Biathlon and Mountain Bike World Championships – Tour de Champions in Austria's largest bike region

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Biathlon and Mountain Bike World Championships – Tour de Champions in Austria's largest bike region

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Biathlon and Mountain Bike World Championships – Tour de Champions in Austria's largest bike region

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47.4km

1,690m

Mountain biking

Hochfilzen and Leogang are two places firmly associated with top international sports. You're thinking of fast shooting series in biathlon and spectacular downhill runs on a mountain bike. You can reach both places on this tour starting from Saalbach.

You start at the Saalbach Tourist Information. First, you cycle relaxed…

by Österreichs größte Bike-Region

Last updated: June 2, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 3.45 km for 330 m

Waypoints

Start point

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3.80 km

Spielberghaus

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Whether it's a cool, refreshing drink, delicious Kaiserschmarrn, a panorama sauna or a cozy overnight stay at 1,311 meters above sea level - in the Spielberghaus you get everything your …

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14.6 km

Biathlon Stadium Hochfilzen

Highlight • Rest Area

Even in summer you can find biathletes training here (especially in the morning). The grandstands are open and you can watch perfectly from there.

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15.5 km

Information board on the 2005 Biathlon World Championships

Highlight • Monument

The majority of the 40th Biathlon World Championships took place in March 2005 at the Cross-Country Ski and Biathlon Centre in Hochfilzen / Pillerseetal in Austria.

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23.7 km

Epic Bikepark Leogang

Highlight • MTB Park

Saalbach offers one of the best trail parks in Austria. Not only enduro and downhill junkies will get their money's worth here, but there are also great trails for families and the less experienced, such as the Greenhorn Trail.

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47.4 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

32.8 km

6.35 km

3.29 km

3.08 km

1.70 km

221 m

Surfaces

21.4 km

11.9 km

7.80 km

5.46 km

698 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,880 m)

Lowest point (830 m)

Weather

Sunday 4 October

17°C

8°C

31 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 4.0 km/h

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Comments

September 7, 2024,Leogang Almen- und Hüttentour LE05 Soft-Trail

Beautiful circuit with numerous places to stop for a break... on the first trail after the old smithy towards Schönleitenhütte you may have to push your bike for a bit...

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September 26, 2023,🇦🇹 🚵‍♀️ Großer Asitz 🥰-Spielberg Haus- Forsthofalm-Asitz Bräu-gr.Asitz⛰️-Panorama Alm-Panorama Trail runter↩️🤩🥳.. 26.9.2023

So today a bigger tour with Reini, Martin, Babsi and Petra.
From Saalbach and before Leogang then always right up to the Forsthofalm. And because it goes so well uphill 😅 straight on up to the Asitz Bräu🤩😍💪. That was already a few HM, so stop for food 😋 Then a snapper up to the summit cross of Gr. Asitz🥰. …

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June 2, 2023,Saalbach-Leogang

Some things have changed from Leogang, so the original route is no longer correct.

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July 30, 2025,LE05 Softrailpanoramatour Alte Schmiede, Saalbach Leogang

L2 tour on forest paths with some road near Hochfilzen, as the bike path was taken later. From there, head towards the campsite and then back to L2.

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August 19, 2024,2. Bike Tag in Saalbach Hinterglemm

Today the weather was a bit worse than yesterday but we just did a little panoramic tour - the only thing missing was the panorama!🤔☝️🙄

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July 9, 2024,Asitzrunde v. Hochfilzen

...nice, partly trail-like round with great views and a long bike park descent to Leogang - thank you @Alfons for the driving service and @Fritz for the drinks service...

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July 9, 2024,Asitz

Thanks to the@Reparl for the trip to the Leogang bike park. Now the tires have been worn down on the sides. 🫡
I've never made so many turns in a ski area.

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October 24, 2021,Hinterglemm-Saalbach-Ansitz-leogang-hochfilzen-spielberghaus-Saalbach

I mastered this tour today (end of October) ... but deviated a little.
The route goes well with and without support - the incline tends to be steeper at the beginning ... then it gets better.
You can take the root trail but also the panorama trail above towards Asitz. The root trail is for experienced technicians ... sometimes very …

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March 30, 2026

Hochfilzen and Leogang are two places firmly associated with top international sports. You're thinking of fast shooting series in biathlon and spectacular downhill runs on a mountain bike. You can reach both places on this tour starting from Saalbach.
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You start at the Saalbach Tourist Information. First

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