Bikepark Saalbach
Taking the lift to the western summit - if you wanted to ride the legendary Hacklberg Trail, you had to climb the last few metres to the western summit yourself. That is now history: in future, there will be not just four, but six cable cars in operation. The large kids' area has also been extended once again. One of the reasons: Fabio Wibmer is expected to attend the opening.
Season 29 May - 26 October, daily 9 am - 4.30 pm
Routes 5 + 11 nature trails
Lift / day ticket 6 lifts / 45 Euro (Gravity Card)
Events 11-14 June Opening, 10-13 September World Games of Mountainbiking - Attention: there may be changes due to Corona! Please check website!
Web www.saalbach.com
Bike Republic Sölden
Olm-Völle-Line - if you've been thinking of the Bike Republic in Ötztal as a pure flow trail family paradise, you'll be rubbing your eyes this summer. Australian trail-building legend Glen Jacobs was allowed to immortalise himself on this new, double-black steep descent. For experts only! Also new: the Fernar Trail. The nature trail starts spectacularly and tricky at the Tiefenbach glacier and ends after 815 metres in altitude in Gaislach.
Season 11 June - 27 September, daily 8:30-16:45
Routes 11 + 16 nature trails
Lift / day ticket 3 gondolas, 1 chairlift / 41 euros (Gravity Card)
Events 26.9. scavenger hunt, 25-27.9. bank holidays - Attention: due to Corona there may be changes! Please check website!
Web bikerepublic.soelden.com
Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis Bike Park
The Joch Trail will be inaugurated this summer. A fun, 5.8 kilometre long connection between Fiss and Serfaus. Otherwise, the almost three-kilometre-long Strada del Sole is being fine-tuned and a few jumps are being added to the jump line for beginners. Here you can gradually feel your way towards more airtime. Together with the long natural trails, this is a very varied park!
Season 27 June - 17 October, daily 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Routes 9 + 7 nature trails
Lift / day ticket 1 cable car / 39.50 euros (Gravity Card)
Events 23-26 July FREERIDE-Camp - Attention: due to Corona there may be changes! Please check website!
Web www.bike-sfl.at
Bikepark Leogang
One million euros - how many new routes can you get for that? Four! These include the ten-kilometre-long, endlessly winding Steinberg Line and the challenging Forsthof Trail, which winds its way through a fairytale forest. Investments have also been made in a 5000 square metre playground with a pump track, jump and dirt line - a paradise for children. Big highlight: the World Championships in October!
Season 29 May - 8 November, daily 9 am - 4.30 pm
Routes 18
Lift / day ticket 2 cable cars / 45 euros (Gravity Card)
Events 7-11.10. UCI MTB World Championships (DH,CC, E-MTB, Pump Track), 11-13.9. BIKE Festival, 3-4.10. Fan Weekend - Attention: due to Corona there may be changes! Please check the website!
Web bikepark.saalfelden-leogang.com
Livigno
80 per cent of guests: bikers - since 2004, trail builders have been able to let off steam around the Italian village in the main Alpine ridge. The result is not only the two bike parks Mottolino and Carosello 3000, but also a huge network of flow trails all around. It is even possible to go on high-alpine rides lasting several days into the neighbouring Engadin and Val Poschiavo valleys. You have to experience it, despite the complicated journey!
Season 13 June - 27 September, daily 9 am - 5 pm
Routes 66 km
Lift / day ticket 4 cable cars / 39 euros (valid in both parks)
Info www.livigno.eu and www.mottolino.com
Bikepark Lenzerheide
The bike park on the Parpaner Rothorn in Graubünden will be called the "Bike Kingdom" when it opens in June. In fact, the Swiss have capitalised on the euphoria following the 2018 World Championships and invested in an expansion of the park. There's also a new website and information app. Open earlier at weekends!
Season 6.6-25.10. daily 8:30-16:50
Routes 5 + trail connection to Arosa
Lift / day ticket 1 cable car, bike shuttle / 44 euros (Gravity Card)
Events 19-21 June Opening, 17-19 July Hörnli Trail Hunt, 14-16 August UCI MTB World Cup, 27-30 August Grischa Trail Ride - Attention: due to Corona there may be changes! Please check website!
Web www.bikekingdom.ch
You can find this article in BIKE 5/2020. You can read the entire digital edition in the BIKE app (iTunes and Google Play) or the print edition in the DK shop reorder - while stocks last:
Gitta Beimfohr
Editor
