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MTB guides and instructors in Valais since 2010, creators of trips in Switzerland, Italy, Morocco, Georgia and Iran.
Exoride is a guide who rides every day, routes built from scratch, and groups where everyone is on first-name terms from the car park. Here is where it comes from.
Christian Dassi got on a mountain bike at thirteen and never got off. Rides became daily, then races, then the job: he worked in the bike trade, raced enduro and downhill, and learned on the ground what no manual teaches: how to read a trail, feel grip, know when to ride and when to put a foot down.
Thirty years later the rule has not changed: not a day goes by off the bike.
A mountain bike trip to Morocco changed the perspective. In the Atlas mountains, among the Berbers, Christian found something other than trails: the welcome, the simplicity, a humanity that needs no words, and trails of raw beauty running from the passes down to the villages.
That trip shook me. The trails were magnificent, but what stayed with me was what happened between the trails. I wanted others to live that.
Exoride was born in 2010 out of that urge to share. The first Morocco trips followed, in the High Atlas and then up to the summit of M'goun at 4,000 m. Christian went on to explore Iran, in 2014, then the Georgian Caucasus, in 2018: weeks of scouting, local partners found on the ground, and programmes built from scratch, where bikes sometimes travel on horseback.
None of these trips is a resold package. Each is the result of months on the ground, of encounters and of riders' feedback.
In parallel, Christian built at home, in Valais, what did not exist yet: enduro shuttle days, the Exo'bus, trails picked for the group and for the day. Exoride pioneered shuttles in Valais, and was the first to offer days with 10,000 m of descent.
A Swiss Cycling certified instructor, he has coached hundreds of riders, from the first berm to the first drop, with the same pleasure as on day one: watching someone break through.
Exoride reflects that passion, that experience and an energy that has not dropped: at fifty, Christian still steps onto international race podiums, with a double podium at the 2026 Megavalanche, and guides all year round, from Valais to Morocco. He rides with you, not ahead of you.
Since 2023, the Exo'base, our guesthouse in Orsières, welcomes riders at the foot of the trails.
Exoride opens, first skills courses and tours in French-speaking Switzerland
First enduro adventure in the High Atlas, after months of exploration
Second Morocco programme up to M'goun, 4,000 m; first shuttles in Valais
First enduro trip in Iran, after a season of scouting
The Georgian Caucasus, horse and bike; the rental fleet opens
First in Valais to offer 10,000 m of descent in a single day
The Exo'family passes 3,000 riders
The Exo'base opens, a bike-friendly guesthouse in Orsières
Double podium at the Megavalanche; the calendar opens dates through 2030
To take every rider onto the finest trails, in Valais and beyond, with the expertise that reassures them and the atmosphere that makes them want to come back. The route, the logistics, the safety: that is us. The fun is yours.
A mountain bike is a means of travel as much as a sport: it opens valleys, villages and encounters no car reaches. A good trip is measured by its trails, and by what happens between the trails.
Thirty years of mountain biking, Swiss Cycling certified guide and instructor, still racing. What we teach, we ride; what we guide, we have scouted.
Our routes and trips are built from scratch, after months on the ground. They are on no app and sold by no reseller.
Small groups of even ability, first names from the car park, shared meals, jokes included. We ride together, we come back together.
Trails chosen for the group and the conditions, spare bike and mechanical support, a guide trained in first aid. The fun starts when you stop asking yourself questions.
For hikers, for trails, for the people and cultures we ride through. Trail etiquette on every outing, volunteer trail work, local partners paid a fair price.
One contact from the first e-mail to the return to the car park: guiding, shuttles, lodging, rental. All you think about is the descent.
Riders from twenty to sixty-five, regulars and newcomers, and the same ritual: introductions in the car park, first names by the first single track, a drink on the way back.
For ten years now, ever since a fantastic week-long trip to Morocco, I have been booking an Exoride outing regularly, at least once a year! Thanks to Chris, always highly professional, it is a guarantee of great days out in a friendly atmosphere.
Great experience riding around Leukerbad with Chris and Cynthia. They are amazing riders, guides and coaches, passionate about their sport and the region. It really felt like being with friends who were genuinely interested in showing us a great, and safe, day out.
Thank you Christian for your good humour, your humility and above all for the knowledge of your region! Even in Breton weather you found us beautiful, beautiful lines. And thanks too to the driver, discreet but just as friendly, and who takes good care of our bikes!
Swiss Cycling certified MTB guide and instructor, on two wheels since 1989, racing ever since. He created every one of our programmes, scouted every one of our trails, and still guides the rides. Three languages, a legendary sense of direction and an endless supply of car-park jokes.
Up to 26 riders and their bikes, each on its own rack; discreet, punctual drivers who look after your bike.
The shuttlesGuides, hosts and cooks in Morocco, Iran, Georgia and Italy, met on the ground and loyal for years.
Our bike-friendly guesthouse in Orsières: Alpine views, workshop and bike room, at the foot of the trails.
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Serviced full-suspension E-Bikes and mountain bikes, protection, ShockWiz, and a spare bike that travels with the group.
RentalSince 2013, the specialist press has followed our expeditions, from the Moroccan Atlas to the volcanoes of Iran.
Every season we put dozens of volunteer hours into trail maintenance and trail building, and we are involved in ProVTT Valais, which works for the development and legalisation of mountain biking in the canton.
On every ride, the Exoride trail etiquette: we slow down or stop for hikers, no skid marks, strict respect for the route. Abroad, our partners are local people paid a fair price, and our groups stay small so the valleys we ride through stay what they are.
This year, for the third time, I lined up at the Megavalanche in both categories: one race on a classic mountain bike, one race on an e-bike
A day out is spoiled just as easily by a ride that's too hard as by one that's too easy. In the first case you survive it, in the second you
The evenings are getting shorter, the passes are emptying, and some riders are already putting the bike away with a sigh. Big mistake. In th
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Tu es capable de faire du vélo sur deux-roues, sur la route ou des chemins carrossables.
Tu n'as aucune expérience de la pratique du vélo en tout terrain.
Tu es un pratiquant régulier avec des expériences passées sur des terrains montagneux.
Tu maîtrises la montée et la descente sur des sentiers de modérés à raides avec parfois des obstacles naturels comme des racines ou des rochers.
Tu es capable de franchir des petites marches ou des rochers jusqu'à 20 centimètres de hauteur, en montée comme en descente.
Ton expérience te permet de savoir quand est-ce que tu dois marcher, lorsque le terrain devient trop exposé ou dangereux.
Tu es un pratiquant régulier qui apprécie les sentiers techniques et pentus.
Tu es à l'aise sur le sec comme dans le gras, en montée comme en descente.
Tu es capable de facilement rouler une piste rouge dans un bikepark, de franchir des marches jusqu'à 30 centimètres, en montée comme en descente, et d'effectuer de petits sauts de manière contrôlée lorsque le terrain l'exige.
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Tu es un pratiquant expérimenté avec plus de cinq ans de pratique régulière.
Tes aptitudes te permettent d'aborder avec assurance tous les types d'obstacles naturels ou artificiels.
Racines mouillées, pierres, terrains très raides, épingles serrées nécessitant de faire des noseturns, sauts, gaps et drops.
Tu es à l'aise sur des parcours classés noirs en bikepark ou tu as déjà participé à plusieurs compétitions.
Ton expérience te permet de savoir quand est-ce que tu dois marcher lorsque le terrain devient trop exposé ou dangereux.
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