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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 Gravel Rallye Black Forest is a weekend long cycling festival for mountain bikers, cyclocross racers, and gravel riders...
The Sea To Peak is a self-supported bikepacking event following a route between Brittany and Queyras through the center of France...
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...
The Capitals is an 823km ultra-endurance race connecting the four Catalan capitals: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona...
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 Cascadian Crossing Route (CCR300) is an unsupported bikepacking adventure that begins and ends in Bend, Oregon. The 2024 Grand Depart will take place on Friday July 26, 2024...
Around Norway is a self-supported bikepacking event through some of the most scenic regions in Norway...
Basajaun is the self-supported, long-distance gravel event on the edge of Basque Country, in the north of Spain.
The Black Tooth Epic is a 320-mile singletrack bikepacking event in Wyoming. Join for the five day group ride or ride it on your own...
Hot Taco is a 200-mile Women only (and those identifying as Women) bikepacking race, beginning and ending in Boise, Idaho...
The West Carpathian Ultra Challenge is a 1000km self-supported bikepacking adventure through the Carpathian Mountains in Slovakia...
The Carpathian Mountain Race is a 1,900km unsupported bikepacking race through Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania...
The West Carpathian Challenge is a 600km self-supported bikepacking adventure through the Carpathian Mountains in Slovakia...
The Slovakia Divide is a 650km self-supported mountain bike event across Slovakia...
Lakes ‘n’ Knödel is a 725km unsupported bikepacking event between Salzburg and Bregenz, crossing through Germany…
Pedal to Pints by Mountain Ops is a bikepacking trip exploring some of the finniest micro brews Vermont's Northeast Kingdom has to offer...
Brazin' is a handmade bike show in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, celebrating the finest in bicycle design and technology, featuring some of Scotland's best framebuilders...
The TransAtlantic Way is a 2,500km, one stage, self-supported road bike ride between Derry and Cork via The Wild Atlantic Way.
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 known commonly as southern Cascade Mountain Range in Washington State...
The Ceres 500 is a challenging 520km race through the breathtaking landscapes and rich history of the Cederberg region of South Africa...
Day Across Minnesota is a gravel race from midnight to midnight—240 miles of Minnesota gravel roads by bicycle in a single day...
The Great British Divide is an unsupported bikepacking event from one end of Great Britain to the other...
The 2024 Colorado Trail Race runs from Denver to Durango, following the entire CTR route, only 25% of starters finished in 2017...
Mother North is an unsupported bikepacking adventure in stunning remote Norwegian lands...
Super Carpatia is a 1000km bikepacking event traversing entirety of the Polish mountains...
Expedition-Ost is a self-supported bikepacking challenge following a 500 kilometer route through Germany...
Follow the Water is a 550km self-supported bikepacking event following remote gravel roads in Quebec, Canada...
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 Austrian Extreme Bike Race is an unsupported 2,800km bike event through some of the most iconic Austrian landscapes...
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 Big Sky Spectaculaire is a 900-mile adventure cycling event through Big Sky Country, Montana...
Arden2Eifel is a self-supported bikepacking challenge following a 660km route from Belgium to the historical city of Trier in Germany...
Grelly is a 325-800km self-supported bikepacking adventure following lesser known tracks in southern Belgium...
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...
After a successful inaugural event, the MADE handmade bike show is heading back to Portland from August 23-25th, 2024...
The Northern New England Borders Bikepacking Ride is a self-supported bikepacking 269-mile loop through New Hampshire and Vermont by the Canadian border...
Supergrevet: Distanzradfahrt Wien-Berlin is a self-supported 800km bikepacking event from capital to capital...
Transibérica Ultracycling Race is the unsupported and single stage road cycling race around the Iberian Peninsula.
Mountains of the Merfynion is a 900-kilometre mixed surface extravaganza, tackling some of the best Welsh gravel and hardest paved climbs...
Ascend Armenia is a self-supported ultra-distance bikepacking race following a 1,200-kilometre route over a diverse and challenging mix of terrain and surfaces...
The Gunny Loopy Loop is a bikepacking event based out of beautiful Gunnison, Colorado. It's rowdy, it's beautiful, and it's challenging...
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…
6,250 kilometres down the eastern regions of Australia starting at Cape York, the northern tip of Australia and finishing at Wilsons Promontory the mainland southern most point. The race route is North to South - there is no other option.
The Badlands is a non-stop unsupported gravel challenge along the edge of Europe...
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.
SNEAK PEAKS is an immersive bikepacking expedition through the Italian Dolomites and Triglav Mountains in Slovenia...
The Sedgefield 500 is a self-supported 500km gravel race starting and finishing in Sedgefield, Western Cape...
The Alptraum Bike Challenge is a 350km self-supported bikepacking race on some of the most beautiful and rugged roads in Tyrol, Austria...
The Servatius Bikepacking Weekend is a 3-day gravel cycling event in the beautiful hills around the Dutch-Belgium-German border.
Wild West Gravel is a 3-day bikepacking group ride through the jaw-dropping landscapes of northern Colorado and southern Wyoming...
Cotswolds 200/100 is a 200 or 100-mile off-road event covering the full length of UK's Cotswolds area...
Put on by Brother Cycles, The Big 'Un is a weekend-long event featuring a one-day gravel ride that starts and finishes at Brother Cycles headquarters in Kent, United Kingdom...
Slow Coast is a bikepacking weekend focused on community, education, and conservation in the qathet region, on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast...
L’Esperit de Girona is a challenging 800km self-supported event that starts and finishes in Girona, Spain...
The Alps Divide is a 1,000km bikepacking challenge from the Mediterranean Sea to Lake Geneva...
The Francigena Bike Adventure follows a 420km loop that starts and ends in San Rossore Park in Pisa, Italy...
The Bosnian Mountains Race is a 650 or 450km self-supported bikepacking race through mystical mountains of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
Seven Serpents: Illyrian Loop follows a 550-kilometer loop on the most scenic roads and tracks in northern Albania...
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...
The Bristlecone 200 is a 203-mile bikepacking race in Southern Utah following dirt roads, trails, and challenging terrain...
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 Utah Mixed Epic is an officially unofficial self-supported bikepacking pilgrimage across Utah. Annual conference kicks off September 8, 2023.
Join RAR for the first-ever Radical Adventure Riders Northeast Autumn Retreat, a long weekend full of workshops, group rides, shared meals, bonfire stories, community building, bike skills, and joy!
The Calder Divide Trail offers four routes ranging from 100 to 160 miles along the watershed of the River Calder...
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...
Umbria Trail is a 400 kilometre loop through some of the most beautiful regions of Italy, with a start and finish in Passignano sul Trasimeno...
The Midwest Bikepacking Summit is a weekend full of group rides, campouts, and community building in Deerbrook, Wisconsin...
The Master Bike Builders Show (MBBS) is a public exhibition of custom handmade bicycle builders showing their creations to the passionate cycling community in Bentonville.
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.
Borderland 500 is an ultra endurance event in the United Kingdom with routes ranging from 150 to 500-miles...
The FVG Bike Trail is a 490-kilometer self-supported bikepacking event in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of Italy...
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