Once the snow season ends, the ski resorts give way to the Bike Parks.
The good weather is arriving and with it many mountain resorts are preparing to welcome thousands of MTB, Enduro and DH lovers. During the spring and summer months, the Bike Parks offer us facilities designed and prepared to enjoy our bicycles to the fullest.
Although on our peninsula Bike Parks are not as consolidated as in the US, Canada or France; More and more people are interested in loading their bicycles every weekend looking for the best places to practice mountain biking in the middle of nature. Ski lifts to go down again and again or to reach new route areas, kilometers and kilometers of trails, infinite descents, etc. but, above all, a lot of Mountain Biking.
Below, we detail the 6 best Bike Parks in Spain and Andorra, so you can plan your next getaway:
THE PINILLA
La Pinilla Bike Park 119km from Madrid. It is the only Bike Park in the central area of the country. La Pinilla was one of the first ski resorts in our country to opt for seasonal adjustment after the snow season.
This year it will open the season with Redbull's La Holy Bike for the third consecutive year on the 12th and 13th of this month.
LA MOLINA BIKE PARK
La Molina Bike Park, is located in Girona With 13 downhill tracks for high and medium level riders, a Cross Country circuit, Wood Park and Txiqui Bike Park, La Molina Bike Park becomes a reference for downhill, enduro, mountain biking and MTB once again.
This year it opens its doors from June 2 to October 14
37,5 km of pure excitement in Sierra Nevada (Granada), that open their doors from June 30th to September 2nd.
Two lifts (a gondola lift and a chairlift) give access to six downhill routes and two cross-country routes for all levels (beginners, intermediate and advanced). In total, more than 37 kilometers and almost 1.000 meters of elevation gain on marked itineraries, coinciding with ski areas in winter, provide a new way to get to know Sierra Nevada in Summer.
Thanks to its location in Alicante (Sierra de Mariola) It is one of the few Bike Parks that we can enjoy almost all year round. It opens every weekend of the year, and closes only in the month of August.
The circuits run along almost a thousand hectares and are marked by different colors depending on the levels of difficulty. It has more than twenty kilometers of downhill slopes designed for different levels, where we will find highly difficult areas only for experts to fluid and very fun slopes.
On May 25, Aran Bike Park located in Vall d'Aran, Vielha, Lleida opens its doors.
Among the offerings offered by this Bike Park, Enduromies stands out, an area dedicated exclusively to MTB enduro. But, you can also enjoy Btt Routes and Btt, enduro and downhill classes.
The Bike Park located in Andorra, opens the season on May 19, and will remain open until October 14. 40 km of the best descent with a gradient that exceeds 1.000 m, Vallnord Bike Park la Massana, one of the main attractions of the Valls del Nord, has a total of 29 circuits of different levels, of which there are 21 downhill, 2 enduro, 4 cross country, 1 four cross, 1 electric bicycle, 1 practice area, 1 Kids Bike Park and 1 pump track.
During the season, 3 mechanical lifts are launched that give access to the Bike Park: the Massana cable car (departing from the center of town, at 1.300 m, and arriving at Caubella, at 1.950 m) and 2 detachable chairlifts. (the Serra and the Cubil). The latter give access to the highest point of the Bike Park, at 2.350 m.
