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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 TransVirginia Bike Route is a 550-mile mostly-unpaved backcountry cycling route that traverses the state of Virginia from Washington, DC to Damascus, VA.
The Morocco Bike Adventure offers 20’000 metres of vertical climbing over 1,900km, plus a look at some spots where a James Bond movie was filmed...
The first self-supported bikepacking challenge from the North end of Israel to the South, race to the Red Sea!
The Coconino Stage Bikepack takes on a different approach to racing for a fun event over a fantastic course.
The Sancho 200 is an unsupported mixed surface event that starts and finishes in Traverse City, Michigan...
The Cascada Wild Camp is an invite-only overnighter in Northern Italy. If you know, you know...
The Arizona Trail Race is an unofficial self-supported bikepacking race with no entry fees, no prizes, and absolutely no support.
The DangerBird 350 is a bikepacking event to support cycling within the Organ Mountains Desert National Monument and follows the Monumental Loop route.
The Breakdown is a 330-mile bikepacking route within the Appalachian Mountains. Ride it hard or take your time and make a week of it!
Another race in the BikingMAN bikepacking series, the BikingMan Corsica shows off some of the best kept secrets of this majestic mediterranean island. If the rich history along the route doesn't draw you in, we expect the fantastic topography will.
BikingMan Laos explores some of the most beautiful areas within Eastern Asia. Over 900km, 17,000m of climbing, and just 5 days to complete it...
The Arkansas High Country Race is a self-supported 1,037-mile event following a new route from the Adventure Cycling Association.
The (mini) High Country Brewery Grind is a 3-day, 2-night bikepacking ride that takes in four of the breweries from Victoria's High Country Brewery Trail.
The Tassie Gift is a relentless 1,780km bikepacking event along roads, trails, goat tracks on the island of Tasmania. This will not be easy...
The GranGuanche is an off-road route across the Canary Islands in Spain. 760km and 18,000m of climbing...
Sisters in the Wild isn’t a race, nor a trail riding event, but a community building experience for women…
The GDT 400 follows the Great Dividing Trail in Victoria’s Goldfield Region, following a mix of double track and singletrack along the way...
Ciclismo Classico is thrilled to present the 11th Annual Bike Travel Film Festival WORLDWIDE on Thursday, November 19th, at 7:00 PM EST...
The Super Jambo Grom Pre is a self-supported 200km gravel ride through Monaro Region and Kosciuszko National Park, Australia...
Across Andes is the first self sufficient bikepacking race to cross the longest mountain range in the world - 1,100km over 7 days from Chile to Argentina...
The Munga is a 1000 km, semi-supported, single stage mountain bike race across the middle of South Africa in the heat of the summer...
The Evergreen Grinder is the pacific north-west’s premier gravel adventure race, testing even the most prepared cyclists…
Good Night 2020 is a local overnighter challenge between December 26th and 31st, inviting everyone to sleep under the stars, have a good night outdoors, and send off an otherwise crappy year.
The 03 is New Zealand's longest brevet, circumnavigating the island by way of perilous peaks and shadowy single track...
The Tuscobia Winter Ultra is a run, bike or ski event held on the Tuscobia State Trail in Northern Wisconsin, and a qualifying event for the Iditarod Trail Invitation...
The Fat Pursuit Camp is a 3 day supported, winter camp in Yellowstone Country with a focus on skill development and practice.
JayP's Backyard Fat Pursuit is a 60km or 200km bike race on a network of groomed snowmobile trails. Groomed is relative.
The Great Southern Brevet is a 1,100km self-supported bikepacking adventure around the Central South Island of New Zealand...
The Huracan 300 Challenge is the ultimate self-supported bikepacking race through the state of Florida. Boasting over 100 miles of singletrack and some of Florida's hardest and longest climbs...are you up for the challenge?
The Arrowhead 135 is a winter ultra for hikers, skiers, and bikers in Northern Minnesota with an average finish rate under 50%...
The Mule Trail is approximately 630 kilometers long across the length of Costa Rica, from its southern border in Panama to the northern one with Nicaragua...
For 2021, Fat Viking invites the entire world to participate in their global fat bike challenge...
The Race around Rwanda (RaR) is an ultra endurance cycling event that will lead participants over a spectacular route around the beautiful Rwandan countryside...
Jay P's Fat Camp is a 5-day supported camp in Yellowstone Country, focused on learning the techniques and gear necessary for winter fat biking.
The Kiwi Brevet is a long-distance ride around the top of New Zealand's South Island, 1,100 or 750km...
The coldest ultra endurance event on the planet following the Yukon Quest Trail, one of the world's toughest sled dog races.
