The Palatine Forest Mountain Bike Park (german: Mountainbikepark Pfälzerwald) in the Palatinate Forest is a

mountain bike A mountain bike (MTB) or mountain bicycle is a bicycle designed for off-road cycling. Mountain bikes share some similarities with other bicycles, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain, which ...

trail network in Germany, in the centre of the biosphere reserve of the Palatinate Forest-North Vosges. The network was opened in April 2005.

Routes

The signposted, single-track routes differ in the grade of challenge: * Route 1, starting at

Rodalben Rodalben () is a municipality in the Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Palatinate forest, approx. 5 km northeast of Pirmasens. Rodalben is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective munic ...

, 54 km, with a 9.8 km, single-track section * Route 2, starting at Waldfischbach-Burgalben, 48 km, with a 6.8 km single-track section * Route 3, starting at

Schopp Schopp is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Schopp station lies on the Biebermühl Railway. History The place was first mentioned in documents in 1345. In the Middle Ages Schopp, tog ...

, 67 km, with a 9.7 km single-track section * Route 4, starting at

Hochspeyer Hochspeyer is a municipality in the Kaiserslautern (district), district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Palatinate forest (Pfälzer Wald), approx. 10 km east of Kaiserslautern. Hochspeyer was the se ...

, 64 km, with a 14.3 km single-track section * Route 5, starting at Lambrecht, 74 km, with a 12.5 km single-track section

Responsibility

The Tourist Board of the Palatinate Forest regi

especially the municipalities of

Kaiserslautern-Süd Kaiserslautern-Süd is a former ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. On 1 July 2019 it was merged into the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Landstuhl. It was situated in the Pal ...

, Lambrecht,

, Waldfischbach-Burgalben, and

, developed the project with the support of the regional forest commission and the University of Kaiserslautern. The park's administrative headquarters are in the

collective municipality A Verbandsgemeinde (; plural Verbandsgemeinden) is a low-level administrative unit in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A Verbandsgemeinde is typically composed of a small group of villages or towns. Rhineland- ...

of Kaiserslautern-Süd.

External links

Home page of the Mountain Bike Park
Mountain biking venues Geography of Rhineland-Palatinate Tourist attractions in Rhineland-Palatinate Parks in Germany {{cycling-venue-stub