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Here in the US, “lift rides” and “backcountry” are two mutually-exclusive terms. But in Europe, they don’t have to be. On my second day riding in Switzerland we used a pair of lifts to access one of the most remote trails that I had the chance to ride in the Alps: the Welschtobel Trail. Using the …

The post Lift Rides to the Backcountry: Exploring the Grandiose Welschtobel Trail in Switzerland appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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Have you ever heard a friend tell you a tale of an epic trail, and knew that you just had to go and experience that mountain bike ride for yourself? That’s exactly how my first trip to Switzerland began. I was sitting at a brewery in Colorado chatting with a friend of mine, Zack Vestal of Scott …

The post 20,000 Feet of Descending in One Day – Get a Biketicket 2 Ride! appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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The Alps are easily one of the most legendary mountain ranges on the entire planet. Even if you’ve never been there, simply uttering the name brings to mind jagged, rocky peaks, glaciated couloirs, scree-filled slopes, and innumerable miles of rugged singletrack. Ever since I was a child I’ve dreamt of visiting the Alps, and this summer I …

The post 11 Ways Mountain Biking the Alps Is Different from Riding the Rockies appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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When the gun went off on day one in Imst, Austria, a strange sense of relief came over me. I’d done everything I could in the previous eight months to prepare for this seven-day, 323-mile stage race through the European Alps, and now the thing was in the hands of fate and luck. Ever since …

The post Up a Hill, Down a Beer: The 2016 TransAlp Race appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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In the second episode of Singletrack Switzerland, a new Teton Gravity Research mountain bike project produced in partnership with Swiss International Air Lines, Switzerland Tourism, and BMC Switzerland, two American mountain bikers – pro rider Brice Shirbach, and pro skier Carston Oliver – venture to Verbier, Switzerland, where they ride open alpine singletrack, full-blown bike …

The post Watch: Freeriding Bottomless Trails In The Heart of the Alps appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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