Mountain Biking in Europe - The Thrill of a Lifetime

The wide range of dramatic and different landscapeshold world championships and thus offers you a great
that are spread all across Europe ensure that achallenge if you are looking for demanding trails. It has
mountain biker has a very large playground in whichsix hundred kilometres of trails and there are quite a
they can enjoy this sport. A mountain biking trail is anfew alternate tracks for you to consider.
excellent holiday for a biker.Les Gets Park located in Northern Alps, France and is
There are many exciting trails in Greece. Corfuin between Lake Geneva and Mont Blanc. It is in the
contains an inland mountainous landscape which runscenter of the largest skiing area on earth and contains
through to Dassia while passing through the highestsix hundred and fifty kilometres of slopes at Les Porte
area on this island, Mount Pantokrator. The best timesdu Soleil. Here, you are offered cross country and
to ride these trails are autumn and spring as you mightdownhill trails, jump parks, etc.
have to face temperatures of up to 100 degreesAfan Forest Part, Wales is a very demanding trail
fahrenheit as well as many tourists if you come anywhich is located near Cardiff. There are a couple of
other time.main trails hear, Wall which is twenty three kilometres
Then there is the Gois Forest which is close tolong and Penhydd which is sixteen kilometres long. The
Coimbra, central Portugal. This cross country trail goesformer also has quite a steep climb which is quite
through forests, a village and also includes tracksdifficult.
which are well maintained and have very demandingNow that you know there is no shortage of biking trails
uphill and downhill routes.in Europe there is just one last thing you need to know.
The Ballinastoe trail of Ireland offers splendid sceneryIt is important that you wear proper gear in
and a demanding route. It has a fifteen kilometre loopaccordance with the climate & your level of
which is through the Wicklow mountains on only oneactivity. Make certain that you carry water with you so
track and is also close to the Roundwood village. It isthat you do not get dehydrated. Many of these
also only forty kilometres away from Dublin.locations are in mountainous areas, and for many, the
Livigno park in Mottolino, Italy is one free style ridinghigher altitudes might be problematic. Regardless of the
track which is only accessible during summer with themany obstacles that exist, the experience of a
help of chair lifts. This trail was at one point used tomountain biking trip will not easily be forgotten.