The Engadin mountain biking community is gathering at the Foppettas Flow Trail to kick off the season. Everyone is welcome.

The ski season is in sight and many snow sports resorts have already opened for business. Ideally, mountain bikers who are switching to bikes for the next few months should also stay in hotels that have a heart for cyclists in winter. Ride shows which hotels are particularly worthwhile.

October is often one of the highlights of the MTB season. While the mountain railroads have already closed in France or Italy, the season lasts until the end of October, especially in Switzerland. Here are the shuttle tips for October.

On June 29, a mountain biker died in Val Poschiavo after a fall near San Romerio. He had previously fallen down a steep slope.

Valposchiavo kicks off the new mountain bike season at the end of May with the traditional Vivabike Festival. At the same time, the "Trail Care Week" takes place, during which mountain bikers take care of the trails themselves.

This winter, Patagonia is back in the Alps with its Worn Wear Snow Tour 2025. This means free repairs for all types of outdoor clothing. The mobile workshop is visiting the Alps until the end of March.

October is often one of the highlights of the MTB season. While the mountain railroads have already closed in France or Italy, the season lasts until the end of October, especially in Switzerland. Here are the shuttle tips for October.

Watching the sunrise on Piz Nair is an experience in itself. René Wildhaber and Oli Dorn treated themselves to the perfect dessert after this special breakfast. The "Top to Bottom Tour" with 1300 Elevation loss trail descent, from Piz Nair to Lake Champfèr offers everything a trail biker's heart desires, including breathtaking pictures by filmmakers and photographers Fabian Gattlen, Tim Menge and Filip Zuan.

Did you know? If you enjoy the trails on Corviglia, you are doing so where the Olympic Games have already been hosted twice. Okay, it was the 1928 and 1948 Winter Games, but in summer in particular, the sports mountain in the beautiful Upper Engadine offers unforgettable mountain biking experiences and a 5-ring offer.

The bike agency has already given us the Single Trail Camp, a bike camp for singles. The latest offer focuses on best agers, i.e. people who are older than biking.
 

The snow on the flow trails is slowly melting and the Corviglia is getting ready for the start of the bike season on June 22. Find out all about the cable car operating times, practical bike transportation, the popular Piz Nair Sunrise event and the inexpensive cable car all-inclusive offer.

Under the title "Mountain Biking in a Changing Climate", the organization POW (Protect our Winters) invites you to the Bike Weekend in the Engadin. From 21 to 23 June 2024, the program offers epic bike tours, fun and informative lectures on the topic of climate change and its effects on sport and people. Leo Hösli (glaciologist), Lukas Häusler (trail specialist Allegra Trails) and Filip Zuan (photographer and POW Ambassador) will be among those taking part.

Piz Palü is one of the peaks where ski touring and singletrail mountain biking can be combined in one day. The Ride Camp from 3 to 5 May takes advantage of the short time window for this special tour: in the morning on skis to the almost 3,900-metre-high glacier summit. The Diavolezza will then become a transition zone, after which you can race down to Poschiavo on a mountain bike.

While biting temperatures are still sweeping through the Alps, at Ride all signs are already pointing to summer trail fun. The first 2024 issue is currently in print, and this marks a small "turning point".

Spectator numbers have been falling for years, the coronavirus interim high has only postponed the end a little: The Engadin Bike Giro will not take place in 2024. The organizers leave a glimmer of hope for 2025. However, a lot would have to change.

In the mountains, the trees are increasingly showing their bright autumn colors, heralding the final phase of this year's mountain bike season. With the support of the mountain railroads, there are three weekends left in October in most destinations to collect many Elevation losses.

The Hotel Palü combines the latest e-mountainbikes, trail fun and culinary delights with its e-mountainbike test event in the Engadin from 20 to 22 October 2023. For three days, you can test e-mountainbikes from Flyer, Santa Cruz, Scor and Specialized during the most beautiful time of year in the high valley. Autumnal culinary delights and great wines round off the eventful days.

René Wildhaber and Oli Dorn sought out the feeling of uphill flow together with local Thomas Brunner on the Chaschauna trail. To mark the launch of the new e-mountainbike route from S-chanf in the Engadin to the Chaschauna Pass, the three of them went uphill and downhill and had a lot of fun on the trail.

Watching the sunrise from the top of a mountain is a bucket list item. There are several first-class mountain peaks for mountain bikers, some of which are even accessible by cable car.

The Swiss Epic multi-day MTB race will continue to be held in Graubünden for the next three years. Davos Klosters will remain the stage location for the five-day competition, supplemented by La Punt in the Upper Engadine. The next edition of the "Spar Swiss Epic" is scheduled for August 21-24, 2024.

