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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:
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.
1 continent, 10 countries, over 4300 km of self supported riding with a legendary destination, the Arctic Circle! This is the NorthCape 4000.
The Gravel Rally Black Forest is a weekend long cycling festival for mountain bikers, cyclocross racers, and gravel riders...
Three Peaks Bike Race is a 2,000km unsupported bikepacking race across the Dolomites and the Alps, from Vienna to Nice.
The 2020 Colorado Trail Race runs from Denver to Durango, following the entire CTR route, only 25% of starters finished in 2017...
Eifel Graveller is an unsupported bikepacking adventure through the area of Eifel formerly known as "Prussian Siberia“.
The Catalonia Trail is a self-supported bikepacking event in the Catalan areas of the Pyrinees. Choose from three distance; 610km, 410km, or 230km...
A gruelling bicycle adventure based around 13 checkpoints, brewery check-ins, and a 200+ mile course. You have 36 hours to finish.
The Italy Divide is an exciting 1,250km route crossing Pompei, Naples, Reggia di Caserta, Rome, Siena, Florence, Bologna, Mantova and Verona...
The 20K Ultratrail is a bikepacking adventure across the Alps on the highest roads in Europe...
GBDURO? Best described as a scrappy rolling picnic through Britain’s ever changing landscapes…
After a wet and muddy first Holy Gravel event, the second edition is expected to be much drier...
A self supported bikepacking adventure coinciding with the 30th anniversary of German reunification...
The Minduro is like the Manduro, but a wee less gruelling...
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...
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 gruelling bicycle adventure based around different checkpoints, brewery check-ins, and a 200+ mile course. You have 36 hours to finish.
The Silk Road Mountain Race is a fixed route, unsupported, single-stage bikepacking race through the mountains of Kyrgyzstan.
Race Across France is France's first ultra-cycling event, with distances ranging from 300km to 2,600km...
The Alberta Rockies 700 is an epic adventure through the front range of the Canadian Rockies. A true gravel grinder...
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.
600km of strenuous ultra-marathon through the Carpathian wild lands, no support, non-stop, no holding back.
A beginner-friendly bikepacking overnighter put on by BikeBike in Calgary, Alberta. Everyone is welcome!
La Baroudeuse on the Road is a road-based ultra endurance event offered in a 400km, 800km, and 2,700km option, following some of the most iconic passes in Europe.
A self-supported bikepacking adventure around Franconia, exploring the region well-known for its castles, ruins, chateaus, valleys and lakes...
The Panache Rally is a long-distance self-supported ultra event from Brussels to Nice. Ride it solo or with a group!
The inaugural Alaska Divide promises to be one of the most exciting and lonesome routes you’ll ever ride – don’t miss out!
Join Bikepacking Roots and Mountain Bike the Tetons for two and a half days of world-class backcountry singletrack!
The Hungarian Divide is a self-supported bikepacking event across Hungary. Choose from either 600km or the full 1,200km route...
Aur Gotland is an annual 3 day gravel experience on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea...
A little loop followed by a much bigger loop around Lake Tahoe, tracing the footsteps of dead pioneers. This is the Bones to Blue!
Transpyrenees Ultracycling Race is the unsupported and single stage road cycling race across The Pyrenees.
The Big Sky Spectaculaire is a 1000-mile adventure cycling event through Big Sky Country, Montana...
The Gins is a 4,000km ultra cycling event in Italy, covering some of the most iconic mountain passes along the way...
The Barrington Coast 500 is a self supported bike packing event held in the Barrington Coast region of NSW, Australia...
The 1,200 km route has been carefully crafted to represent Bosnia & Herzegovina “in a nutshell” and passes through National Parks, along rivers, lakes and waterfalls, over 1984 Winter Olympics ski centres, by UNESCO World Heritage sites and generally over stunning (and hilly) terrain...
A bikepacking track across the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors National Parks. Riders challenge themselves, to go as fast as they (safely!) can starting at 8:00am and returning back to Arnside...
The V2B Gravel is a self-supported gravel event that follows gravel roads, singletrack and forest paths...
8bar Gravelo 100 is a Germany-wide event challenging riders to ride 100km within 24 hours on unpaved roads—all before September 30th!
