Freeride training route

on the Königstuhl hill

Daredevil jumps and artful maneuvers through treacherous terrain: This is what mountain bikers can look forward to on Heidelberg’s Königstuhl hill, since the official opening of the ‘freeride training route’ there in May 2012. The only one of its kind in Germany, it is designed for riders looking for serious training in the ‘freeride’ mountain-biking discipline.

The trail is only open to members and guest membership card holders of Heidelberg’s freeride club.

Not for tourists

The freeride training route is not like the ‘bike parks’ that can be found in other cities, designed for casual mountain bikers and tourists. It was created to give Heidelberg residents a place where they can legally practice this high-octane, cross-country mountain-biking discipline. Before the freeride route was created, illegal freeride trails kept popping up all over the city forest – but building new ‘wild’ routes, jumps and obstacles for this fast-paced sport erodes the soil and damages the habitats of plants and animals.

Collaboration with Heidelberg’s freeride club

It was the municipal Landscaping and Forestry Office, together with the city’s freeride club ‘HD-Freeride’, that came up with the idea of creating a dedicated freeride training route. The project received high praise from Fabian Waldenmaier, the Downhill representative of the German cyclists’ federation (BDR), who expressed his admiration at the trail’s “exceptional safety standards, exemplary design... all in all making it an outstanding solution that sets standards Germany-wide.”

Guest membership cards are available from the club HD-Freeride.
Email: info@hd-freeride.de

Further information

freeride training route map (in german) (1.3 MB)
HD-Freeride e.V.