In order to keep the Swiss Epic in Graubünden for another three years, the destinations involved will be supported with an annual contribution of 160,000 Swiss francs. This assurance is important for the bidding process to ensure that the event remains in the region from 2024 to 2026.

It has already been ten years since the Olympic Flow Trail was built on Corviglia in the Engadin, creating the basis for the bike offer that exists today. In the years that followed, three more flow trails were added and the focus for the future is on connections down into the valley, as announced by those responsible in a press release.

Long summer days are perfect for riding lots of trails from sunrise to sunset. The combination of the "Piz Nair Sunrise" event and the Bahnentour Engadin St. Moritz offers an attractive opportunity for such an undertaking. Three times a summer, the mountain railroads transport participants at dawn to the summit of Piz Nair at over 3000 meters, where they can experience the sunrise from the breakfast buffet. Then it's off to the trails, with numerous mountain railroads to choose from for the ascents. The day pass for the mountain railroads is included in the event ticket from 75 francs.

The country needs new bike trails. But creating new infrastructure is not quite that simple. In Valposchiavo, a solution has been found to create new trails without building new ones. In consultation with forestry and hunting, old trails are being brought back to life. A model that would also work in other regions.

An outdoor camp just for women - wonderfully relaxed. Whether hiking, MTB or SUP, the focus is on the shared experience, the idea of community and the absence of pressure to perform. The organizers are convinced that they have just the right ingredients for a fun, educational and eventful extended weekend.

Graubünden wants to become the best mountain bike destination in the world and is therefore looking for 25 bikers to put the "Home of Trails" through its paces. The task of those selected: to ride, use and visit the trails, mountain railroads, hotels and restaurants in Graubünden by mountain bike from July 7 to 11, 2022. In the subsequent workshop, they then have to point out what they like, where they see potential for improvement or which services or infrastructure they miss. In order to be selected for one of the 25 places, candidates must answer a few questions and master basic technical skills on a mountain bike.

With the opening of the Marmotta Flowtrail on Saturday, September 11, 2021, the municipality of Celerina, together with Engadin St. Moritz Mountains AG, Allegra Tourismus and the destination Engadin St. Moritz, is celebrating a significant expansion of the offer in the Corviglia area. The connection rides from Corviglia to Marguns and expands the bike network with a trail around two kilometers long, which is also suitable for bike beginners and families with children.

At the third edition of the Swiss Epic in Graubünden, Switzerland's Ariane Lüthi and South Africa's Robyn de Groot take overall victory. Lukas Flückiger and Nicola Rohrbach do the same in the men's race. They win four, Lüthi and de Groot five of the five stages with finishes in St. Moritz, Valposchiavo and Davos.

Episode four of "Take Claudio to the Limit" takes Caluori and French downhiller Loic Bruni to the Engadin. The mission takes the pair from Piz Nair via the flow trails to the lakeshore, where Steffi Marth has another challenge in store.

The bike agency, known for its Ladies Camps and the Single Trail Camp, among other things, has a new offer: In the Engadin, participants will not only enjoy the trails, but also hike, stand-up paddle and eat wellness. Patricia Roth explains how this came about

Just in time for the start of the mountain railroad season on Saturday, June 26, 2021, summer is really picking up speed in Graubünden. Herbert has already been out on the trails and found first-class conditions at medium altitudes. Information on the single trails that can already be ridden can be found in the video and on the websites of the destinations. Careful planning is worthwhile, as there is still widespread snow at high altitudes.

A whole series of new challenges await Claudio Caluori in summer 2021. Three years after Claudio and Danny MacAskill delivered a spectacular chase through the "Home of Trails", this year is once again about glory, but above all about honor, and several times over. Five prominent mountain bikers will challenge Claudio to a duel on the legendary trails in the five bike regions of Graubünden.

15 years is a long time in the mountain bike world. 15 years ago, Hans Rey and Thomas Frischknecht published the legendary trail film for the Alta Rezia Freeride Tour. Here is the full-length film with the realization: everything is different, but the core is still the same - the joy of single trails.

In the Upper Engadine, there are a large number of trails in the Corviglia region on Piz Nair. Although the opposite side of the valley is also accessible with the Corvatsch cable car, mountain bikes were previously only transported there on the first and last ride of the day. This is now changing, and from the start of the summer season on June 19, 2021, bike transport will be possible on the first three trips in the morning and from 3.05 p.m. until closing time on the lower section between Surlej and Murtèl.

The government of the canton of Graubünden approves two partial revisions of local plans and thus sets the traffic light to green for the creation of new trails in Davos and the Upper Engadine. Both projects are intended to close gaps in the destinations' already well-developed single trail network or extend existing trails. In Davos, this concerns the descent from Ischalp to Bolgen Plaza, while in the Upper Engadine it is the connection from Corviglia to Marguns.

