Bikepark Wurbauerkogel - A downhill legend comes to life again

Who remembers the video of the 1992 downhill race on the Wurbauerkogel in Upper Austria? Around 34 years later, the Wurbauerkogel Bike Park will open at this location on June 24, 2016. The bike park trails offer fun and challenges for beginners and advanced riders at three different levels of difficulty. Perhaps one more visit to the park for your bike park road trip?

The Wurbauerkogel Bike Park is the first part of the Pyhrn-Priel Bike Trail and expands the Pyhrn-Priel vacation region's range of leisure activities for mountain bikers. The new bike park also offers mountain bikers on their summer road trips from bike park to bike park another opportunity to enjoy themselves. The Wurbauerkogel, which was declared the ideal downhill terrain by passionate mountain bikers back in the 90s, will now be open to a wider range of gravity fans from June 24, 2016. On the opening day, lift transport is free for all bikers until 9.00 p.m. and the new trails can be celebrated at the cozy campfire with live music at the evening Biker-Sonnwend at the mountain restaurant.

Four trails - three levels of difficulty

The bike park's trails are graded according to three levels of difficulty. If you want to gain your first downhill experience, you should take on the "Blue Lollipop" trail. On this 1.3-kilometre-long trail, steep turns and rollers provide plenty of flow during the ride. Thanks to the gentle terrain adaptation and the weatherproof crushed sand surface, you can hurtle safely towards the valley. A number of bike park features await experienced bikers on the "Big Red" and "Red Root Carpet" trails. The numerous tables, steps and, above all, the impressive wall ride or the Northshore drop on the Big Red Trail are designed to challenge freeride fans. For those who prefer a more natural, steeper and trickier ride, the "Black Widow" trail is the place to be. Full concentration is required here, as the surface of this downhill trail is peppered with challenging root passages and hard stone fields.

Extensive infrastructure

But that's by no means all that mountain bikers can look forward to in Windischgarsten from the end of June. There will also be a round-trip service at the valley station of the single chairlift, which will ride riders and bikes comfortably to the start of the trails. At the Alpreif Pyhrn-Priel Bike Center, you can hire protective equipment, e-bikes or mountain bikes and also hone your riding technique with experienced guides on the bike park trails or the pump track. If you want to clean yourself and your bike after the runs, there is a bike washing area and changing rooms with showers at the valley station. You can then round off the action-packed day in comfort on the sunny biker terrace.