Bikepacking Events

Events for May 1 - August 12

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Festivals and Demos

The Rawk! Gravel Challenge

BIKEBIKE INC 1439 10 Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The Rawk! Gravel Challenge is an open invitation to explore the gravel roads of Alberta and win prizes in the process...

Bikepacking Races

NORMANDICAT 2021 (559mi /900km)

Complexe Sportif Blainville-Sur-Orne, Normandy, France

The Normandicat is a 900km, one-stage cycling event, looping through some of Normandy's most artistic and historically relevant areas.

Bikepacking Races

BikingMan Brazil (2021) (621.3mi /1,000km)

Taubaté City R. Antonio Catossi Agricultor, Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil

Join the inaugural edition of BikingMan Brazil, a 1,000km loop that starts and ends in Taubaté City, Brazil...

€249
Workshops & Clinics

Bikepacking 101 in Moab!

Rim Tours 1233 s main st, Moab, UT, United States

Rim Tours in Moab is running an intensive bikepacking 101 course, in both May and June, based around three days out on the trail and one prep day...

$950
Bikepacking Races

Pinyons and Pines 2021 (300mi /483km)

Flagstaff Bicycle Revolution 3 South Mikes Pike, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

Pinyons and Pines is a 300-mile self-supported bikepacking race that explores some of the best riding in Arizona...

Free
Bikepacking Races

Hydra Epic 2021 (994.1mi /1,600km)

Wake Inn Zarasai Salos str 4, Zarasai city, Lithuania

The Hydra Epic traverses the Baltic States from South to North, following some of the largest rivers in the region while navigating a healthy dose of singletrack as well...

€160
Talks and Community

19th Annual Filmed by Bike Festival

Earth Anywhere

The 19th Annual Filmed by Bike Festival goes live to YouTube for 2021, find all the details here...

$10 – $50
Group Rides

Flanders Trail (2021) (310.6mi /500km)

FlandersTrail Peer, Limburg, Belgium

Flanders Trail is the unique bikepacking event in the shadow of the Flemish Masters. It connects cycling in the cyclists paradise Flanders with nature, culture and the typical burgundian lifestyle...

€79 – €104
Bikepacking Races

Trans Virginia 2021 (Spring Grand Depart) (550mi /885km)

Lincoln Memorial 2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC, United States

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.

Free
Bikepacking Races

The Buckshot 2021 (293mi /472km)

Riverside Park 100 Lorne St, Kamloops, BC, Canada

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'!

Free
Bikepacking Races

Rule of Three 2021 (100mi /161km)

Coler Mountain Bike Preserve Bentonville, AR, United States

Rule Of Three is a 40 or 100-mile race along some of the most pristine singletrack, gravel, and pavement in Nothwest Arkansas...

$65
Group Rides

Thunderbolts Adventure 2021 (142.9mi /230km)

Gloucester Bowling Club Park Street, Gloucester, NSW, Australia

The Thunderbolts Adventure is a 230km ride in the remote wilderness region of the Barrington Tops in New South Wales...

Bikepacking Races

2021 Highland Trail 550 (550mi /885km)

Tyndrum Tyndrum , Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

A long distance self-supported mountain bike time-trail route through the Scottish Highlands.

Free
Group Rides

Moonrise Bike Ride 2021 (50mi /80km)

Ottawa Bike & Trail 130 South Main Street, Ottawa, KS, United States

The Moonrise Bike Ride is a fun overnight group ride to Pomona Lake State Park for an evening of food, music, and camping.

$45 – $70
Group Rides

Driftless 250 6th Edition (2021) (250mi /402km)

Madison Madison, WI, United States

The Driftless 250 is a 7-day, unsupported multi-sport adventure that takes place in the beautiful Driftless Region of Southern Wisconsin.

$350
Group Rides

Cross-Washington (XWA) 2021 (700mi /1,127km)

First Beach La Push, WA, United States

The Cross-Washington Mountain Bike Route traverses East from the Pacific Ocean through rainforests and deserts by way of singletrack and gravel roads.

Free
Group Rides

PINETE & GAZZOSA (37.2mi /60km)

PINETE & GAZZOSA Vicolo Della Vecchia, 2, San Zaccaria, RAVENNA, Italy

The PINETE & GAZZOSA is a 60km gravel ride serving as a prelude to the Romagna Bike Trail event...

Bikepacking Races

Odyssey of the VOG (2021) (350mi /563km)

Oak Grove 2701 Oak Grove Rd, Salem, OR, United States

Odyssey of the VOG is a self-supported bikepacking race through some of the most rugged terrain on the Oregon Coast...

Group Rides

Korea Epic Ride 2021 (302.6mi /487km)

Korea Epic Ride 293 Geum-dong, Namwon city, Jeollabuk-do, Korea, Republic of

Korea Epic Ride is a 487km group ride intended to promote Korea's bicycle camping routes and for riders to get our and practice with their gear...

