Planning a trip to Austria, few Questions.
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its around 90km away (58Miles)
I personally dont like Leogang. Ok, I was there probably twice a season when I lived in Germany, but I was at least 6 weekends in Schladming. Now you know which track I prefer.
30km away from Leogang is Saalbach Hinterglem with some nice tracks.
I personally dont like Leogang. Ok, I was there probably twice a season when I lived in Germany, but I was at least 6 weekends in Schladming. Now you know which track I prefer.
30km away from Leogang is Saalbach Hinterglem with some nice tracks.
They have a few trails but not a crazy amount. 3-5 usually. Leogang fr trail is nice but gets boring fast and is mostly in really not the best shape but there is a number of resorts under 3h drive from leo:
Saalbach - 30mins away. Good trails though they never wowed me.
Wagrain and Schladming - around the same distance. Schladming has the wc track and a dh track from the higher part of the gondola. Wagrain is more FR-ish.
A bit further away than Schlad is Maribor if you wish to do a bit of WC track sightseeing
Great park with an awesome red line fr trail (the blue line is a bit boring but you can find some hidden tracks too)
Inssbruck - never ridden it, only walked parts of it when I was there without a bike. Seems really steep and long. Some nice wooden features the last time I was there.
Saalbach - 30mins away. Good trails though they never wowed me.
Wagrain and Schladming - around the same distance. Schladming has the wc track and a dh track from the higher part of the gondola. Wagrain is more FR-ish.
A bit further away than Schlad is Maribor if you wish to do a bit of WC track sightseeing
Great park with an awesome red line fr trail (the blue line is a bit boring but you can find some hidden tracks too)Inssbruck - never ridden it, only walked parts of it when I was there without a bike. Seems really steep and long. Some nice wooden features the last time I was there.
Holy, forgot about Maribor. So I could basically ride 3 world tracks over the period of a few days if I planned it right. Sounds amazing. A rent a car is a must it sounds like. Im trying to do a rough budget to have an amount to save for and hopefully get 2 more people into it with me.
Watch out for those Austrians....funny sort:
You got the Arnold reference. Was hoping that pic wasn't too far removed for someone to catch it.
austria is tiny, get a rental car, have fun. be careful with jokes about endemic cretinism and such...
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Schladming by far. Leogang is alright. No town, tracks get boring fast. Great XC over the mountain to Saalbach though.
you deff should get a rental car - maribor is 45 min from me and schladming is 2,5 hrs if there is no traffic - leogang is 3 hours - depending on traffic and route you choose ....
be careful if you take an austrian rental car and try to go to maribor, as their highways are not toll free - but you are able to go there without taking the highaway only spending 10 mins extra
also in the low season maribor is only operated every other hour (except weekends when the gondola is working all day!)
Good old Europe eh.
What are the Gondola Fees? So basically if I had a rental I could pretty much use one lodging as a home base, I think ill plan to stay around Schladmig.
I thought the worlds are in high season.
day tickets are around 25 - 30€ / day.
semmering bike park is not too bad either, and somewhere in the middle between schladming and maribor.
semmering bike park is not too bad either, and somewhere in the middle between schladming and maribor.
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@norbar oh yeah right, didnt think that far ahead
you could just have one homebase, but it might be more comfortable to stay in maribor for 2 days or how every long you plan to -and then go to schladming or vice versa.... saves you from driving around 145 miles one way after a hard day of riding
and maribor is good for 2 days or more- while semmering ...well half a day there is too much for some people 
- at least I'm not a big fan!if you were into some rather steep and technical riding which is hard on you and your material - you could come to graz - and go riding on the "schöckl" which is the site of the 20XX (07??06? dont know) european championship - we have a gondola and some pretty cool trails - its not an official bikepark yet but makes for some non-shaped natural tracks
and its 45 minutes to maribor (as well as semmering)
Yes I second Schockl - It has to be the brutaliestest mountain I have ever ridden.
try searching for "schöckl", not schockl
Schöckl Website there is nothing bike-specific on there - just weather reports and opening hours/prices
here are 3 vids of the better trails
YouTube - ‪kanaumpasst's Channel‬‏
be aware you wont find any of the trails without help - and not everyone riding up there knows every trail
if you do plan to visit - try to contact locals first - either here or on downhill-board.com - everyone is usually very helpfull! oh and bring spare parts! haha
here are 3 vids of the better trails
be aware you wont find any of the trails without help - and not everyone riding up there knows every trail
if you do plan to visit - try to contact locals first - either here or on downhill-board.com - everyone is usually very helpfull!
oh and bring spare parts! haha