The Actif Epica is a challenging winter adventure on the Crow Wing Trail near North America's geographic centre—Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Yaku 300 is a single stage self-supported bikepacking race through some of the most beautiful landscapes in the Ecuadorian Andes...
The Tour Te Waipounamu is a bikepacking race following the length of New Zealand's South Island, Te Waipounamu o Aotearoa— "that land between the mountains and plains"...
The Wendigo Ultra is a self-supported fatbike event through Whitewater Township and into Quebec, with options for 50km, 100km, and further...
From the creators of Across Andes, Saga Race is a multi-event series of shorter distances between 200 and 300km...
The Capital Divide is a self-supported group ride that’ll take you from the Northern border of the Australian Capital Territory 250km to the Sourthern border…
Tour Aotearoa is New Zealand's longest bikepacking event. Stretching 3,000km from Cape Reinga to Bluff it follows a combination of cycle trails, tracks, paths and lanes connected by the most enjoyable country roads available.
The Victoria Divide is a 570km off-road bikepacking route, traversing the Great Dividing Range across the state of Victoria, from Melbourne to Albury/Wodonga...
The Tuatara 1000 is a 1000km journey through some of the best terrain in the deep south of New Zealand...
The Iditarod Trail Invitational is the world's longest winter ultra marathon by fat bike, foot and ski and follows the historic Iditarod Trail from Knik to Nome.
The Fried Clay is a self-supported endurance gravel event that takes you through Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest...
The annual YOTA (Your Own Trail Adventure) is a team-based, self-supported navigation challenge across the Negev desert in Israel.
A long-weekend 'flashpacker' for riders to test gear, get some fitness and experience tough racing conditions over similar terrain to the full Monaro Cloudride in three weeks time.
The Drift 100 is a self-supported winter race in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming, the largest mountain range in the state...
The 12th annual Ciclismo Classico Bike Travel Film Festival is online for 2021—travel the world from the comfort of your own living room...
The Maricopa Trail Race is a 240-mile self-supported ultra endurance race along the Maricopa Trail in Phoenix...
The Spring Solstice Spoon Swap is a sub-24-hour group spoon carving campout in the Flint Hills of Kansas...
Tour De Los Padres is a challenging bikepacking route that is about 275 miles that traverses through some of the most scenic areas of the Southern Los Padres National forest.
Three days of instruction and practice riding and surviving in winter conditions, led by Jay Petervary himself!
Take the long tour through the ancient land of Israel, home to one of the earliest cultures of mankind, and the bedrock of the holy bible. This is where it all started...
The Sedgefield 500 is a self-supported 500km gravel race starting and finishing in Sedgefield, Western Cape...
Grevet is a gravel series with eight events around Berlin and Dresden, ranging from 135km and 330km in length...
1,000km of off road unsupported bikepacking, suitable for experienced multi-day riders only...
The Stagecoach 400 is a masterpiece of stitchworked dirt doubletrack, sandy desert roads, technical singletrack, urban bike paths, and rolling tarmac.
The Florida Divide is the the ultimate self-supported bikepacking event in the Southeast.
La Rubé is a single-stage, unsupported bicycle event starting and finishing in Rimini, Italy...
The Skyway Epic is an endurance mountain bike race in the Talledega National Forest in Alabama, starting and finishing on the stellar Sylaward Trail at Lake Howard...
The GranGuanche is an off-road route across the Canary Islands in Spain. Pick one of three routes, ranging from 620km to 800km...
Hell of the North West is a 800km self supported road event around the North West of England...
The RockStar VA is a 270 mile mtb race from Rocktown (Harrisonburg) to the Star City (Roanoke)...
The Wild Chicken 100 is an entire day of riding, good people, and great food along some fo the finest backroads in South Georgia...
The Super Jambo Grom Pre is a self-supported 224km gravel ride through Djangadi country, Australia…
The Race Across Italy (RAI) is an unsupported bicycle race across Italy open to solo and pair riders, in single stage, where the clock never stops...
Another race in the BikingMAN bikepacking series, the BikingMan Corsica shows off some of the best kept secrets of this majestic mediterranean island. If the rich history along the route doesn't draw you in, we expect the fantastic topography will.
The Freedom Circuit is a challenging self-supported bikepacking race following the Freedom Trail in South Africa...
A-Cross the 3 is the little brother to the ACT5, a self supported mountain bike race that crosses through Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany!
The Allegheny Mountains Loop (AML) follows the 400-mile route mapped by the Adventure Cycling Association, the grand depart occurs each April and is a chance to ride the loop as fast as you can!
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 Race Around the Netherlands is a self-supported bikepacking event following a route rich with history and scenic vistas.
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