Bikepacking Races

Dead Ends & Cake is a self-supported and self-navigated bikepacking event in eastern Switzerland—with fresh cake at each checkpoint…

The San Juan Ultracruise is a self-supported bikepacking challenge that links the best and sometimes hardest trails around Durango, Colorado...

Ride through Italy’s wild heart — a self-supported bikepacking adventure across Abruzzo’s rugged mountains, ancient villages, and two National Parks in the Green Region of Europe.

The Veneto Trail is an self-supported bikepacking adventure, designed for mountain bikes, in the SE Italian Alps, mostly in the region of Veneto.

The Kenai 250 is an epic endurance bikepacking race… Alaskan style. 100% self-supported and lots of singletrack.

The NorthCape-Tarifa bicycle adventure is the longest self-supported road bicycle race!

The Great Northern Colorado Route Race is a 460-mile self-supported bikepacking race through the wildest corners of Northern Colorado...

Characterized by its fierce wilderness, high mountain passes, unpredictable weather, and warm hospitality, the Andean Raid is an adventure like none other...

Hamburg’s Backyard is a 700-kilometer gravel race that starts and ends in Hamburg, Germany…

The Olympic 420 Adventure is a totally doable bikepacking race around the high and wild Olympic mountains...

Hamburg's Backyard Night Shift is a beginner-friendly 250km race for folks who aren't quite ready for the full 700km version...

The 360 is a full circumnavigation of London on gravel, bridleway, woodland singletrack, canal paths, field crossings, and forgotten connectors...

GCOR is a gravel circumnavigation of the Olympic Mountain Range in Washington…

Transpyrenees 2026 is an unsupported, one-stage road cycling challenge that traverses the vast and varied landscapes of the Iberian Peninsula and beyond…

LA PERIPHERIE is a 2,500km self-supported bikepacking event through Germany, Switzerland, and France, with a total of 45,000 meters of accumulated elevation.

Elevation Vercors is an off-road ultra-distance event in France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region...

El Camino is an unsupported bikepacking event following a 720-kilometer gravel route across Northern Spain…

SCHLEUDERGANG EINTAUSEND is a self-supported, fixed-route ultracycling adventure that starts simultaneously in Dresden and Nuremberg, with a meeting point in Czechpoint...

Three Peaks Bike Race is a 2,150km unsupported bikepacking race across the Dolomites and the Alps, from Vienna to Nice.

The Bright Midnight is a 1,100-kilometer self-supported bikepacking adventure in Norway through small villages by way of gravel roads…

Grusk is a gravel race up to the highest peak in West Virginia, including two overnight routes for those seeking a longer ride…

Race Across Czechia is an 800km or 1,100km bikepacking challenge following a fixed route across the Czech Republic...

The Oregon Timber Trail Race and Tour is an unofficial bikepacking event along the spine of Oregon from the California border to the Washington border. The majority of the route is singletrack.

District 16 is a 585-kilometer bikepacking odyssey that explores the beauty of the English Lake District…

The Montana Bike Odyssey is a 1,750-mile loop through Montana, starting and finishing in the city of Bozeman. For 2026, there is also a 500-mile and 235-mile route option...

The Ardennes Monster is a 1,050km self-supported race in Belgium. The monster is not your friend…

The Port Angeles Super Loop (PASL) is an unofficial, solo, self-supported bikepacking ride on the north Olympic Peninsula of Washington State.

The Sea To Peak is a self-supported bikepacking event following a route between Brittany and Queyras through the center of France…

Raffle Race is a self-supported bikepacking race with a twist: your entry requires you to make a 1,000km or 500km route, and one of the routes will end up being the race route!

Lost Horizons is an 830km unsupported ultra-cycling event through the remote Spanish Lapland...

Hot Taco is a 200-mile Women only (and those identifying as Women) bikepacking race, beginning and ending in Boise, Idaho…

Swiss Bike-Adventure is an unsupported bikepacking event in the most hilly country in Europe!

The Half To Peak is a self-supported bikepacking event following a route between the Massif Central and the Queyras...

Created by Svein Tuft, the inaugural Jumbo Wild 600 follows a challenging 669km route through the wild heart of British Columbia's Kootenays.

Basajaun is a self-supported, long-distance gravel event on the edge of the Basque Country, in the north of Spain.

The Dark Divide 300 is a challenging mixed-terrain cycling route that traverses the expansive ancestral lands of the Squaxin Island Tribe, Nisqually Tribe of Indians, Cowlitz Indian Tribe, and Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, through what is commonly known as the southern Cascade Mountain Range in Washington State…

The Alptraum Bike Challenge is a 350km bikepacking challenge in Austria, starting and finishing in Achensee...

