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Gysinge RTL (Riding The Lines)
Starting in the 300-year-old historical village of Gysinge, on the edge of Färnebofjärdens National Park, this overnighter route takes you north on abandoned railway lines to loop over the lower...
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Hin und Hunsruck
Hin und Hunsrück is a new weekend bikepacking loop that was created as a sister route to Whine, Rhine and Romans, a route published here in 2017. Whine, Rhine and Romans is a three-day ride that starts...
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Asiago Loop
The Asiago Loop is a roughly 200-kilometer bikepacking route that provides the opportunity for riders to traverse the most famous areas of the Asiago plateau using a mix of mule tracks from the great...
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Marmot’s Land
This route runs through the southeast of the Swiss canton of Graubünden, which is famous for its mountains. It is also the most sparsely populated canton and home to the smallest official language...
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European Divide Trail
The European Divide Trail is a continent-spanning collection of trails linking the far edges of Europe together by way of off-road tracks and trails, traffic-free cycle routes, and small bits of...
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Verona and Lessinia Loop
Lessinia is a protected park located in Le Prealpi, the lower part of the Alps, close to Pianura Padana, which extends north beyond the city of Verona. It goes from the walls of the Sheakesperian city...
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Huddingeleden (Sweden)
I don’t remember how I first came across this route, but it was most likely when I was out on a day ride and saw one of its orange trail markers nailed to a tree. However, there are no signs to suggest...
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Altravesur: The South Spain Traverse
Originally published in 2016, the Altravesur had a major update in July, 2021: Many thanks to Matteo Minelli (@GranGuanche.route) for providing several detailed workarounds for new private land issues,...
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Trans Karavanks, Slovenia
There are three mountain ranges in Slovenia: the Julian Alps, known for their striking rocky peaks; the Kamnik-Savinja Alps, which paint the famous background of Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana; and the...
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Havel Wetland Wander
Contrary to the impressions you may have from riding near Berlin, surrounding Brandenburg is not all uniform sandy pine forests. Wander further west, and you enter a unique patchwork of wetlands,...
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Taunus Storm Chase
The Taunus Storm Chase begins and ends in the historic village of Runkel, which is well known for its castle built around 1200 AD, as well as its medieval houses. The village lies in the valley of the...
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Clare Figure 8
This route was planned to try and pack in as much adventure and sights as possible in two days. The route starts by the lakes in East Clare and quickly leads to a gravel section through a steep climb...
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Rennsteig Express
The Rennsteig is an historic hiking trail following the ridgeline of the Thüringer Forest, which makes it an ideal bikepacking adventure. Starting at the shores of the Werra river at Hörschel,...
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The Veneto Divide
Almost everyone considering bikepacking in northeastern Italy inevitably stumbles upon the magnificent towers and vertiginous walls of the Dolomites. However, it’s worth pointing out that the Venetian...
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London’s Olympic Gravel Overnighter
This squiggly loop packs in plenty of adventure, nature, and food whilst barely leaving the London perimeter that is the M25. At 95% traffic free and mostly flat, it makes for a perfect introduction to...
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Westfjords Way
Photos by Rugile Kaladyte (@rugilekaladyte) except where noted There are few routes that perfectly blend gravel and tarmac into such a mystical concoction. The Westfjords Way is, in our opinion, a...
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Cima d’Asta Loop
The Cima d’Asta Loop is the most logical overnighter loop in the magnificent Lagorai mountain range. The route is mainly on secondary and unpaved roads, with the highpoint at 5 Croci Pass, in view of...
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The Salt and Wine Road
The Salt and Wine road was created to combine several mountain bike routes into a great two-day bikepacking loop. It packs a lot into a short distance: wide valleys, big blue lakes, majestic views of...
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North Yorkshire Moors Ramble
The North Yorkshire Moors Ramble starts and finishes in the picturesque fishing port of Whitby, famous for its jet jewelry and ruined abbey, the inspiration and setting for Dracula’s landfall in Bram...
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Lesser Spotted Ireland
Starting at a campsite in Belcoo, Northern Ireland, beside the shimmering pool of St. Patrick’s Holy Well (supposedly the coldest water on the island although I’m not sure how, if ever, that was...
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East Devon Trail
Photos by ForTheHellOfIt.cc While bikepackers visiting Devon may immediately think of the Dartmoor and Exmoor national parks, quietly tucked away in the rolling hills to the east of the Exe Estuary...
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GranGarda
Garda is a glacially formed lake that extends north to south from the Alps to the Po Plain. The north is a mountainous area made of rugged peaks, pine forests, waterfalls, and deep ravines. Toward the...
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The Lunigiana Trail
Lunigiana is an historical Italian region located in the northernmost part of the Apennines, established by the Roman Empire with the foundation of the city of Luna in 177 A.C. Being a wild and...
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Harz is Hard
The route forms a loop of around 120 kilometres with 2,300 metres of elevation gain in the Harz National Park, a nature reserve recently established through the merger of two parks in the Lower Saxony...
