You love it when the dust is swirling up under your bike tyres, the trees are racing by and the adrenaline is rising? Go where it's fun: on the trail in the bike park.
From pump tracks and fun trails to flow trails and downhill, there's something on offer for every adrenaline junkie. Bike parks aren't always just around the corner. Most mountain bike fans are not spared a long journey. So of course the question is: where can I spend the night?
New trend
Camping on the car park of the valley station
Most bike park enthusiasts can hardly do without their own workshop. That's why it's a good idea to pitch your tents in the immediate proximity of where action takes place. You have plenty of space in your campervan to store your tools and cycling equipment. We also have suitable bike racks for your van.
More and more destinations in the Alps are recognising this need and are adapting their offers for camping. The offers can look quite different. Sometimes people drop a hint that you can simply disregard the "no camping" signs. In many parks there's a simple but official zone for camping buses and motorhomes. It becomes a real luxury when a large part of the dusty car park is open for camping and it doesn't matter if you arrive with a charming one-man tent or a converted truck.
The beauty of bike park camping is that you can meet many like-minded people. Whether it's beer, cooking utensils, whole dinners, bike tubes, wheels or even complete bikes, people swap, lend and help each other. Here you can talk shop, tinker with your bike and enjoy one or two beers after a ride.
We would like to show you great bike park campsites in top biking regions that are perfect for a bike park holiday/weekend.
Bikepark Leogang in Saalfelden
The largest bike region in Austria - it doesn't get any better than this! Here you can easily reserve a parking space directly at the Asitzbahn. The Bikepark Leogang is one of the most renowned bike parks in Europe with its complete range of bike sports. The legendary highlights include the Riders Playground - a 10,000 m² practice area, the Hot Shots fired by GoPro - a pro jump line with lots of airtime and the UCI World Championship and World Cup Speedster course. Over 80 km of lines & trails and up to 9 mountain lifts on 7 mountains await you with just one ticket.
Bikepark Winterberg
Germany's most versatile and largest bike park is located in Winterberg in the Sauerland. From freeride routes to downhill the bike park offers enough variety for everyone. 13 routes for beginners to pros await you! Flowing trails, step ups and downs, gaps and much more! Grab your bike and you're ready to go.
Halfway between the city and the Kahler Asten lies the Winterberg campsite with direct access to the Winterberg Bike Park. The campsite offers 115 permanent pitches, 20 seasonal pitches, 20 tourist pitches and 20 tent pitches. In addition to well-maintained sanitary facilities, a bike washing station and a small kiosk, the campsite even has a sauna for your wellness needs after your tours.
Bikepark Klinovec
The longest trails in Europe - Azur trail (10.3 km), Rubin trail (8 km) and Baron trail (6 km) can be found in the Czech Republic. The Bike Park Klínovec is an MTB trail network served by a quad chairlift. 30 km of single trails of various levels of difficulty and 70 km of MTB trails on forest paths. There's a trail for every level of difficulty.
During the day, on-site parking is even free of charge. Overnight parking between 9:30pm and 7:29am costs about 12 euros. The price includes toilets and electricity use. You can also wash your bike and have a shower.
The varied range of trails in the Bikepark Schladming leaves nothing to be desired especially for freeride and downhill lovers. You can easily get to the starting points of the enduro trails with by Planai cable car.
Only 400 metres away from the Planai valley station a camping site for bikers has been built. There's also a a toilet container at the car par. You can find more information here: Bike Camping Schladming
Bikepark Geißkopf
The MTB ZONE Bikepark Geisskopf is located in the Bavarian Forest near Bischofsmais and is one of the first bike parks in Europe. With 15 trails, 23 total kilometres, a chairlift and a drag lift the park offers plenty of variety for all mountain bike enthusiasts.
You can camp directly at the Geisskopf with your tent, camper or motorhome for only 1 € per night. Camping, parking campers and motorhomes and spending the night in a car is only permitted on the designated site. Toilets and showers are available. A power connection is also available free of charge.
Bikepark-Knigge
Bike parks are perfect for practising and learning - for all bikers! Therefore, you should also observe a few rules. Wear protective gear and find out which routes require full-face helmets. Try to avoid forming groups at road crossings and meeting points. Keep a sufficient distance to the rider in front of you and ride anticipatory. After a crash you should leave the spot where it happened as quickly as possible! Your bike should be in good condition and well maintained. Enduro bikes or freeride bikes are best suited. It's better not to go uphill or ride downhill - riding downhill is more fun anyway.