Nordic Chase (Chapter Two) is a 730km unsupported gravel race from Berlin to Copenhagen...

The Slovakia Divide is a self-supported mountain bike event across Slovakia with four different routes to choose from...

Mother North is an unsupported bikepacking adventure in stunning remote Norwegian lands…

The Dahu Trail is an 800km bikepacking race in the Western Alps of Italy, France, and Switzerland, following a primarily off-road route...

The Hills have Bikes have a 1,130-kilometre self-supported bikepacking race from the Netherlands to Germany and back again…

Nordic Chase Gravel is an 800km self-supported bikepacking race from Copenhagen to Oslo...

The KÕKÕVA is a 900km or 500km bikepacking race through the Estonian wilderness…

The Silk Road Mountain Race is a fixed route, unsupported, single-stage bikepacking race through the mountains of Kyrgyzstan.

The Alaska Divide promises to be one of the most exciting and lonesome routes you’ll ever ride – don’t miss out!

The Austrian Extreme Bike Race is an unsupported 2,500km or 800km bike event through some of the most iconic Austrian landscapes…

Organized by the good folks behind Dead Ends and Cake, Pain au Chocolat is a 1,000km ride through France where riders are always on the hunt for the next Pain au Chocolat...

UB30: Twenty Lakes Challenge is an 800km or 1,100km bikepacking challenge in Bavaria and the Czech mountains...

Arden2Eifel is a self-supported bikepacking challenge following a 660km route from the Belgium Ardennes to the historical city of Trier in Germany…

A self-supported gravel adventure across Norway’s highest peaks — where choices shape the journey.

Transibérica 2026 is an unsupported, one-stage road cycling challenge that traverses the vast and varied landscapes of the Iberian Peninsula and beyond…

SNEAK PEAKS Bikepacking Expedition (Adventure) is an unsupported 1,100km bikepacking expedition that begins and ends in Bolzano…

The Wrecker is a 740-kilometer bikepacking race from the far edge of Cornwall into the heart of London, riding long, wild, mostly off-road tracks across southern Britain...

Designed as a training ride for the Highland Trail 550, the North Wales 400 is a challenging singletrack-heavy bikepacking event that starts and finishes in Llandegla Forest…

The North to South Colorado Bikepacking Race is a self-supported 600-mile gravel event across the state of Colorado…

SNEAK PEAKS Bikepacking Expedition (Classic) is an unsupported 800km bikepacking expedition that begins and ends in Bolzano…

SNEAK PEAKS Bikepacking Expedition (Entree) is an unsupported 500km bikepacking expedition that begins and ends in Bolzano...

The first annual Interlude ultra bike race challenges riders to a 360-mile mixed-terrain route in the middle of Missouri...

The Bohemian Border Bash is a fixed-route, 1,400 km-long, unsupported, ultra-endurance on and off-road cycling competition that circumnavigates the ancient borders of Bohemia.

Green Border Gravel is a self-supported 300km gravel adventure through the remote borderlands of southeastern Slovenia...

The Alps Divide ULTRA is a self-supported, single-stage, mixed-terrain bikepacking challenge from the Mediterranean Sea to Lake Geneva…

Lakes ‘n’ Knodel is a unique unsupported bikepacking event that explores mountain cuisine and the remote gravel roads of the Alps…

Over 2,000 miles and 147,000 feet of elevation gain from Salida to the Pacific Ocean—this is Salida to the Sea!

Uinta Bikepacking is a 330-mile ultra-endurance race on Utah's finest singletrack, pavement, and rugged gravel. This isn’t just a bikepacking race, it’s a full-body interrogation.

Hosted by Bombtrack, the BOOTSHAUS ULTRA SPRINT CHALLENGE isn't a race, but a cycling challenge through Germany...

TATR is a 585+ mile, solo, self-supported bikepacking adventure through the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. The annual grand depart is the second Friday of September…

The Snallygaster 200 is a stunningly beautiful, but tough, 200-mile loop through the rugged and steep Allegheny Highlands of western Maryland and northeastern West Virginia…

The Endless Mountains follows a 115, 250, or 430-mile mixed terrain route through in Pennsylvania's Endless Mountains...

J’sépasouj’vé is a 400km journey into the unknown, where participants receive the route in segments. The entire route is not known...

Istra Land is an off-road, unsupported gravel race across Istria…

The East Idaho Epic is a 430-mile self-supported bikepacking event through east Idaho and a section of western Wyoming…