Group Rides

Pomorska 500 (2021) (329mi /529km)

Frajda Czarnocin 2, Stepnica, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

The Pomorska 500 is a bikepacking event that wanders through the Pomeranian watershed. There will be no river crossings...

PLN300
Group Rides

2021 Bike Travel Weekend

Earth Anywhere

Bike Travel Weekend is a worldwide call to go on a one or two-night bike trip during the weekend of June 4-6. Register your trip for free for a chance to win a bike too!

Free
Bikepacking Races

Trans Am Bike Race 2021 (4300mi /6,920km)

COLUMBIA RIVER MARITIME MUSEUM 1792 MARINE DR, ASTORIA, OR, United States

Covering 10 States and 4,300 miles, the Trans Am Bike Race is a classic coast to coast race across the USA.

Bikepacking Races

Super Berlin Express 747 (2021) (464mi /747km)

Alsterwiese Schwanenwik 20, Hamburg, Germany

747km in 50 hours, plus a series of checkpoints along the way. Are you ready for the Super Berlin Express 747?

Group Rides

Carso Trail 2021 (217.5mi /350km)

Piazza Unità d'Italia Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

Overlooking the stunning Gulf of Trieste, on the border between Italy and Slovenia, the Carso Trail is an unsupported bikepacking adventure.

Bikepacking Races

Frontier 300 (2021) (186.4mi /300km)

Colvend Public Hall Colvend, Dalbeattie, United Kingdom

From the organizers behind The Dirty Reiver, this new event traverses the Northern Borderlands from the west coast of Scotland to the east coast in Northumberland and is far from your traditional ‘coast to coast’ route…

£95
Bikepacking Races

Pyrenees 36 Pursuit (2021)

Bagneres-de-Bigorre French Pyrenees, France

How many mountains can you climb in 36 hours? The Pyrenees 36 Pursuit is your chance to find out...

Bikepacking Races

Taunus Bikepacking 2021 (621.3mi /1,000km)

TBD Hofheim am Taunus, Hessen, Germany

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.

€100
Bikepacking Races

CAT 700 MTB Brevet (2021) (434.9mi /700km)

Ampolla Playa Passeig Platja Arenal, L'Ampolla, Tarragona, Spain

The CAT 700, Catalonia from north to south, from the Pyrenees to the Ebre Delta...

€395 – €430
Group Rides

Grenzsteintrophy 2021 (776.7mi /1,250km)

Dreiländereck Regnitzlosau, Sachsen, Germany

Grenzsteintrophy is a self-supported bikepacking trip along the former inner-German border, which ran from Czechoslovakia to the Baltic Sea. 1,250km along former patrol roads and trails, with plenty of challenges along the way...

Workshops & Clinics

Women’s Intro to Bikepacking Workshop

Malarkey artisan coffee 31 oval avenue, Caloundra, Queensland, Australia

Join Into the Wee Hours for their first Women’s Intro to Bikepacking Workshop, focusing on packing your bike for your first overnighter...

$60
Group Rides

ETHIR RT21 (260.9mi /420km)

Cervia CERVIA, RAVENNA, Italy

Ethir is the bikepacking event in Romagna. A non-competitive adventure, following a 400km long route to free your soul in the midst of nature and silence...

Bikepacking Races

Trans Mni Sota Makoce Wheel Race (2021) (1200mi /1,931km)

Railroad Park, White Bear Lake, MN 4752 Hwy 61 North, White Bear Lake, MN, United States

Join the inaugural Trans Mni Sota Wheel Race grand depart - a 1,200 mile road ultra-cycling challenge around Minnesota...

$35
Group Rides

BT 700 (2021) (472mi /760km)

The village of St. Jacobs St. Jacobs, Ontario, Canada

The BT 700 wanders along a mixed surface of gravel roads, rail trail, rowdy unmaintained roads and forest trail for a big 760km loop involving some of Ontario’s most awesome bikepacking terrain.

Free
Bikepacking Races

BikingMan France (2021) (621.3mi /1,000km)

Le Cannet Boulevard Sadi Carnot, Le Cannet, Alpes-Maritimes, France

The BikingMan race series heads to France! Join BikingMan in Le Cannet for the inaugural event in the Alpes-Maritimes...

€249
Bikepacking Races

Montana Mixed Epic 2021

Montana/Idaho border US Route 2, 32 miles north of Libby, Montana, Whitefish, MT, United States

The Montana Mixed Epic is a self-supported ride across Montana traversing the state between the Highline and the Canadian border...

Festivals and Demos

Nature is Bike (2021) (173mi /278km)

Angers Angers, France

Nature Is Bike is a weekend-long festival celebrating all things gravel riding and bikepacking, with an ultra-distance ride as the main event...

Bikepacking Races

2021 Kenai 250 (265mi /426km)

Hope Hope, AK, United States

The Kenai 250 is an epic endurance bikepacking race… Alaskan style. 100% self-supported and lots of singletrack.

Free
Bikepacking Races

Trans Alpes Race 2021 (1770mi /2,849km)

Parc Citadin, Kongresni Ljubljana, Slovenia

The Trans Alpes Race is a 2,850km self-supported event following the length of the Alps...

