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We have over 300 original and curated bikepacking routes in our global network spanning nearly 50 countries.
Start at our worldwide routes map to dig into our detailed guides with GPS maps and inspiring photography.
The Local Overnighters Project is a unified effort to document and map one-night bikepacking routes all over the world—by locals, in their own backyards.
The Bikepacking Journal is our biannual printed publication. Each issue features a collection of inspiring writing and beautiful photography. Find details on the three most recent issues below, join the Bikepacking Collective to get it in the mail (anywhere in the world), or click here to find a collection of selected stories in digital format.
We place all types of events related to bikepacking — Film Screenings, Festivals, Group Rides, and more. Use this form to submit an event:
The 2018 Tour Divide takes place on Friday, June 8th at 8AM. Race the length of Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, from Banff to New Mexico, 2,745 miles of ultra-endurance bikepacking.
Three Peaks Bike Race is a 1,600km unsupported bikepacking race across the Dolomites and the Alps, from Vienna to Nice.
This incredible adventure follows the Freedom Trail mountain biking routealong a wide variety of off-road terrain – dirt roads, farm roads and tracks, footpaths and animal tracks.
If 1,000km and 33,000m of climbing doesn't sell it, how about a finish line at a Freddy Mercury statue? The Navad 1000 crosses Switzerland from Romanshorn to Montreux...
Start your summer off with some D&R&R! Join Marty's Reliable Cycle for a bikepacking weekend along country backroads, gravel, and D&R/D&L riverside railtrail.
The NorthCape-Tarifa is a 7,100km self-supported bicycle race starting at the North Cape in Norway and finishing in Tarifa, Spain.
The Swift Campout 2018 (the 4th annual) is a worldwide group ride event calling for bikepackers and adventure cyclists to go out on a bike-camping solstice overnight on June 23rd, 2018...
A self-supported adventure on dirt roads, trails and secondary paved roads from the Po Valley to the Dolomites passing through a myriad of fascinating landscapes...
The 1000 Miler is an adventure cycling race that takes place annually from Johannesburg to Cape Town, South Africa.
The Lost in Prealps 2018 is a bikepacking and randonneur event aimed at appreciating and enjoying the natural beauty found in the Venetian Prealps of Italy.
The Karoo Dash is a 1000km adventure cycling race between Bloemfontein and Cape Town, South Africa.
The third annual 2018 BC Epic 1000 follows a mix of service roads, double track, and single track along a good portion of the Trans Canada Trail. A 1040km route from Merritt to Fernie!
The 2018 GEA Trail (Great Apennine Excursion) is a bikepacking group ride that follows the ridgeline along the Apennine mountains on the Italian Divide.
1,800km, plus a lot of up and down, the Inca Divide 2018 is an ultra bikepacking event in the heart of Peru...
The bikepacking Trans Germany race follows 1,000 miles across Germany on forest roads, gravel, tarmac, old cobblestone, and singletrack.
3000km through six Eastern European countries, over 47,000 elevation meters, mostly on paths, forest roads and small roads. This is the TransOst Challenge!
A 21-day bikepacking expedition for students interested in self-propelled exploration, led by Michael Dammer and Marcela Restrepo.
The 2nd annual 200 mile self - supported race through Big Horn mountains of North Wyoming.
The Vistula 1200 is a bikepacking race, almost 1,200km, that follows a scenic and historically relevant route through some of the most beautiful areas of Europe.
La Baroudeuse is a self-supported bikepacking event that explores France, the Maritime Alps, and Italy between Ligurie and Piémont. The 2018 event offers even more distance options ranging from 90km to 1000km.
The Alberta Rockies 700 is an epic adventure through the front range of the Canadian Rockies. A true gravel grinder...
XDUROWales is a 300km self-supported ride from North to South Wales, combining the best of road, cyclocross, and enduro!
The Trans Dolomitics is a 1,100km unsupported road cycling challenge across 5 different regions in Italy.
Hosted by The Lions Cyclery, the 2018 Rail Trail Ramble is a fully supported bikepacking adventure circumnavigating Lake Okanagan.
The 2018 Hydra Trail traverses Lithuania from South to North, following some of the largest rivers in the region while navigating a healthy dose of singletrack as well...
The first annual 2018 Oregon Timber Trail Grand Depart takes place this coming July. Here's your chance to be one of the first to complete this big singletrack route with a group of likeminded folks...
The New Belgium Steamboat Ramble starts in Fort Collins and ends Steamboat Springs CO. 218 miles, 20,519 ft of climbing.
A 740 mile bikepacking race across the state of South Dakota with 5 miles of packrafting across the Missouri River...
The Heck Epic is a two day, 200 plus mile bikepacking stage event. The course will be predominately gravel/dirt road…some of them pretty remote and rugged.
Previously known as the Kootenay Gravel Grinder, The Lost Elephant explores the bikepacking paradise of the East Kootenay region. Our original intention wasn't to make it harder, but we did.
An event all about the gear and the brands we love plus plenty of beer to go around? Gear & Beer, based out of the Wayfinder Co-op in Denver, Colorado sounds like the place to be.
1 continent, 10 countries, over 4200 km of self supported riding with a legendary destination, the Arctic Circle! This is the NorthCape 4000.
Offroad Finnmark; we make people bike in the arctic...
The 2018 Colorado Trail Race runs from Denver to Durango, following the entire CTR route, only 25% of starters finished last year...
