There was great joy and relief at the Traunstein District Office when eleven Alpine mayors signed the usage agreement with the Bavarian State Forestry (BaySF) for the designation of around 900 km of mountain bike trails in the Chiemgau Alps after a long period of development and coordination.
The route network is therefore the first officially coordinated MTB network in the Bavarian Alps and Bavaria. The signage is due to be installed in spring so that bikers can take on around 900 km of mountain bike trails.
Bavaria’s first MTB region stretches from the westernmost municipality of Aschau im Chiemgau via the Chiemgau Alps, Ruhpolding and Reit im Winkl with Austria to Inzell on the edge of the Berchtesgaden Alps. The route network offers all mountain bikers a wide range of different levels of difficulty from Bavaria to neighboring Austria with Tyrol and Salzburger Land. The now completed project will serve as a reference for the whole of Bavaria.
In the course of the planning steps, not only an attractive bike offer was created. Much more complex and challenging was the development of clear regulations and obligations for the contracting parties, the landowners and users, as well as the corresponding drafting of a usage agreement.
The core of the bike region is also the guidance system developed for MTB trails. The signage system was developed in close cooperation with local stakeholders and agreed with the landowner, Bayerische Staatsforsten. The signage system consists of various types of signs, is compatible with the signage in the neighboring regions of Austria and Berchtesgadener Land and can be integrated into the existing cycling and hiking infrastructure.
Mountain bikers use the tour numbers on the signs to find their way. Information boards at the starting points and at prominent intersections will supplement the guidance system. In addition, the tour data will be displayed centrally on the websites of the tourism associations via the tourinfra administration tool commonly used in the region.