€251
Bikepacking Races

North Central Washington 250 (2021) (254mi /409km)

Pybus Public Market 3 North Worthen Street, Wenatchee, WA, United States

The North Central Washington 250 is a self-supported event following some of the best backcountry terrain in North Central Washington...

Bikepacking Races

2021 BC Epic 1000 (621.3mi /1,000km)

MERRITT MERRITT, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada

The 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!

Free
Bikepacking Races

Veneto Trail 2021 (279mi /449km)

Piazza Pierobon 11 Via G. Garibaldi, Cittadella, Province of Padua, Italy

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...

€40
Group Rides

Trentino Bike Trail 2021 (310.7mi /500km)

Caldonazzo – Hotel Paoli Lochere, 6, Trento, Italy

The third edition of the Trentino Bike Trail, from lake of Garda to Dolomiti, riding the best trails in Trentino...

€30
Bikepacking Races

20K ULTRATRAIL ROAD 2021 (621.3mi /1,000km)

Pinerolo TURIN, Seleziona, Italy

The 20K Ultratrail is a bikepacking adventure across the Alps on the highest roads in Europe...

€180 – €490
Bikepacking Races

Swiss-BikeAdventure 2021 (807mi /1,299km)

Andermatt Ursern Valley, Andermatt, Switzerland

Swiss Bike-Adventure is an unsupported bikepacking event in the most hilly country in Europe!

CHF20

Group Rides

Vistula 1200 (2021) (745.6mi /1,200km)

PTTK Przyslop pod Barania Gora Czarna Wisełka 8, Wisla, Poland

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...

Bikepacking Races

La Baroudeuse Unpaved 2021 (621.3mi /1,000km)

Place Léo Ferré Peille, Alpes Maritimes, France

La Baroudeuse Unpaved is a self-supported bikepacking event that explores France, the Maritime Alps, and Italy between Ligurie and Piémont...

€189
Bikepacking Races

La Baroudeuse Road Race 2021 (745.6mi /1,200km)

Place Léo Ferré Peille, Alpes Maritimes, France

La Baroudeuse on the Road is a road-based ultra endurance event offered in a 400km, 1200km, and 2,850km option, following some of the most iconic passes in Europe...

€189
Bikepacking Races

Italy Divide 2021 (776mi /1,249km)

Pompei Pompei, Naples, Italy

The Italy Divide is an exciting 1,250km route crossing Pompei, Naples, Reggia di Caserta, Rome, Siena, Florence, Bologna, Mantova and Verona...

€205
Bikepacking Races

Bikepacking Trans Germany 2021 (1025mi /1,650km)

Birsköpfli Birsfelden, Basel, Switzerland

The bikepacking Trans Germany race follows 1,000 miles across Germany on forest roads, gravel, tarmac, old cobblestone, and singletrack.

Free
Bikepacking Races

GCOR 2021 (440mi /708km)

Old Mill Cafe 721 Carlsborg Rd, Sequim, WA, United States

GCOR is a gravel circumnavigation of the Olympic Range in Washington, get it? 440 miles and a lot of climbing...

Free
Bikepacking Races

Pan Celtic Race 2021 (1600mi /2,575km)

Maker Heights Kingsand, Cornwall, United Kingdom

The Pan Celtic Race is a 1,600-mile, self-supported cycling adventure, journeying through the Celtic Nations of Cornwall, Wales, Ireland and finishing in Wales.

£395
Workshops & Clinics

Bikepacking For Beginners

BIKEBIKE INC 1439 10 Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Bikepacking for Beginners is an overnighter how-to clinic from Wild Rose Adventures—running in July, August, and September...

$165
Bikepacking Races

The TransAtlantic Way 2021 (1553mi /2,499km)

London Ebrington St, Derry, Dublin, Ireland

The TransAtlantic Way is a 2,500km, one stage, self-supported road bike ride between Derry and Cork via The Wild Atlantic Way.

£480
Bikepacking Races

Tracks 6000 (2021) (93.2mi /150km)

Rifugio Carlettini Val Campelle, Scurelle, Trentino, Italy

Tracks 6000 is old school mountain biking where you can forget about the averages that you are usually used to holding. Prepare yourself for an extraordinary experience...

€35
Bikepacking Races

Trans South Dakota Race 2022 (714mi /1,149km)

BUFFALO JUMP SOUTH DAKOTA-WYOMING STATELINE I-90 EXIT 205, BEULAH, WY, United States

The Trans South Dakota Race is a 714-mile bikepacking race across the state of South Dakota with 5 miles of packrafting across the Missouri River...

$75 – $499
Bikepacking Races

Three Peaks Bike Race 2021 (1522.3mi /2,450km)

SCHÖNBRUNN PALACE SCHÖNBRUNNER SCHLOSSSTRASSE, VIENNA, Austria

Three Peaks Bike Race is a 2,450km unsupported bikepacking race across the Dolomites and the Alps, from Vienna to Barcelona.

€235