[Closed] Any biked in Ischgl? Best trails? Campsites?

Am here now. Apartments are relatively cheap as it's low season. Some awesome trails above Ischgl. If you stay in accommodation, you get an " All Inclusive" card which gives free bus and chairlift travel, including bikes! Bike rental starts at 24€/day for a basic hard tail, up to 49€ for a dh bike. Weather has been a bit of mixed bag this week though... It is very much geared up for biking though.

There aren't any campsites really. We stayed at the one in Galtur ( http://www.camping-zeinissee.galtuer.at/), which got, really, really intimate on some nights, given that you are essentially camping in the garden of a chalet. There are loads down the valley but they are on the other side of the Silvretta Pass, which is a tollroad, and a fair drive away ( http://www.galtuer.com/de/silvretta-hochalpenstrasse).

From the campsite in Galtur, you can roll down the hill on a bike path to Ischgl, then catch the bus back up to Galtur (has a bike rack) with your lift pass - there is one more lift at the top which saves you a ride uphill back to the campsite if I remember correctly.

There are plenty of bike trails ( http://www.ischgl.com/en/active/cycling-hiking/mountain-bike/tours). We only spent two days riding there. First was a self powered day, and rode the Helibronner Hutte trail which is a straight slog straight up a mountain. Not recommended. We got a lift pass on the second day and explored the top of the mountain. There were some pretty naff bike park type trails up top, loose high alpine gravel and no flow. We had lunch at a restaurant the cable car station, which had the poshest toilets I have ever seen up a mountain - all marble and mood lighting. Ischgl likes to bill itself as a playground to the stars. Then we rode back down on the Velill trail. Which was pretty hair-raising to be honest, there were a couple of points where I felt out of my depth. It would have been nice to strike a middle ground, and with all the trails that are mapped, I'm sure it can be found.

I kind of liked the place. There are some nice walks from the campsite, and if you walk up to the reservoir, there is a little display which shows how they pump water across the Alps for the hydroelectric scheme ( http://www.see.at/en/see-pians-information/bergbahnen-see/ecology/power-plant)

Make sure you don't leave the 'all inclusive' card at the campsite - it gets you discount on all sort of things, including the cable car.

Yes the Heidelbergerhutte route is quite a slog. I rode up from Ischgl to the mid chairlift station, then to the Heidelbergerhutte, had an ice cream, then back to the middle station, then rode up to the Alpenhaus cafe at the top. Very hard steep hill. Still, racked up 5708 feet of ascent in just over 23 miles...

Great ski-ing resort but never been in the summer.

Cheers for the info.

I've seen a few vids of some of the trails and some of the drops by the side of some of the trails look like that might induce the old wobble factor on my fine self.

The campsite looks great at galtur and only 10 mins from ischgl.

That flow trail looks ok though if every trail has comes with several precipices I think I need to look elsewhere. Call me a wuss but I'm not sure if its worth going to ischgl just for the flow trail.

have other places to look at in austria as we're aiming to hit about 4 of them. looking at zillertal, kitzbuhel etc.

This place is an hours drive away... http://www.bikepark-sfl.at/en

I think it looks great, I was booked to go for a freeride course there but it got cancelled 🙁

Just found this on Linkedin. Not read it.

http://mountainbikingholidays.net/review-of-ischgl-mountain-biking-holiday-review-fine-trails-and-fine-dining/

Spent last week in the Zillertal. Hintertux valley. Lovely, but steep riding there too...

Cheers for the bikepark Phil. We'll make a trip there.

Yep, hoping to hit zillertal as well. Don't mind steep trails just don't like the steep drops.

cheers.