Staying Home Sucks, home
Centre Station des Karellis en hiver (février 2025)
Montricher Albanne, the nearest town, 2 km away. Photo: Florian Pépellin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Les Karellis

Mountain bike area · France

Is it worth the trip?

64Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Sat 7: Rain before today is not known, Rain 7.8 mm in the last two days, Air 7 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 61 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0.6 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
7°C

Tue 3 · 63 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0.6 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
8°C

Wed 4 · 59 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
4°C

Thu 5 · 62 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0.1 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
6°C

Fri 6 · 46 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
5.8 mm
Rain
2.1 mm
Air
4°C

Sat 7 · 71 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
7.8 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
7°C

Sun 8 · 69 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
3.3 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
6°C

Tap a day for the trail, the rain and the air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 160, good
  2. Mon 261, good
  3. Tue 363, good
  4. Wed 459, fair
  5. Thu 562, good
  6. Fri 646, fair
  7. Sat 771, good
  8. Sun 869, good
  9. Mon 975, good
  10. Tue 1033, poor

The spot in four facts

  • 52 routesmapped within 10 km
  • Bike parkor trail centre
  • Up to S2Singletrail scale
  • Best Jul–Aug5 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know trail closures, fallen trees or your skill.

Weather forecast and score for each day at Les Karellis
DayScoreTrailRain 2 daysRainAir
Sun 1Nov*60, goodUnknown0 mm0 mm5°C
Mon 2Nov*61, goodUnknown0.6 mm0 mm7°C
Tue 3Nov*63, goodUnknown0.6 mm0 mm8°C
Wed 4Nov*59, fairUnknown0 mm0 mm4°C
Thu 5Nov*62, goodUnknown0.1 mm0 mm6°C
Fri 6Nov*46, fairUnknown5.8 mm2.1 mm4°C
Sat 7Nov*71, goodUnknown7.8 mm0 mm7°C
Sun 8Nov*69, goodUnknown3.3 mm0 mm6°C
Mon 9Nov*75, goodUnknown1.2 mm0.3 mm11°C
Tue 10Nov33, poorMuddy14.4 mm6 mm7°C

* Rain before today is not known: the forecast starts today, so these days are scored from a dry start and a wet one.

Trail is the soil that morning, from the rain before; rain in mm, air in °C. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the area and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

Town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Les Karellis

52 mountain bike routes mapped. A bike park or trail centre is mapped here. Hardest trail: S2 on the Singletrail scale. Best from Jun to Sep. The nearest town to stay in is Montricher Albanne.

  • Routes 52 mountain bike routes mapped.
  • Bike park Bike park or trail centre
  • Hardest Hardest trail: S2 on the Singletrail scale.

From OpenStreetMap: the mountain bike routes mapped within 10 km.

Bike routes and parks: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,720–US$3,170 each

about US$1,720–US$3,170 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, bike hire, bike uplift.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to MXP, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$496–US$1,030
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$141–US$234
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$328–US$543
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$583
Bike hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$234–US$435
Bike uplift5 days on the bike lifts; leave it out if you ride upabout US$208–US$342
Totalabout US$1,720–US$3,170

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Montricher Albanne

Closest

Montricher Albanne

3 min by car · 9 places to stay

about US$121/nightcountry average

See 9 places to stay in Montricher Albanne · Booking.com

About Montricher Albanne its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$121 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 17h 10m

About 17h 10m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → MXP, direct, then 3h 35m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.