Founded by Mike Hall in 2013, the Transcontinental Race (TCR) is an annual, self-supported, ultra-distance bikepacking race across Europe. The route varies for each edition, but participants are free to choose their own route between the mandatory checkpoints.
The China Express 4000 is a solo, single-stage, unsupported bikepacking, 4,000km road cycling race, along the Chinese Silk Road from Ürümqi to Beijing in The Forbidden City.
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.
A bike packing route between Fitzgerald's Bicycles in Victor, Idaho and Red Barn Bicycles in Hamilton, Montana to be ridden as an unsupported group ride.
For the third year in a row, the Hurt'n Albert'n 550 brings self-supported gravel racing to Alberta, Canada.
A 10-day bikepacking expedition for students aged 13-16 interested in muddy single track, scrambling up rocks, and exploring hidden caves.
WTF Bikexplorers, a community for Women, Trans, Femme and non-binary bicycle adventurers announce the first-ever summit and ride series in 2018...
The Silk Road Mountain Race is a fixed route, unsupported, single-stage cycling race through the mountains of Kyrgyzstan.
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.
A little loop followed by a much bigger loop around Lake Tahoe, tracing the footsteps of dead pioneers. This is the Bones to Blue!
A-Cross the 5 is a "Pure Mountain Bike" bikepacking race, completely unsupported, across Belgium, France, Luxemburg, Germany, and the Netherlands...
Two trails, one adventure. A journey through magical forests, ancient walks and the art of some of the most beautiful UNESCO sites. Hidden hermitages and historical citadels await you...
For those bikepackers out there not yet up to the full 1000+ km and 11000+ m of elevation of the BC Epic, BC's ultimate bikepacking race, or those that simply do not have the time this season to commit to the Epic... comes the 'Buckshot'!
Following the Badger Route, XDUROScotland is a 2 day self-supported gravel ride from North to South Scotland.
The Torino Nice rally...a great opportunity to explore some spectacular, lesser known alpine routes in a 700km self-supported ride from Turin to Nice via the high altitude roads and stradas of the French-Italian border.
After 4 years of racing, only four riders have completed the Olympic 420 Adventure...will you conquer the route in 2018?
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.
Trans Hermann MTB Everest is a self supported bike packing event along the Teutoburger Forest in Germany.
Following the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines Bike Trail, The ReTrail is a self-supported adventure through 7 predetermined points of interests between the lands of Matilde to the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines National Park.
The Lazio Trail is a tour of the cradle of occidental civilization, of lakes and legends, of thermal spas and history, of ancient roads and verdant hills.
The South Dakota bikepacking series hosted by Bikepack SoDak offers several different route options, for different styles of riding. The series follows the Trans South Dakota route and the Black Hills fire lookout route.
A Saturday noon to Sunday noon bike camping tour to Camp Bullfrog Lake...sneak away for some early-fall bike fun hosted by GodSpeed Cycles.
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 history of the Adirondack Mountains, its towns and villages, stories of adventures past… all unfold like the day’s challenges; relentless, biting, beautiful. “
New for 2018, the Fort Collins Ramble follows the classic Steamboat route…but in reverse.
Join Bikepack Canada for their third annual summit in Canmore, Alberta. A weekend full of group rides, seminars with bikepacking experts, great food, and even better company.
What’s better than a room full of bikepackers, industry partners, record-breaking athletes, and beer o’ plenty? The 2018 Bikepacking Summit offers three days of riding, storytelling, and community building in Gunnison, Colorado...
6,500 kilometres down the eastern regions of Australia starting at Cape York, the northern tip of Australia and finishing at Wilsons Promontory the southern most point. The race route is North to South - there is no other option.
The Castles Quest is a self-supported bikepacking adventure in Portugal that links historical villages and culturally relevant landmarks together on an epic adventure...
The Black Hills Expedition is a 440-mile singletrack heavy race through the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming. No support, no fees, and no registration.
The Bohemia Divide is an unsupported cycling race through the Czech Republic, starting from South and ending in the North.
The second annual Cannonball 550 offers, you guessed it... 550 miles of self-supported bikepacking in eastern Kansas.
The "Desert and Ocean" Adventure Bike Camp is a 15 day semi-supported group ride and introduction to bikepacking led by ultra cyclist Michael Wacker.
La Baroudeuse on the Road is a road-based ultra endurance event offered in either a 400km or 800km option, following some of the most iconic passes in Europe.
Modeled on the Diagonales of France, the Markagram 2018 will scrawl a pentagram in the endless gravel network that makes up Nordmarka. Prepare for darkness...
The Coconino Stage Bikepack takes on a different approach to racing for a fun event over a fantastic course.
The Festival Gravel de Peille is a cycling event that focuses on a mix of predetermined routes and off road discovery, what you see and where you go is totally up to you!
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 5th annual Trans North California runs from Reno, Nevada to Mendocino, following a challenging off-road route that should not be underestimated.
There will be beer, coffee, food, camping, and kegs being towed behind bikes. This is the Rock Island Ramble.
The Santa Fe Trail Race is a new 1000 mile race roughly following the Santa Fe Trail trade route from 1821 starting in New Franklin, MO and topping out at Santa Fe, NM.
Singletrack/MTB
Gravel/All-road
Dirt-road Touring
Fat-bike
