Bikepacking Races

The Smoke Ring Challenge is a self-supported individual time trial / bikepacking adventure around the Big Smoke!

The Trans South Dakota Race is a 714-mile bikepacking race across the state of South Dakota with 5 miles of packrafting across the Missouri River...

The Tour du Massif Vosgien is an unsupported off-road bikepacking brevet taking you through some of the most beautiful National Parks and Reserves of the Vosges mountain range, and the famous vineyards of Alsace...

The Bright Midnight is a 1,000km self-supported bikepacking adventure in Norway through small villages by way of gravel roads...

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

The Memory Bike Adventure is part of Memory Bike and completes the experience of the Memory Festival. The aim of the event is to share the locations and increase awareness around the events of World War I in Northern Italy, especially in Veneto, through cycling.

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

Tracks 6000 is old school mountain biking where you can forget about the averages that you are usually used to holding. Prepare yourself for an extraordinary experience...

The Lost Elephant explores the bikepacking paradise of the East Kootenay region, with two different route lengths to choose from...

1 continent, 10 countries, over 4000km of self supported riding with a legendary destination, the Arctic Circle! This is the NorthCape 4000.

Baroudeuse Unpaved is a self-supported bikepacking event that explores France, the Maritime Alps, and Italy between Ligurie and Piémont...

TransAlpes is a 2,850km self-supported race with 20 mandatory checkpoints from Slovenia to Ljubljana...

A kind of Tour Divide made in France that links the Franco-Belgian border to the Franco-Spanish border. A challenging all-roads route between gravel and mountain biking using the GR footpaths of Santiago de Compostela.

The Slovakia Divide is a 660km self-supported mountain bike event across Slovakia...

The Great British Divide is an unsupported bikepacking event from one end of Great Britain to the other...

A little loop followed by a much bigger loop around Lake Tahoe, tracing the footsteps of dead pioneers. This is the Bones to Blue!

The Alberta Rockies 700 is an epic adventure through the front range of the Canadian Rockies. A true gravel grinder...

620km of strenuous ultra-marathon through the Carpathian wild lands, no support, non-stop, no holding back.

GBDURO? Best described as a scrappy rolling picnic through Britain’s ever changing landscapes…

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

Grelly '23 is a 300-700km self-supported bikepacking adventure following lesser known tracks in southern Belgium...

The Trans North Georgia Adventure is a 350-mile mountain bike route through the mountains of northern GA on trails, forest roads and paved roads featuring challenging terrain, beautiful scenery, and a whole lot of climbing.

The Big Sky Spectaculaire is a 900-mile adventure cycling event through Big Sky Country, Montana...

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 Mold, Flintshire...

The New Colo is a self-supported, mixed surface, bikepacking adventure traversing a diverse and rugged ecosystem, along the border of Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico…

Supergrevet: Distanzradfahrt Wien-Berlin is a self-supported 800km bikepacking event from capital to capital...

Mountains of the Merfynion is a 900km mixed surface extravaganza of Welsh gravel and side roads...

Two different loops based out of beautiful Gunnison, Colorado - both equally rowdy and amazing...

The Bohemian Border Bash is a fixed route, 1,300km long, unsupported, single-stage ultra-endurance on & off-road cycling competition circumnavigating the ancient borders of Bohemia.

At Last Lost is a 1,000km adventure cycling and route planning challenge in Portugal. You won't know the checkpoint locations until the race is underway...

The Montana Bike Odyssey is a 1,800-mile loop through Montana, starting and finishing in the city of Bozeman...

The Idaho Smoke ‘n’ Fire 400 is a 400ish mile self-supported mountain bike route traversing some of Idaho’s diverse geography on two-track, big gravel and dirt Forest Service roads, singletrack and some paved roads.

The Border Epic comes from the creators of the Hydra Epic—a 600km or 1,700km unsupported gravel event along the Lithuanian border...

The Sedgefield 500 is a self-supported 500km gravel race starting and finishing in Sedgefield, Western Cape...

Fitzgerald’s Joyride is a 400'ish mile bikepacking loop in the heart of Southeastern Idaho and Northern Utah...

Minnesota's 1st Solo, unsupported, 1 stage, road race. 630 mile out and back following U.S. Bicycle Route 41 a.k.a North Star Bicycle Route.

The Alptraum Bike Challenge is a 350km self-supported bikepacking race on some of the most beautiful and rugged roads in Tyrol, Austria...

The Caldera is offered in three different lengths, ranging from 150 to 500 miles, following the beauty and geological rarities that the Eastern Sierra has to offer...

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 Black Hills Expedition is a 460-mile singletrack heavy race through the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming. No support, no fees, and no registration.

The Vermont Super 8 is a self-supported bikepacking adventure following unmaintained roads, pathways, and singletrack...

The Arizona Divide Offroad Trail (Ride the Arizona Divide) is a 450 mile loop that explores the various sections of the Arizona Divide...

The High Plains Drifter is a 330-mile unsupported bikepacking adventure following a mix of gravel roads and double track just north of Denver, Colorado...

A-Cross the Champs, or ACTC for short, is a self-supported gravel event in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France...

The Bohemia Divide is an unsupported cycling race through the Czech Republic, starting from South and ending in the North.

An unsupported adventure across the Iberian Peninsula. Over 1,000 miles of gravel roads and trails…

Iberica Traversa Road is a 1,800km self-supported ultra endurance race from Irun in the Basque country to Tarifa, Spain...

From the organizers of The Trans Continental Race, comes the Trans Pyrenees. 1,500 km of the most spectacular and remote scenery in the Pyrenees...

The Karnu Rally is an unsupported bikepacking event in South Australia—choose from either a 730km or 1,180km route...

The Austrian Salt & Lake Trail is a 500km bikepacking adventure through the heart of Austria...

The GOATS is a off-road ultra distance bike challenge covering 750km in the Mountains region in Portugal…

The Big Lonely is an unsupported bikepacking adventure starting and ending in beautiful beer & bike paradise, Bend, Oregon...

The RAT 1000 crosses Texas via 1000 miles, cities large and small, ghost towns, pine forests, deserts, canyons and sights almost nobody else has seen...

The Tallahassee Tango is an ultra endurance individual time trial in the Florida panhandle centered around the state capital’s finest singletrack as well as surrounding scenic double track, coastal levees, and forest roads.

An epic journey through stunning mountain scenery to the magnificent Sahara desert with the biggest sand dunes in Morocco!

Morocco-BikeAdventure is a 2,300km self-supported bikepacking adventure across Morocco following gravel roads...

Building on their success with the East Texas Showdown, Bikes or Death is proud to present the Central Texas Showdown...

The Coconino Stage Bikepack takes on a different approach to racing for a fun event over a fantastic course.

The Rhino Run is an immersive bikepacking expedition with a charitable focus, supporting the Masaka Cycling Club Foundation in Uganda...

The first self-supported mountain bike race from the north to the south of Israel across the historical landscapes of the Holy Land...