The new Eldorado for all mountain bike fans – the season starts again on March 1st. The 1,370 km of trails designated for mountain biking in previous years have been improved for this year.
Purkersdorf (OTS) –
Unique sports experience
Cycling in Lower Austria has a “magnetic attraction” for guests from near and far and the destination Vienna Woods particularly stands out, emphasizes State Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner. “The Vienna Woods offers unique opportunities for cycling fans – both for excursions and for sporty short holidays. From single trails to multi-day mountain bike and gravel route suggestions, there are trails available in the Vienna Woods for every requirement and skill level. In addition, attractive innovations are constantly being developed, such as new connecting paths to the Anninger mountain bike area. These improve the integration of our operations in the extensive route network. The excellent cuisine and diverse mountain bike trails in the Vienna Woods promise new touring experiences again this year.”
Shared trail networks – pioneers in mountain biking
The cooperation of the Wienerwald mountain bike platform with its wide range of stakeholders from nature, forestry and tourism, the city of Vienna and the landowners of this quality is certainly unique and enables a widely branched network of routes that could be condensed and expanded this year . Compliance with the “Fair Play Rules” and forest barriers are essential for unhindered coexistence in the forest. Gerald Oitzinger, operations manager of the Austrian Federal Forests in the Vienna Woods: “The forest is a workplace for us. For safety reasons, it is therefore important to strictly observe temporary restricted areas during timber harvesting and forest maintenance operations. That’s why the Federal Forests have also developed a digital restricted area map to make route planning easier in advance and to show alternative routes.”
An improvement that no tourism destination has been able to offer its guests so far. And Andreas Weiß, director of the Vienna Woods Biosphere Park and Vienna Woods managing director Michael Wollinger add: “With the help of current and easily accessible information, we are able to guide more and more mountain bikers to the designated routes that are as nature-friendly as possible.”
This is a particularly important development due to the unique selling point of the Vienna Woods as a biosphere park. Constantly interesting routes and adjustments are important for Andreas Mocha, chairman of the Wienerwald Trails association: “By converting and building new trails, the club managed to create attractive routes that avoid potential conflict areas.”
Mountain biking in the Vienna Woods is therefore predestined to become a fun and fulfilling hobby and holiday motif.
All routes and information www.wienerwald.info/mountainbiken
Vienna Woods app for navigation available in all app stores!
For fair coexistence in the forest: www.waldfairliebt.at
Questions & Contact:
Questions & press contact:
Manuela Eitler
Vienna Forest Tourism GmbH
Hauptplatz 11, 3002 Purkersdorf
m.eitler@wienerwald.info
Tel. 0664/834 8904