Spending a night in a cable car cabin sounds more like an emergency than a tourist offer. In fact, the "Tiny House Gondola" is a mobile vacation accommodation that is attracting a lot of interest. It is still located on Piz Nair, but the overnight stays there have long been fully booked. According to the operator couple, even more exclusive locations are conceivable.

From June 26 to 28, it's time to break the lockdown - in this case, the relationship lockdown! The "Single Trail Camp" is aimed at trail-loving singles and has been part of the regular program at the Hotel Palü in Pontresina for two years. Now it's also clear: the unusual camp will definitely take place in 2020.

Will the mountain railroads be in operation this summer? Adrian Jordan, COO of "Engadin St. Moritz Mountains", is confident and assumes that the mountain railway infrastructure for mountain bikers in the Upper Engadin can be offered without restrictions and as planned. At the same time, he sees a danger from overzealous state employees.

A bitten pizza, exhausted cats and an orange with eyes - it's amazing what people find "#epic". Or at least what they tag on Instagram with the corresponding hashtag. For the new episode of "Trail Tales", Ride set off to the Engadin to ride a trail that deserves to be called "epic": the Hahnensee Trail in the Upper Engadin near St. Moritz.

The Swiss Epic 2019, which was held for the first time, is history. Here are the video summaries of the individual days at a glance - a wonderful opportunity to recognize the fascination of the event as a whole.

Michele Casagrande and Fabian Rabensteiner secure overall victory at the Swiss Epic. Adelheid Morath and Bettina Janas take victory in the women's race at the first edition in Graubünden. The Swiss surprises are Casey South and Noah Blöchlinger, as well as Marc Stutzmann and Michael Stünzi with second and third place in the final classification, as well as the duo Kupfernagel/Baumann in fifth place.

Mountaineers and photographers know it well: "blue hour". This is the time immediately before sunrise. It is considered the most beautiful time on the mountain. The light, the atmosphere and the peace and quiet. The disadvantage: the experience is extremely time-consuming. Except perhaps on the "Piz Nair Sunrise". The special gondola ride to the summit is a breeze. There's warm coffee at the blue hour, fresh croissants at sunrise and then a load of extra-strong single trails. Next time this Sunday.

Swiss television addressed the trend of e-mountain biking in the business program "Eco". The result is a worthwhile report that uses familiar clichés when it comes to tourism issues, but also provides interesting insights into production and tourism strategy.

Herbert is now offering a new bookable package: New and exclusive to Herbert, you can tackle the original route of the "Swiss Epic Graubünden 2019", but confidently leave the powering out to others - because there are options everywhere to make ascents easier with mountain railroads, post buses or the Rhaetian Railway.

The "Piz Nair Sunrise" delights visitors every summer with a unique natural spectacle and is now one of the legendary mountain bike offers in Graubünden.

On Wednesday, June 26, 2019, World Shovel Day took place for the fourth time. Graubünden celebrated the start of the mountain bike season in the mountains.

Herbert and his buddies shovelled like the wildest berserkers at various locations in Graubünden.

Much of the terrain is now rideable - but it was a David versus Goliath battle.

There's been a real thaw in the mountains for a few days now. The sun is melting, rain is washing away, hot air would be fine too, but Herbert is shoveling! For the start of the cable car season on the weekend of June 29 and 30, Herbert and his friends are digging through the snow fields to clear the top trails.

Charging while hanging out - this now takes on a whole new meaning. There are now 13 benches in Graubünden with a power connection for charging e-bikes, among other things. They are called "Repower E-Lounge" and even have integrated Wi-Fi.

There are lots of things in the way on a trail. Why are we mountain bikers so attracted to obstacles? To find out, we traveled to the Upper Engadine to ride the Fuorcla Minor.

After five editions in Valais, the Swiss Epic is moving to the canton of Graubünden. And even before the five-day mountain bike race is even in sight, the organizers are announcing their first success: the more than 250 team starting places for the stage race from 20 to 24 August 2019 are already sold out.

Many villages have a local mountain with a great view. But nothing compares to the early morning cable car ride up the 3057-metre-high Piz Nair near St. Moritz. The third and final "Piz Nair Sunrise" event in 2018 delighted participants with a magnificent view and provided a brilliant highlight of the season in the glistening morning sunlight.

The procession is now one of the legendary mountain bike offers in Graubünden: at dawn with the gondola from St. Moritz to Piz Nair including a large breakfast buffet on the summit, then the spectacle of the unique Upper Engadin sunrise and finally the whole day on the bike in the Corviglia region. The whole thing is called "Piz Nair Sunrise" and will take place for the last time this season on September 30, 2018.

