The trails in Saalbach range from beginner to pro level. We tried to cycle almost every trail we could find. Our favorite was the Hacklberg trail with about 10 km downhill, through forests, over northshores and rocky sections.

Day 1:

At the day of our arrival we had some hours left before sundown. We took the last cableway of the Reiterkogelbahn up the mountain and continued uphill by bike to the Hochalm. The Enduro track started winding down the Hochalmtrail fairly easy and smooth. After a couple of kilometers we dug our tires into rough and rocky terrain until we got back onto a forest road leading us back to Saalbach.

Day 2:

As mentioned above, the area around Saalbach offers many options for biking. It is possible to cycle up the mountains and take the downhill lines back into the valley. If you have a “Joker Card” included in your hotel reservation you can also take your bike with every cableway. Our goal was to ride as many lines as we could that weekend, therefore we took the cableway on day 2. We shredded down the Milka-line, Blueline, X-line, Hacklbergtrail, Pro-line and almost every other line you can find on the area. Just like the slopes at skiing you choose the lines by your level of difficulty. We explicitly liked the 10 km long Hacklbergtrail with it´s amazing panorama and spectacular and diverse track sections. After taking the Schattberg X-press up the mountain you can access the first section of the X-line and turn left to climb up the Westgipfel to the beginning of the Hacklbergtrail. For the first kilometers the trail appears to be like a hiking paths down the side of the mountain, after that you enter a more engineered section with both kickers and Northshore elements. A lot of fun to ride and always a possibility to go around difficult obstacles. Over the weekend we rode it about four times.

Day 3:

On our third day, we headed to complete the Big-5. During this trip over five mountain peaks you go on every cableway in both Saalbach and Leogang. The day before Dustin decided to change from his 110 mm suspension bike to a rental Downhill bike. That seemed to be a good idea for the downhill lines, but ended up for him pushing the bike over many sections of the Big-5. Starting very early in the morning in Saalbach we took the cableway and crossed over a mountain ridge towards the Leogang valley. A track covered with roots and pretty technical cycling, perfect environment for an Enduro bike. At the end of the day we had gained 1000 meters on elevation by bike and cycled over 65 km downhill. You sleep very well after the Big-5!