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Dalarna Ramble Overnighter
Except for the mountains along the border with Norway, Sweden is a relatively flat country. So, with the towering 500-metre mountains in south Dalarna being only two and a half hours’ drive from...
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The Hunebedden Overnighter
Mountain biking in perhaps the flattest country in the world might leave a lot to the imagination. Nevertheless, the Netherlands offers many great mountain bike routes. Just don’t take the word...
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The Witch of the Westfjords
The Westfjords hold a special power that captivates all those who choose to experience this sparsely populated and remotely challenging region. Lying on the northwest corner of Iceland, this peninsula...
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Tour de Zielona
The Tour de Zielona is a nearly 100-kilometer circuit, starting and ending in Zielona Góra, Poland. It takes riders through beautiful natural areas and small towns with local character. More...
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The Maestrazgo Loop
The term Maestrazgo comes from Maestre, which refers to the first rank of a military order. Maestrazgo, then, was the territory under its jurisdiction. Several military orders controlled these areas...
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The Heuvelland Explorer
This ATB route is situated in the only properly hilly part of the Netherlands, the “Heuvelland” in South Limburg. The region has a strong local culture, with its own German and French-infused dialect....
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Bikepacking Trans Germany
UPDATE: Bikepacking Trans Germany was updated for the 2023 season removing several critical passages that posed an issue regarding legality. It is now fully rideable. Note that the BTG was originally...
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Lincoln Gravel Imp
The Lincoln Gravel Imp bikepacking route begins and ends in the market town of Retford, circling through a surprisingly diverse range of landscapes on its way to, and returning from the historic City...
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The Pictish Trail
Scotland is well-known in the bikepacking world as a diverse, challenging, and reliably rewarding place to ride your bike. While the majority of existing bikepacking routes twist and turn their way...
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Rhoenrad Circle
The Rhoen (or Rhön) region is a low mountain range of 1,500 square kilometers in the southwest of Germany. Its geography is made up of sprawling forests and countless hills, and the area is also known...
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The Bosnian Highline
The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina – commonly known as Bosnia – is a small country located in the Balkans with a long and complex history. While a part of Europe and within a two-hour flight from...
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Ten Peaks Trail
The hills, mountains, and glens of Scotland offer some of the world’s most excellent bikepacking locations. The Highlands of Scotland, with thousands of kilometres of gravel roads and singletrack...
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Of Milk and Navvies (Mjolkevegen and Rallarvegen)
For many, the first thing that springs to mind for Norway will be the fjords and their epic scenery of incomprehensibly huge walls of rock dropping down into vast expanses of water below. Whilst this...
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Wild Nephin Way
“The loneliest place in the country” were words used to describe the Wild Nephin Wilderness by Robert Llyod Praeger in his 1937 novel recounting his five-year walking journey of Ireland, The Way That I...
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The Woods Rat Run
Words and Photos by Tom Farrell and Cass Gilbert The Woods Rat Run is a route that connects the New Forest to the Isle of Purbeck and Cranbourne Chase, set within the counties of Hampshire, Dorset, and...
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Campari Long Ride
Campari Long Ride starts from Alto Reno Terme, one of the largest towns in the Bolognese Apennines, known for its thermal springs that have been around since the Roman Empire. The route starts by...
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Bear Bones Border Bash
Within British bikepacking circles, the Bear Bones 200 series claims a certain notoriety. Each year, organiser Stuart Wight knits together a challenging 200-kilometre route that pits a collection of...
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The Sormland Project
You think you know a place until you jump on your bike and cycle through it. Maps can tell you a lot, but not everything. They won’t show you the vibrant colours of the fields, the rich blueness of the...
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Iceland Fjallabak Track
Fjallabak, pronounced “fee-at-lah-bahk”, means “mountain back” in Icelandic. The route’s namesake is the Fjallabak Nature Reserve, which was established in 1979 and is described as “mountainous,...
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The Zillertal Trail
The Zillertal Trail is a 177-kilometer bikepacking loop through the Italian and Austrian Alps. This route guides those brave enough to ride over three spectacular passes in the Central Eastern Alps....
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Of Resilience And Hope
Of Resilience And Hope pays tribute to the toughness and resilience of a land that refuses to lose its identity. Now, more than ever, these villages need all of us, inhabitants and visitors alike, to...
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Glenha Bikerafting Loop
With more than 20,000 freshwater lochs and numerous sea lochs, Scotland is a perfect country for rafting. And with hundreds of miles of gravel roads and singletracks linking these lochs, it becomes an...
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La Condruzienne
La Condruzienne refers to the Condroz, a particular region close to Namur in Wallonia, the French-speaking part in the south of Belgium. It’s a sparsely populated, agricultural area filled with rivers...
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Raki Roads
The starting point of the Raki Roads bikepacking route is Berat, often referred to as the “City of a Thousand Windows” and renowned for its well-preserved Ottoman architecture. Starting there doesn’t...
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