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 TransAtlantic Way is a 2,500km, one stage, self-supported road bike ride between Dublin and Cork via The Wild Atlantic Way.
The Utah Mixed Epic is a 1000 mile multi-day, self-supported, point to point bike race on mixed terrain through the heart of Utah's high alpine and remote desert regions.
New for 2020, the Cascadian Crossing Route is a 312-mile self-supported bikepacking event in Central Oregon, following a loop of some of the best singletrack riding in the region...
The Big Horn Trail Race is a 275-mile loop course starting and ending at City Park in Buffalo, Wyoming...
L'Impresa Etrusca. It was born as a challenge, a search for adventure and discovery.
Two different loops based out of beautiful Gunnison, Colorado - both equally rowdy and amazing...
The second edition of the Trentino Bike Trail, from lake of Garda to Dolomiti, riding the best trails in Trentino...
The Ultimate Pyrenees Ultra Bike Pursuit combines the best of both the Tourmalet and Hautacam Pursuit routes, 2,739 km and 55,219m of elevation gain...
The Tourmalet Ultra Bike Pursuit is a self-supported road race from the heart of the Hautes-Pyrenees to the Mediterranean coast, and back again...
The Montana Bike Odyssey is a 1,650-mile loop through Montana, starting and finishing in the city of Bozeman...
The Olympic 420 is a bike-packing route comprised of old logging roads and trails that circumnavigates the Olympic Mountains...
Sisters in the Wild isn't a race, nor a trail riding event, but a community building experience for women...
Dirty Kanza is an ultra-endurance bicycling challenge, held on the gravel roads through the Flint Hills region of east-central Kansas.
TATR is a 550+ mile, solo, self-supported bikepacking adventure through the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. The annual grand depart is the second Friday of September...
Ultra Bike Pursuit Hautacam is a self-supported road race following some of the most iconic climbs on the Tour de France, from the Hautes-Pyrenees to the Atlantic and back again...
The Pioneer 400 is a 400-ish mile bikepacking loop in the heart of Southeastern Idaho and Northern Utah's Mormon country.
Choose from four different route options, ranging from 50km to 500km, exploring the endless gravel roads surrounding Girona, Spain...
A self-supported bikepacking adventure along the medieval Bernauer Heerweg from the Spandau Citadel in Berlin to the Baltic Sea port of Szczecin.
The Classics Story is a 1,200km self-supported cycling adventure in Northern Belgium, following sections of the Northern Classic cycling routes...
1 Full Week. 300+ miles through the Southeast US. An elevation gain of 12,493 ft and loss of 14,203 ft. Fun Level = 11
EuroPeaks 1500 is a self-supported bikepacking race from Břeclav to Makarska in the Czech Republic...
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 Cycling With Virtual Summit is an online celebration of the bicycle and its ability to transform, free, and empower us.
The Skyway Epic is an endurance mountain bike race in the Talledega National Forest in Alabama. The 300-miler will be a semi-self-supported bikepacking race...
Umbria Trail is a 450 kilometre loop through some of the most beautiful regions of Italy, with a start and finish in Passignano sul Trasimeno...
An unsupported adventure across the Iberian Peninsula. Over 1,000 miles of trails and gravel roads...
Transibérica Ultracycling Race is the unsupported and single stage road cycling race around the Iberian Peninsula.
The second inaugural Portugal Divide begins at the southernmost town in Portugal following mountains and rough coastal routes...
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.
A supported four day ride from Steamboat Springs to Fort Collins, Colorado. Expect fall colours, stunning landscapes, and great food...
A-Cross the 3 is the little brother to the ACT5, a self supported mountain bike race that crosses through Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany!
Bike Travel Weekend and Bike Your Park Day will be held on the same weekend—September 25 - 27th 2020, making it the biggest weekend for adventure cycling ever!
Five Parks Bike Ride is an unsupported bike race following a route that passes through five iconic National Parks.
The Vermont Super 8 is a self-supported bikepacking adventure following unmaintained roads, pathways, and singletrack...
Deiadar Gravel is the first gravel event in the Euskal Herria region of Spain, a dream come true...
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