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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.
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Dirty Kanza is an ultra-endurance bicycling challenge, held on the gravel roads through the Flint Hills region of east-central Kansas.
The American Trail Race is a one of a kind ultra-endurance, self-supported, bikepacking race across the country on a majority off-pavement route.
The 6th official Tuscany Trail ride offers the perfect taste of the essence of Tuscany, passing through enchanted forests and century-old towns and villages.
Covering 10 States and 4,300 miles, the Trans Am Bike Race is a classic coast to coast race across the USA.
Following a 75-km circular route in the heart of Les Gavarres, the Basso Girona Gravel Ride offers a little bit of everything.
The TransAtlantic Way is a 2500 km, one stage, self-supported road bike race between Dublin and Cork via The Wild Atlantic Way.
Off-Leash Overnighters are bite-sized, family-friendly, minimally supported bike camping adventures in the Chicago Southland and Northwest Indiana. Brought to you by the good & fun people at GoodSpeed Cycles in Homewood, Illinois.
New for 2019! The Arkansas High Country Race is a self-supported 1,037-mile event following a new route from the Adventure Cycling Association.
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...
The Portugal Divide begins at the northernmost point of Portugal and ends at Sta. Maria Cape in the South, how you get there is up to you...
Three days getting as lost as possible in Brabant and Belgium? Yeah, that sounds about right.
The 2019 Tour Divide takes place on Friday, June 14th at 8AM. Race the length of Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, from Banff to New Mexico, 2,745 miles of ultra-endurance bikepacking.
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...
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.
The NorthCape-Tarifa is a 7,370km self-supported bicycle race starting at the North Cape in Norway and finishing in Tarifa, Spain.
The Swift Campout (the 5th annual) is a worldwide group ride event calling for bikepackers and adventure cyclists to go out on a bike-camping solstice overnight on June 22nd 2019...
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...
GBDURO? Best described as a scrappy rolling picnic through Britain's ever changing landscapes...
A self-supported bikepacking adventure in the Taunus hills north of Frankfurt, taking in a mix of surfaces from paved lanes, gravel roads, cobblestone alleys, dirt trails and everything in between.
Bikepack SoDak offers two different ways to explore beautiful South Dakota landscape: the South Dakota EPIC and the Fire Tower Expedition...
3000km through six Eastern European countries, over 56,000 elevation meters, mostly on paths, forest roads and small roads. This is the TransOst Challenge!
The fourth annual 2019 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 Takelma Gravel Grinder is a one-day gravel ride on some of Oregon's most beautiful trails, offered in both a 30 and 57-mile option...
Around Norway is an unsupported bikepacking event starting and finishing in Oslo, featuring over 38,000 metres of climbing over 3,000 kilometres.
Transpyrenees Ultracycling Race is the unsupported and single stage road cycling race across The Pyrenees.
A 14-day bikepacking expedition for students ages 16-19 interested in self-propelled exploration, led by seasoned guides from Kroka Expeditions.
La Baroudeuse is a self-supported bikepacking event that explores France, the Maritime Alps, and Italy between Ligurie and Piémont. The 2019 event offers even more distance options ranging from 317km to 1150km.
Hungary XXL is a 2,025km randonnée through some of the most beautiful areas of Hungary...
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.
The bikepacking Trans Germany race follows 1,000 miles across Germany on forest roads, gravel, tarmac, old cobblestone, and singletrack.
The Pan Celtic Race 2019 is a 1,437 mile, 86,334 ft climb, self-supported cycling adventure, journeying through the Celtic Nations of Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
The Trans Dolomitics is a 1,200km unsupported road cycling challenge across 5 different regions in Italy.
A weekend long bikepacking workshop from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon, hosted by Geilo Aktiv.
Off-Leash Overnighters are bite-sized, family-friendly, minimally supported bike camping adventures in the Chicago Southland and Northwest Indiana. Brought to you by the good & fun people at GoodSpeed Cycles in Homewood, Illinois.
