Mountain biking

Bike excursions, paths, tracks, mtb tours, cycling route and bike rentals in Val di Fassa

What better way is there to enjoy the charm of Val di Fassa’s untarnished natural environment than riding your mountain bike along the numerous paths and tracks which allow you to discover places of incomparable beauty? Perhaps this is the secret of success behind a sport that is becoming more and more popular and widespread. It allows you to leave behind, at least for one magic moment, the noise and stress of traffic and to venture out on daring rides, up inaccessible climbs and down breathtaking descents, completely immersed in a unique, natural environment: fields, woods, streams which glide gently down towards the river Avisio, and surrounded only by the silence and intense scent of nature.
There are numerous mountain bike routes throughout the whole of the Val di Fassa and those who want to participate in the sport are spoilt for choice. You can choose particularly easy and accessible routes or more arduous and challenging ones which put you and your body to the test. Enthusiasts of this sport will certainly know of the new Val di Fassa Bike, the international mountain bike race, whose route runs entirely round the peaks and forests of Moena. They won’t miss the chance to tackle this exclusive route at least once; if you don’t have the right equipment, mountain bikes are available to rent.

Download the map of "Mountainbike tours Dolomiti Lagorai Bike": 13 bike trails in the Val di Fassa in PDF format.

See also: Sellaronda Hero Mtb-Marathon; Sella Ronda Bike Day; Bike week with Cristian Deville and Stefano Gross

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Shops, MTB rentals, schools, facilities and bike transport, bike parks in Val di Fassa

Bike excursions and tours with MTB instructors in Val di Fassa

Canazei: Infopoint Fassa Outdoor at the Tourist Office
Piaz G. Marconi, 5 - Phone +39 0462 609607

Pozza di Fassa: Infopoint Fassa Outdoor at the Tourist Office
Piaz de Comun, 2 - Phone +39 0462 609674

Moena: Infopoint Fassa Outdoor at the Tourist Office
Piaz de Navalge, 4 - Phone +39 0462 609774

Mountain bike rentals in Val di Fassa

Alba di Canazei: Ski Paolo Noleggio Sport
Strèda de Contrin, 18 - Phone +39 0462 601331

Canazei: Detomas Shop
Strèda de Parèda, 29 - Phone +39 0462 602447

Canazei: Northland
Strèda del Piz, 15 - Phone +39 0462 601656

Pozza di Fassa: Panet Sport
Piaza de Bufaure - Phone +39 349 2995509

Pozza di Fassa: Sport Star
Strada de Meida, 42 - Phone +39 0462 763536

Soraga: Brunel Sport
Piaza Cioch, 28 - Phone +39 0462 768363

Moena: Plusservice
Strada R. Löwy, 40 - Phone +39 348 9002603

Moena: Sport Navalge
Piaz de Navalge, 1 - Phone +39 0462 573050

Lifts adapted to carry bicycles (see open lifts summer):

cabin lift Belvedere, Canazei;
cable car Col dei Rossi, Canazei, only for downhill and guided Sellaronda MTB tour;
chair lift Fodom, Arabba/Pordoi Pass;
cabin lift Buffaure, Pozza di Fassa;
cable car Col Margherita, San Pellegrino Pass;
cabin lift Lusia-Valbona-Le Cune;
cable car Col Rodella, Campitello di Fassa, only for guided Sellaronda MTB tour.

The laws in Trentino provide for a ban on bicycles if the paths have the following characteristics:

slope or gradient over 20%;
path with less than the wheelbase of the bike (distance tire contact with the ground).

Such parts of the route are marked with the sign "push bike - bici a spinta".

Fiemme-Fassa Bike Express: bus service for cyclists

A bus service Fiemme-Fassa Bike Express (from 24th June to 9th September 2012) takes cyclists who ride down the bike path from Canazei to Molina di Fiemme back up to Val di Fassa.

Mountain bike skill parks for children

Pozza di Fassa, Strada di Bagnes (Ristorante Dò Vea). Mobile +39 333 9613515
Canazei, Strèda del Piz, near the Dòlaondes aquatic centre. Infopoint Fassa Outdoor (at the Tourist Office) in Piaz G. Marconi, 5. Phone +39 0462 609607

Hotel for bikers in Val di Fassa - Dolomites

Hotels specialized for bikers in Val di Fassa, provided with info-corner, hedged-in storage equipped with bycicle repair kit and bike-wash area. Mountain bike at disposal for the hotel guests. Special rates for laundry service, hiring of bike accessories and bike repairing by garages in the neighbourhood. Complete list of the Bike Hotels in Val di Fassa - Trentino

Sellaronda Mountainbike: a panoramic tour to savour

In the past, the imposing Sella massif represented an invincible target for mountain bike lovers. Accompanied by a guide and with the aid of lifts to reach the top of the four Dolomite passes - Sella, Pordoi, Campolongo and Gardena - it is now possible, in just one day, to go around the Sella group by mountain bike (clockwise or anti-clockwise).
You can start from one of the villages situated around the Sella group like Selva Gardena, Corvara, Arabba, Canazei (by lifts to Pecol or Col dei Rossi) or Campitello di Fassa (by cable car to Col Rodella). The descents are performed mainly on single trails and only partly follow the road. It’s an unforgettable tour with a breathtaking view.
Clockwise, the trail around the Sella massif has a length of about 60 km with a difference in altitude of 4.380 metres, of which 730 metres must be pedalled. Anti-clockwise, the length of the trail is of about 50/53 km with a difference in altitude of 3.540/3.520 metres, of which 1.360/1.640 metres must be pedalled.
The Sellaronda Mountainbike Tour can be managed only if accompanied by a MTB guide and for those owning the Bikepass Sellaronda for the use of the lifts.

