Mountain biking

A mountain biking holiday in Vorarlberg

The beautiful but challenging mountain biking area around your 4-star Madlener Mountain Hotel in Damüls provides a diverse and spacious network of trails for cyclists.

Wildly romantic and hilly tours, circular routes and trails as well as cycling-friendly public transport await you during your activity holiday in Vorarlberg.

Top mountain biking conditions

In the highest mountain biking area between the Große Walsertal biosphere reserve and the Bregenz Forest various agricultural and forest roads wind through the unspoilt and protected Vorarlberg natural environment.

The 4-star Madlener Mountain Hotel serves as the perfect starting point for various mountain biking tours. The comfortable activity hotel is located on a very sunny spot right next to the road. The Damüls hiking map helps cyclists to find the perfect cycling tour for a holiday in Damüls. Plan your mountain biking tour online with the interactive Große Walsertal map.Good to know: get further information on the cycling-friendly public transport service in Vorarlberg – here in the “Ländle” you can take your bike with you on the bus or train, all hassle-free. Get the Bregenzerwald Card and enjoy this service for free!

Your mountain biking hotel in Damüls

4-star Madlener Mountain Hotel is located at the perfect starting point for your mountain biking tours from Damüls, right in the middle of the Damüls mountain world, next to a little-used, quiet road. From here start your active day right on the hotel's doorstep on your mountain bike or by bus.

The sunny panorama terrace as well as the lovely sauna area invite you to blissful recreation after your active day. The Madlener family and the friendly hotel team are looking forward to your no obligation enquiry or your online reservation for your mountain biking summer in Vorarlberg.

Pärchen rastet mit den Mountainbikes auf den Alpen

Dos and don'ts

In order to ensure a positive cooperation in the protected natural environment around Damüls, your mountain biking region, please keep in mind the following few dos and don'ts:

Pedestrians have priority: ringing the bell & overtaking at walking speed are expected
Please respect the traffic regulations: control your speed, stay on sign-posted trails.
Respect agriculture and forestry: close the gates behind you & respect road blocks.

Guided mountain bike tours

The well developed network of mountain bike trails on agricultural and forest roads wind through the idyllic mountain region around your Damüls holiday resort. The Bregenz Forest is especially considered to be an insider tip amongst mountain biking enthusiasts.

Guided MTB tours in the Bregenz Forest are offered by the MTB school in Au.

Mountainbike und Fahrradtouren

In der malerischen Damülser Berglandschaft

Im Bregenzerwald steht Mountainbikern auf Grund eines gut ausgebauten Wegenetzes fast jeder Gipfel offen. Sie können Ihr Bike auch mit den Damülser Seilbahnen auf den Berg transportieren, um dort Ihre alpine Höhentour mit dem Mountainbike zu beginnen – mit der Bregenzerwald Gäste-Card ist die Auffahrt kostenfrei möglich.

Mountain biking in the Bregenz Forest

The Bregenz Forest mountain biking area stretches over a total length of 1,000km that run over an altitude of 25,000 metres on the mountains. The highest point you can reach by mountain bike is on the 2,650m high Braunarspitze.

The following MTB trails in the Bregenz Forest are some of the most popular mountain biking tours starting at the Uga-Express 4-pax chair lift's lower terminus:

Argenalpe
28 km / altitude of 1,264m / 2 hrs / moderate
Uga Tal
2.4 km / altitude of 127m / 30 mins / easy
Hahnenkopf
4.8 km / altitude of 1,264m / 2 hrs / moderate
Zaferhorn
20.7 km / altitude of 700m / 2.5 hrs / moderate

In the Bregenz Forest mountain bikers can cycle up to almost every peak due to the well developed network of trails. You could also take the Damüls mountain railways up on the mountain and your bike with you. Start your alpine high altitude mountain bike tour all the way up – get the Bregenzerwald Card to benefit from free ascents.

Bregenz Forest mountain biking school

Cycle through the Bregenz Forest. Explore the wide mountain biking terrain between Bezau, Mellau, Damüls, Warth and Lech around the Arlberg with the competent and experienced guides at the mountain biking school in Au. The biking guides will take you all the way to the Allgäu Alps.

Being local guides the Au biking school's pros know the best trails and tours in the region and will show you the hot spots and the most beautiful places for cyclist. You are spoilt for choice with 14 adventurous tours every week that start either in Au, Schoppernau or Mellau.

Apart from guided mountain biking tours the school also offers safety trainings.

Good to know:

Please book your desired tour until 8pm the evening before. Register directly at the mountain biking school in Au or conveniently online.
The group maximum is 6 people. Participants are grouped according to their skills and experience – to ensure the highest possible biking bliss in the natural environment.
You will take breaks at selected and marvellous inns.
You will get helpful tips and information on mountain biking techniques, equipment and also on the region.
Safety first – that is of course the motto on all the guided mountain bike tours.
Take a look at the many advantages of guided MTB tours with guides from the mountain biking school and get inspired by the great variety of offers (only in German).

Rental & accommodation

Apart from the Manis Sport MTB rental in Damüls the mountain biking school in Au also offers state-of-the-art mountain bikes and e-bikes including service and maintenance.

The comfortable rooms and suites at the Hotel Madlener as well as the recreational sauna at the hotel lets you awake fresh as a daisy from your beauty sleep. Already during the breakfast at the panorama restaurant at your 4-star Madlener Mountain Hotel in the middle of Damüls you will be able to enjoy the gorgeous views. It will be hard to stay at the breakfast table for long when the luring and marvellous Damüls mountains and the Bregenz Forest are waiting for you and your mountain bike or e-bike.

Send your no obligation holiday enquiry to the Madlener family or book your stay in Damüls directly with an online booking.