Sole, Italy.
13th May - When you are on your mountain biking holiday you might want to try some other activities. We have put up more images as well, in the biking section of the holidays gallery. Finally, don't forget to look at the sitemap / index as it clearly lays out everything that you might need to find when checking out the holidays that we have to offer.
7th May - As promised a few more mountain biking pictures are popping up on the site. For those of you that want to bring your family, check out our new family holiday page. The mountain biking is still only for the adults but we just wanted to show you that the area can be great for children and families as well.
30th April - Pre-season means finding more great routes for our guests and checking out our existing mountain bike trails. We've planned another route that takes mountain bikers to a nearby waterfall that is a climbers haven as there are overhangs behind the actually falls. Next month will see our first competition winner on Facebook. We'll be making entry even simpler and just by joining as a 'fan' you'll be eligible to win.
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Great holiday, looking forward to coming back. Keith and Manu know this part of the alps like the back of their hands. 
Ollie, London
novice mountain biker european traveller
