[Sam B]

I am planning a pre-Eurobike trip and looking for the best spots to go to experience German and Austrian riding (bikeparks, DH, even open to some Enduro stuff), ideally a bit of tourism as well. Off the beaten path styles of cultural experience, etc.

Suggestions? Willingen, Winterberg, Schladming, and more what's hot, what's not?

Thanks!

 

[norbar]

Winterberg for sure. Dh, slopestyle, ns, nice park tracks.
Schladming for full on dh. Wagrain bikepark is pretty close too.
Bad Wildbad for full on dh crazy rocky course.
Leogang and Saalbach is pretty decent (leogang is crowded so a beat beaten).
If you can go a few hundret km further Maribor is not far from the Austrian Border(50km from graz, 150km from Schladming if I'm not wrong)

I'm not sure about insbruck - I've seen the trail without my bike 3-4 years ago and some of the wooden features were epic though I wonder if it's still that way. Wait for the German and Austrian guys to post.

 

[Victor]

There's also Leogang (where the white style contest happened a few days ago) >>vid<<

And for some less hardcore DH you can also try Semmering pretty close to Vienna and >>here's<< a little taste of it in the summer.

Also you could stop by Shambhala downhill park near Sopot in Bulgaria,

a teaser.

But if you are trying to go on a trip the next couple of months I would bring my ski's/snowboard with me

I wish you best of luck and much fun in your trip around Europe

P.S. if you plan to pass through Romania by any chance I would gladly point you to a few nice places

 

[norbar]

Shambala is really faaaaaar away from austria and as pointed out he'll be visiting for eurobike so I'd be very suprised there would be any snow in the parks

 

[Trekrules]

Yeah semmering is a awesome place to ride,excellent tracks,fast gondola and good lift prices.The Downhill track is pretty awesome 1900m of pure fun
http://videos.mtb-news.de/videos/view/4155

Winterberg like norbar said is a must,it has everything
Todtnau i never been there but from what i heard the DH track is pretty hardcore

 

[norbar]

Yeah semmering is a awesome place to ride,excellent tracks,fast gondola and good lift prices.The Downhill track is pretty awesome 1900m of pure fun
http://videos.mtb-news.de/videos/view/4155

Winterberg like norbar said is a must,it has everything
Todtnau i never been there but from what i heard the DH track is pretty hardcore

I've heard many good things about semmering but the track looks pretty basic. I like it though as it's relatively wide compared to some of our local trails (1/2 dh tracks around here is singletrack :/ ). Must try it during some longer weekend.


btw. In what part of Germany is eurobike? Maybe some Czech spots would be good too?

 

[fluider]

btw. In what part of Germany is eurobike? Maybe some Czech spots would be good too?

Town of Friedrichshafen on the northern bank of Bodensee, looking at Swiss Alps. I travel there for business trips, it's far away from everywhere .

 

[Santa Maria]

I've heard many good things about semmering but the track looks pretty basic. I like it though as it's relatively wide compared to some of our local trails (1/2 dh tracks around here is singletrack :/ ). Must try it during some longer weekend.


btw. In what part of Germany is eurobike? Maybe some Czech spots would be good too?

The Semmering DH Track is a hell lot of fun, sweet berms and a lot of good jumps (including a raod gap) and even some technical sections in the woods... its not as steep and gnarly as Schladming or the Leogang DH track but its worth a trip for a weekend for sure

 

[Killerbarbies]

Sam, if you decide to ride Semmering, give Juraj a call and he will come and meet up with you as Bratislava is only about a slow 2 hour car drive away and it is basically his "home" bike park.

 

[frango]

Friedrischshafen is not far from everywhere
You've got some nice mountains just across the lake - ca. 40min on the ferry.
I think Swiss Filzbach is the closest. Check them all here
http://fridemtb.com/Resources.html

 

[michar]

when you visit germany, winterberg is a lot of fun for some days but not for riding there a week or longer! bad wildbad is one of the best places in germany to be for pure downhill, there are only two very hard and steep downhill tracks with a LOT!! of stones and roots and a very good 4x /fun track! When you visit bad wildbad you can also go to todnau where you can find a very good oldscool dh track! not for away (maybe 200km) is in france bikepark lac blanc...very very good park for downhill and freeride with a very good and fast uplift!! bad wildbad is opened when there is no snow..the other parks do there opening about april/mai...

 

[SupaTone]

have a look here, we are trying to put up as many lift-assisted bike parks and accommodation as possible: gravitymountainbike

 

[Craig Quik]

I've ridden at Leogan almost a couple of years back - it's worth going to, but doesn't have the largest variety of trails, but I beleive Kaprun is nearby. It's also close to Munich, since you said you'll be in Germany too.

 

[yd35]

Have you checked out the Jan. '10 issue of Dirt Magazine? They have 50 Euro riding spots, with a few in Austria and Germany.

 

[Santa Maria]

I've ridden at Leogan almost a couple of years back - it's worth going to, but doesn't have the largest variety of trails, but I beleive Kaprun is nearby. It's also close to Munich, since you said you'll be in Germany too.

there is no dh track in kaprun

 

[norbar]

there is no dh track in kaprun

Was it only for the comps? Because I remember when I was visiting Kaprun I was looking for it somewhere around 06 or 05 and couldn't find anything.

 

[Sam B]

Sam, if you decide to ride Semmering, give Juraj a call and he will come and meet up with you as Bratislava is only about a slow 2 hour car drive away and it is basically his "home" bike park.

Yeah, once we get a bit more of itinerary I will let you guys know.

 

[Sam B]

Yeah, to clarify... we will be in Germany for the last week of August. Ironically we are leaving the USA when the world cup comes here.

Eurobike starts the first of September in Friedrichshafen, on Lake Constance (Bodensee)... but we will have a van for travel, so all of Germany is fair game.

Thanks!

 

[Binaural]

Schladming is awesome - massive drop, nasty lines. Definitely hit it up if you're passing through Austria. There's a train station there so it's easy to get to for a traveller.