From the rugged Alpine peaks to the forests of the low mountain ranges to the sea: Germany's topography is as diverse as its inhabitants over a length of 900 kilometres. And there are mountain bikers and a wide variety of home trails everywhere - sometimes more, sometimes less. We want to combine these trails into one big whole.
The aim is to create the "Germany Trail", from south to north, from the German-Austrian border near Füssen to Hamburg.
And you can follow and support our editor Stefan Loibl live on his tour. The whole campaign will be interactive and involve the BIKE readership and online community. For example, you can accompany him on his tour if he passes by your front door. Or give route tips via social media. Loibl will start the first part of his MTB adventure through Germany at the beginning of July (probably week 28). This will take him from the German-Austrian border near Füssen right across Bavaria to Thuringia. Local history by mountain bike.
The route - the first part
The first part of the Germany Trail takes BIKE editor Loibl from the German-Austrian border near Füssen via Schongau and the Lech trails towards Augsburg. Then it's off via Ingolstadt into the Altmühltal valley, along the Jurasteig trail past Regensburg to the north-east into the Upper Palatinate Forest. It reaches the Vogtland via the Fichtelgebirge mountains. But this is only the rough route, detours and extra loops are always possible in order to get as many trail kilometres as possible under the studs.
Follow the tour, ride a section or discuss the route! All content about the project will be tagged with the hashtag #DeutschlandTrail. There will be live tracking at www.bike-magazin.de, on the Facebook page of BIKE and our Instagram account bike.magazin regular updates from the tour.
