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Bikepark Lenzerheide

Switzerland · Open summer (May–Oct)
Location
Lenzerheide, Graubünden
Season
Late May to mid-October
Lift access
Yes — Rothorn gondola + chairlifts
Trails
~9 marked bike trails including the UCI DH World Cup track
Easiest grade
Blue (Straight Line)
Hardest grade
Black (UCI DH World Cup track)
Day pass
Bike day pass CHF 49 / week CHF 215 (~£44 day / ~£190 week)
Nearest airport
Zurich (ZRH)
DH race practiceWorld Cup heritageFamily flowAll-round bike park

Bikepark Lenzerheide is one of Europe's best-run modern bike parks and a regular host of the UCI Downhill and Cross-Country World Cup. The Rothorn gondola lifts bikes to the top of the mountain and drops you onto a graded trail network that runs from family-friendly flow to the literal World Cup downhill track.

Almost everyone. The Straight Line and Easy Flow trails are properly beginner-friendly. The middle grades are wide, well-shaped and forgiving. Then if you're brave you can session the same dirt the World Cup pros race. Hard to think of a bike park that better serves an entire mixed group.

Trail or enduro bike. Big bike for repeated DH laps. Full-face required on the World Cup track. The bike-park area is well-signed and the lift staff are used to international riders.

World Cup pedigree on accessible terrain. Few parks combine a genuinely beginner-friendly green with a UCI-grade DH course on the same mountain. Lenzerheide's build standards are top-tier. The town itself is small, modern and quiet — more low-key than the headline Tirol or French resorts. The on-mountain restaurants are good and the lift staff handle bikes with practiced efficiency. Worth pairing with a few days in nearby Davos or the wider Graubünden trail network.

World Cup context: Lenzerheide has been a fixture on the UCI Downhill and Cross-Country World Cup calendar in recent seasons. If a World Cup is on, expect the bike park to be closed to the public for a few days around the race but the spectator experience to be world-class. Quieter weeks in early summer and September are the sweet spot. The Swiss train network gets you to Chur and then the bus or PostAuto runs up to Lenzerheide — no hire car needed if you're travelling light or with a bike bag.

Top trails to ride

  • Straight Line Blue
    Perfect intro flow — wide berms, rollable jumps.
  • World Cup DH track Black
    The real thing — fast, technical, raced by the world's best.
  • Tgantieni Trail Red
    Long, varied red descent for intermediates.

Getting there from Ireland

Fly Dublin → Zurich. ~1hr45 drive south-east into Graubünden. Train option via Chur is excellent.

Where to stay

Resort hotels in Lenzerheide village and nearby Valbella; many include bike pass.

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