Cycling & Mountain Biking
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Bike trails everywhere
The Hohe Tauern range and its imposing 3,000-meter peaks: mountain tarns, high valleys, lush alpine pastures, wild waterfalls and breathtaking views - all capped off by a top-notch 1,000 km network of cycle paths and mountain-bike trails ranging from easy to challenging: no wonder the Pinzgau is one of the most enticing biking regions in all of Austria! Whether you are planning a fun-filled family tour, or looking for new athletic challenges atop your mountain bike, a broad selection of clearly marked bike routes offers everyone plenty of selection and variety, accompanied by new experiences each and every day.
The Austrian Forestry Service has already opened up more than 2,300 km of mountain-bike trails between Vienna and Tyrol, creating a really attractive cycling network as a result. The Austrian Forestry Service Bike Guide gives a comprehensive overview of the routes. All of the trails are excellently sign-posted and are supported by an outstanding infrastructure.
TIP >> With your Guest Card, you can obtain the Bike Guide at a discounted price.
As a special service, some hotels have a fleet of bikes suitable for every family member. Area sporting goods stores also offer a wide range of rental bicycles.
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The region is perhaps most famous for the Tauern Cycle Path, which begins in the Pinzgau and ends, 330 km later, in Passau. The Krimml Waterfalls are the starting point of this family-friendly route – the falls are the tallest in Central Europe and are located about 30 km west of Mittersill. The path takes us along the banks of the Salzach, past numerous natural monuments and sights, all of which are definitely well worth a detour and fill the ride with new and exciting experiences.
www.tauernradweg.com
Mountain-Bike Tours
Mountain bikers can choose form around 100 different tours, or sit down with the pros of Team Exit (please check out the Excursions page) to plot their own individually tailored route. There is so much to discover: in the breathtaking beautiful National Park valleys amid the Hohe Tauern mountains, or in the Kitzbühel Alps. Traditional mountain inns, trail rides, wild gorges, waterfalls and countless meters of climbs and drops – on the way out to one of the impressive high valleys or, for the hardest-nosed bikers of all, to the very mountaintops themselves. The wonderful views are more than ample reward.
GPS-Tours
The Bike GPS Portal offers over 1,000 downloadable MTB routes to assist in planning and enjoying day tours, multi-day tours and Alpine traverses, whether on your mountain bike or road bike.
The site also has detailed information for you to check out on the very latest GPS systems and applications.
www.bike-gps.com
TIP >> Ride the lift to the tops
If you are looking for an easy way to get to the start of your mountain adventure, the Kitzbühel lifts will be glad to transport you up to those sunnier elevations. Once there, off you go: up hill and down dale, past meadows covered in colorful blossoms, gradually dropping to the Mühlbach or Trattenbach Valleys below.
TIP >> Hop aboard the Bike Shuttle from Rauris or Leogang to Krimml
The Tauern “Bike Taxi” has established a special service just for the benefit of our cycling friends:
Shuttle Service:
4x daily along the route from Rauris or Leogang to Krimml (car park at the Krimml Waterfalls)
• Pick-up from your hotel
• If you have a breakdown, free bike to borrow, tools to repair smaller mechanical problems
• Luggage transportation to the end of the bike path (Passau)
Contact:
phone: +43(0)650 8502501
www.tauernradtaxi.at
Price for the route from Zell am See - Krimml per person and bicycle: € 19.00
TIP >> Bike & Raft
This sporty touring combination, available through the Taxenbach Rafting Center, promises even more fun, sports and adventure:
We first begin with a 2-hour, upriver bike ride along the Tauern Cycle Path to the start of the rafting tour. Enjoy a hearty snack to recharge your batteries, before embarking on an exhilarating ride down the Salzach River in a rubber raft.
Bicycles are provided and return transportation is also taken care of.
Rafting Center Taxenbach
Kitzlochklamm
5660 Taxenbach
phone: +43(0)6543 5352
email: info@raftingcenter.com
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