Mountain-biking downhill

Fassa Bike Resort Belvedere Canazei
Location Col dei Rossi - Pecol c/o Fassa Bike Park. By cabin lift from Canazei to Pecol or Col dei Rossi.
Wearing helmet and other protective clothes are compulsory.
For more information: Fassa Bike - Mobile +39 339 8757878; Fassa Outdoor at the Tourist Office in Canazei - Phone +39 0462 609607.

Fassa Bike Resort Buffaure Pozza di Fassa
Location Buffaure. By cabin lift from Pozza di Fassa.
Wearing helmet and other protective clothes are compulsory.
For more information: Fassa Bike - Mobile +39 339 8757878; Fassa Outdoor at the Tourist Office in Pozza di Fassa - Phone +39 0462 609674.

Dolomiti Lagorai Bike

1.000 km on mountain bike trails. This is the idea of Dolomiti Lagorai Bike, a project that sees the uniting, on two wheels, of the Fassa, Fiemme and Valsugana valleys. More than 40 different itineraries have been drawn up and catalogued. Each one, on the official Dolomiti Lagorai Bike website, is presented in detail: technical data (length, difference in levels, degree of difficulty, time required to cover it, contours and terrain), Google interactive maps, pictures and descriptions. The trails, all GPS, can be downloaded free in KML e GPX formats.

Mountain bike routes for GPS - Val di Fassa, Val di Fiemme and Valsugana

Fiemme and Fassa Dolomites cycling route

Close the Canazei sports field and playground you take the forest dirt road "Cercenà". Pedal along the easy, shady trail till you reach the Soreghès plain and the Col Rodella cableway station in Campitello di Fassa. Continue alongside the Avisio stream. Flat tracts alternate with short uphill ones until you reach, in the inhabited part of Mazzin, a hump with benches and wooden children’s playground equipment. The descent to Pera di Fassa starts here. There are then more easy up and downhill tracts to Fraine. With the wooden bridge on your right and the votive chapel on your left, continue along the dirt road passing pleasant sloping fields. On entering the town of Pozza di Fassa take the Strada di Bagnes (from Piaz de Comun - Tourist Office in the direction of the tennis courts - Dò Vea). You descend towards Moena along the asphalted road. The track once again runs alongside the Avisio stream, among fields and woods, but you also get magnificent views of the peaks of Latemar and of the Catinaccio. Cycle carefully along the municipal road that serves the industrial area of Soraga and you will reach the playground and town centre in a few minutes. Take the underpass to safely cross under the highway and you will come to the uphill stretch that leads to "Palua". On turning to look back, your gaze falls upon theVal di Fassa, in all its beauty, framed by the high "crode" (falls) of rocks of the Rosengarten (Catinaccio), of Sassolungo, of Pordoi and of the Monzoni. Continue the descent to Moena. The cycle path finishes near the Minigolf Fantolin and the Centro di Addestramento Alpino (Alpino Training Centre). You must cross the town (highway or Prato di Sorte) to reach the Moena plain, the starting point in winter of the legendary Marcialonga, and regain the cyclepedestrian path that goes on down to Predazzo and Val di Fiemme.

Fiemme and Fassa Dolomites cycling route
lenght: 48,100 km
altitude difference: 650 m
medium gradient: 5%

Map of the Fassa and Fiemme Dolomites cycling route

Lade die Karte des Fiemme und Fassa Dolomiten Radweges im PDF-Format herunter.

Mountain bikers behaviour rules

Remember you are a guest of nature: ride only on marked dirt roads and trails; respect "no entry" and private property signs; do not cross fields and pastures.

Pedestrians and hikers always have right of way:signal your coming in advance; moderate your speed depending ong the different situation.
Do not leave traces of your passage: avoid braking sharply and restarting (excessive soil erosion); avoid riding on the trails after pouring rains (excessive soil erosion); do not leave rubbish.
Respect the local flora and fauna:avoid riding in protected areas and nature parks (such as swamps or fragile ecosystems); always close the pasture gates after your passage; avoid excessive and disturbing noises; do not scare the cattle and the wildlife.
For your own safety: plan your tours in advance; check that your equipment is fit and in good conditions; always use helmet and bike gloves; do not overestimate your technical and physical possibilities.

Written by: Bike Competence Center
In cooperation with: Associazione Guide Mountainbike Alto Adige.