From 2019, the Swiss Epic will have a new base in Graubünden. The initial announcement has now been followed by the details. The organizers are particularly looking forward to the new routes because Graubünden offers a much more attractive base. The race is now also part of the new Epic Series, which also includes the legendary Cape Epic in South Africa.

After five years in Valais, the Swiss Epic is changing location in 2019: the stage race is moving to Graubünden and will remain there for at least another five years. The driving force behind the move is the Davos region together with St. Moritz, Arosa, Lenzerheide, Scuol and Flims-Laax. Details will be announced next Monday at a media orientation event.

Your own Postbus, chauffeur and bike trailer for three days with a personal guide who knows every trail in Graubünden personally. That's the premium version of the Postauto-Tour. But now it gets even better: the only Postbus in convertible version is in operation. For example, next weekend from July 13 to 15 on the occasion of the Ride Camp. There are still two free seats in the shuttle convertible.

The gym club is largely obsolete these days. And the internet ensures that many men and women are connected to the other side of the world, but still go to bed alone at night. This summer, there is a way out for mountain bikers: an analog flirting platform on the single trail - for singles only.

In the movie, everything looks very simple! But it's not, not even for Danny MacAskill. And not for Claudio Caluori either. They both spent ten days on the road in Graubünden for "Home of Trails", and now the making-of video has been released. Best entertainment!

On a gray day in a city: a few bike friends are pushing their bikes through the drizzle. Then one of the bikers discovers a yellow ticket on his road bike - and dives into the fairytale world of the Grisons mountains with it and the Postbus that suddenly appears. This is how the new Postauto-Tour film begins. There are two of these magical tickets to be won at the film launch.

What happens when Danny MacAskill from Scotland and Claudio Caluori from Graubünden meet up to go mountain biking? One of the coolest road trips ever. You can see the whole thing in MacAskill's latest video "Home of Trails".

Sentiero - a place name that promises adventure. We read it for the first time on a signpost in Poschiavo. And from then on, we couldn't let it go. The search for this mysterious place rode us along lonely trails and to unusual places. But a strange feeling accompanied us along the way: could we have misunderstood something?

At the Ride Mountain Bike Congress in Chur on Thursday evening, October 12, 2017, Tobias Woggon will present his adventures and experiences of the last 10 years with breathtaking pictures, action-packed videos and take you on a journey from the glaciers of Alaska to the mountains of Patagonia. There are exclusive tickets for the lecture only (limited number of seats).

A queue of mountain bikers in front of the cable car at four in the morning? In St. Moritz, this is nothing out of the ordinary, at least not three times a year. On Sunday, September 24, for the last time this year, the mountain railroads will be transporting guests up Piz Nair at dawn on special trips. At the top, they will be treated to a breakfast buffet and the Engadin sunrise at over 3,000 meters above sea level. The special ticket is then valid for the whole day, including mountain bike transport.

Lasting team experiences, magnificent mountain scenery and exciting "games" on the trails were enjoyed by over 100 participants at the second edition of the "Rocky Mountain Trail Games" last weekend. For three days from August 11 to 13, the teams of two and three had to solve various special tasks on the region's trails.

Route 673 "Bernina Express" has been a classic for mountain bikers for years. Named after the train line that runs parallel to it, the Bernina Express is one of the highlights in the Engadin. Last year, the municipality of Pontresina began upgrading the route in its municipal area.

This coming weekend, many mountain railroads will start their summer operations. In Davos, Lenzerheide and St. Moritz, local mountain bikers have now grabbed a shovel and cleared the trails of the last patches of snow. From now on, it's clear sailing again on routes such as the "Bahnentour".

Two new singletrail routes are planned in the Upper Engadine, according to this week's "Engadiner Post". One single trail will ride from the Albula Hospice to the village of La Punt and the second single trail will be built in Zuoz on its own initiative.

The "Singletrail Maps" now have a sibling: the "Singletrail Books" are now also available in book form. The 25 best mountain bike tours in each region are described in detail and supplemented with useful information. Five volumes are initially available for Graubünden, with more "Singletrail Books" in preparation.

There's still room for improvement! The Bahnentour Davos Klosters is getting a new route for the 2017 season and setting a new benchmark. The route features 100 kilometers of singletrail descent - doable in one day. The new Bahnentour version is called "100K" and differs in many ways from the original route.

Danny MacAskill is one of the best-known mountain bikers in the world thanks to his video productions. Now, for the first time, he tells us where he likes it best on his bike - including Herbert in Graubünden. In the fall of 2016, he was out and about in several regions of the canton, which clearly left a lasting impression.