Trail tip for the weekend: Sihltal tour from Biberbrugg to Zurich | Ride MTB

Trail tip for the weekend: Sihltal tour from Biberbrugg to Zurich

The April weather is delayed in May and regularly brings fresh snow at high altitudes and changeable weather. Nevertheless, the coming Sunday should be stable in terms of weather in German-speaking Switzerland. The Sihl Valley tour is an old classic that will delight endurance and singletrail fans alike, and is also scenically enchanting.

The tour from Biberbrugg to Zurich city center is considered one of the most beautiful mountain bike tours in the greater Zurich area - both in terms of trails and scenery. The tour starts at Biberbrugg railroad station, from where you reach the Gottschalkenberg restaurant via Chlausenchäppeli. If you have time, make a detour to Bellevue, a first-class viewpoint of the Hirzel and lower Lake Zurich. The tour rides up to Muetegg, where the single trail to Mangelhöhe begins. After Menzingen, the route rides into the Sihltal valley, where the fun singletrail along the Sihl soon begins, including a small tunnel. After a short stretch, you leave the Sihl valley and climb up to Hirzel, where the next singletrail awaits. The route continues over the ridge of the Zimmerberg to Gattikon, then to the banks of the Sihl, which you follow to Unterleimbach and finish the tour a little later in Zurich.

You can get to Biberbrugg from Zurich with the S-Bahn via Wädenswil.

The weather for German-speaking Switzerland at the weekend

On Saturday, it will be partly sunny with variable cloud cover and a brisk westerly wind around 15 degrees at times. Sunday will be sunnier, with moderate westerly winds and temperatures of up to 18 degrees.

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Route details Sihl valley tour

  • Starting point: Biberbrugg train station
  • Distance: 50 km
  • Difference in altitude: 800 hm / 1220 hm downhill
  • E-MTB: well suited for e-mountain bikes


GPX track in the tour database of Ride


Suitable Ride Spotguides

Everything you need to know about the region Einsiedeln: Ride-Spotguide Einsiedeln.
Everything you need to know about the region Zürich: Ride-Spotguide Zürich.

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