Let's offroad / mountain bike / mtb / ride dirt

Chatel, in my recent but not super current experience is brutal in terms of braking bumps

Same with Les Deux Alpes a couple of weeks ago. No rain has made the trails very difficult to maintain this year and dusty conditions mean more skids so more braking bumps. I suspect most of the bike parks across the Alps will be similar. The more natural the trail, the better the braking bumps situation.

In my experience hire bikes are scarce this year

Whereas L2A had loads of Enduro and DH hire bikes, most seemed to be fairly decent Commencals. Nothing steel though, so if one is worried about crashing....