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Big 5 Bike Challenge in Leogang

Maximum enduro feeling.

Period: 03.06. – 10.10.2021
Difficulty: difficult
Distance: 61,1 km
Duration: approx. 6:00 h
Ascent: 200 hm
Descent: 5.000 hm

The BIG-5 Bike Challenge is a bike adventure without compare. It’s on top of many bike enthusiasts’ to do lists for good reasons. This eventful bike tour connects Saalbach Hinterglemm and Leogang across five mountains with six lifts. Each mountain is covered with exciting trails for maximum biking pleasure. During the BIG-5 Bike Challenge, you will get to experience the best bike trails in the region within a single day.
Around 5.000 vertical meters have to be mastered, of which only 500 vertical meters uphill under your own steam. The BIG-5 Bike Challenge combines six cable cars and five mountains around Saalbach Hinterglemm and Leogang to form a large XXL tour in order to experience the absolute maximum of bike pleasure in one day.
Tour description

Note: The following route description is just a recommendation.

The BIG-5 Bike Challenge can of course be started and finished at any of the lifts.

  • Steinberg lift / Asitz lift (Leogang)
  • Schattberg X-Press (Saalbach)
  • Schattberg Sprinter (Saalbach Hinterglemm)
  • 12er Kogel lift (Hinterglemm)
  • Reiterkogel lift (Hinterglemm)
  • Kohlmais lift (Saalbach)

Depending on where you began the BIG-5 Bike Challenge, you should now find yourself either at the end of your XXL tour, or right in the middle of it.
Please note: Bikepark suitable protective equipment is recommended.

A map featuring an overview of all the tours are available at all cable car cash desks and from the tourist information offices.
Important: when planning tours, note the operating times of the cable cars!