Inside the world's largest ski area - which includes Kate and Wills' beloved Courchevel - and discover that it's still a thrill-seeker's dream when there's NO SNOW

Carlton Reid traveled to Les 3 Vallées in the French Alps and discovered that it was a paradise for hikers and cyclists. He took a high cart trail and cycled down an incredible “bicycle highway” on the mountainside. READ MORE: I'm an adventure photographer and here are a few. some great photos I took
By Carlton Reid for Mailonline
Published: 07:53 BST, 18 September 2023 | Updated: 4:47 p.m. BST, 19 September 2023
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'You're allowed to overtake, aren't you?', I remarked with an evil laugh as I flew over my companion on a gravity-powered mountain cart, a three-wheeled go-kart with big tires. We were above the resort of Les Menuires in the 3 Valleys ski/bike area in the French Alps, and I was in no mood to take it slow.
With gravel behind me, I dove down the mountainside, a big child's smile on my face.
Five d 'of us had rented these mountain-specific bikes. karts at £25 per person per descent. We were given almost no rules, except the instruction to wear very fancy hairnets under rental full-face helmets.
We had reached an altitude of 2,300 meters. -a high starting gate (7,545 feet) on a gondola, flying over some of the 20 or so turns we would soon circumvent.
The shape of the switchbacks makes part of a four-kilometer (2.5-mile) downhill course, a dirt path cut into the mountainside that, in winter, becomes the Roc N Bob toboggan run. Mountain cart drivers negotiate berms, a few tame jumps and take advantage of numerous opportunities to cut in front of their slow-moving companions as they descend 500 meters (1,640 feet) in altitude.

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Inside the world's largest ski area - which includes Kate and Wills' beloved Courchevel - and discover that it's still a thrill-seeker's dream when there's NO SNOW

Carlton Reid traveled to Les 3 Vallées in the French Alps and discovered that it was a paradise for hikers and cyclists. He took a high cart trail and cycled down an incredible “bicycle highway” on the mountainside. READ MORE: I'm an adventure photographer and here are a few. some great photos I took

By Carlton Reid for Mailonline

Published: 07:53 BST, 18 September 2023 | Updated: 4:47 p.m. BST, 19 September 2023

'You're allowed to overtake, aren't you?', I remarked with an evil laugh as I flew over my companion on a gravity-powered mountain cart, a three-wheeled go-kart with big tires. We were above the resort of Les Menuires in the 3 Valleys ski/bike area in the French Alps, and I was in no mood to take it slow.

With gravel behind me, I dove down the mountainside, a big child's smile on my face.

Five d 'of us had rented these mountain-specific bikes. karts at £25 per person per descent. We were given almost no rules, except the instruction to wear very fancy hairnets under rental full-face helmets.

We had reached an altitude of 2,300 meters. -a high starting gate (7,545 feet) on a gondola, flying over some of the 20 or so turns we would soon circumvent.

The shape of the switchbacks makes part of a four-kilometer (2.5-mile) downhill course, a dirt path cut into the mountainside that, in winter, becomes the Roc N Bob toboggan run. Mountain cart drivers negotiate berms, a few tame jumps and take advantage of numerous opportunities to cut in front of their slow-moving companions as they descend 500 meters (1,640 feet) in altitude.