The Lost in Prealps is a bikepacking and randonneur event aimed at appreciating and enjoying the natural beauty found in the Venetian Prealps of Italy.
The BT 700 is eastern Canada's first official bikepacking event, come sample the dirt, gravel, and butter tarts of Southwestern Ontario...
A 740 mile bikepacking race across the state of South Dakota with 5 miles of packrafting across the Missouri River...
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.
A self-supported bikepacking adventure around Franconia, exploring the region well-known for its castles, ruins, chateaus, valleys and lakes...
A-Cross the 5 is a "Pure Mountain Bike" bikepacking race, completely unsupported, across Belgium, France, Luxemburg, Germany, and the Netherlands...
A fully supported scouting trip to the North Cape, Santos. Bikes and gear are provided...
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 2019 Colorado Trail Race runs from Durango to Denver, following the entire CTR route, only 25% of starters finished in 2017...
A gruelling bicycle adventure based around 13 checkpoints, brewery check-ins, and a 200+ mile course. You have 36 hours to finish.
The 20K Ultratrail is a bikepacking adventure across the Alps on the highest roads in Europe...
The 8bar Gravel Pathfinder is a slightly different Gravel Event from 9-11 August 2019 in the Berlin area. No planned route. Just follow your instinct.
Ultra des trois Merveilles is a self-supported road race from Mont-Saint-Michel to the Eiffel Tower...
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.
1,650km plus a lot of up and down, the Inca Divide is an ultra bikepacking event in the heart of Peru...
600km of strenuous ultra-marathon through the Carpathian wild lands, no support, non-stop, no holding back.
WTF Bikexplorers, a community for Women, Trans, Femme and non-binary bicycle adventurers join for the second annual summit and ride series in 2019...
A Bikepacking adventure tour from Budapest to Tokaj through the highest points of Hungary, and amazing gravel and asphalt roads between them.
The Alberta Rockies 700 is an epic adventure through the front range of the Canadian Rockies. A true gravel grinder...
The Silk Road Mountain Race is a fixed route, unsupported, single-stage bikepacking 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!
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.
The Ochoco Gravel Roubaix is a gravel bicycle race through the Ochoco National Forest featuring 80 and 45 mile loops, and a 2019 #chasethechaise by Salsa event!
Eifel Graveller is an unsupported bikepacking adventure through the area of Eifel formerly known as "Prussian Siberia“.
The Servatius Bikepacking Weekend is a 3-day gravel cycling event in the beautiful hills around the Dutch-Belgium-German border.
Two different loops based out of beautiful Gunnison, Colorado - both equally rowdy and amazing...
6,000 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.
Brother in the Wild - Berlin is the third installment of Brother Cycles 2019 bikepacking group ride series, partnering with the Gentle Jaunt to bring you an overnighter via fire roads, gravel trails and single-track...
Gravel Spartakiade is a relaxing two-day gravel ride , or a speedy one if you're into that... the choice is yours!
Transibérica Ultracycling Race is the unsupported and single stage road cycling race around the Iberian Peninsula.
The Olympic 420 is a bike-packing route comprised of old logging roads and trails that circumnavigates the Olympic Mountains...
Big Horn Trail Race is a 350-mile loop course starting and ending at City Park in Buffalo, WY.
The first edition of Trentino Bike Trail, from lake of Garda to Dolomiti, riding the best trails of Trentino...
The Race to the Rock is a self-supported bikepacking race traversing an incredibly harsh and remote route in Australia. Each year it starts in a new location, but the finish line is always at Uluru (the rock)...
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 Pioneer 400 is a 400-ish mile bikepacking loop in the heart of Southeastern Idaho and Northern Utah's Mormon country.
Following the Badger Route, ScotDURO is a 2 day self-supported gravel ride from North to South Scotland.
The V2B Gravel is a self-supported gravel event that follows gravel roads, singletrack and forest paths...
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