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Mountain bike trips in the Carpathians

Ride the
Carpathians.

Come ride with us and discover one of Europe’s last great wildernesses.

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On a ridge in the Slovak Carpathians

01 The Carpathians

One of Europe’s last great wildernesses.

The Carpathian Mountains form a broad curve stretching around 1,500 kilometres across Central and Eastern Europe. From the foothills of Austria and Czechia, the range runs through Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Ukraine, then on into Romania and Serbia.

The Carpathians: nature and people

Beyond the main roads, the mountains open into deep forests, high meadows and villages where life still follows the seasons. In parts of Romania, shepherds still take their flocks to mountain pastures. The open grasslands they help maintain are part of what makes the landscape here so distinctive.

We’ve spent the past ten years riding through the Carpathian wilderness, looking for the best places to ride. Of all the routes we’ve ridden, those in Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine have stayed with us most. In our experience, Slovakia and Romania offer some of Europe’s best mountain bike trips: long stretches of forest, open ridges and the feeling of being far from the main road. There are still plenty of places here where you can ride through landscapes with little sign of human activity.

Our trips take you to Slovakia and Romania, to the places that stood out after years of riding them ourselves. Come experience the wild side of Europe with us.

02 Destinations

Find your ride.

Explore our guided MTB and e-MTB trips in Slovakia and Romania. Find your trails and choose your week.

Western Carpathians

Slovakia

Forested hills, open mountain ridges and singletrack through the Slovak Carpathians.

Slovak Paradise & RudohorieSlovak Paradise · Slovak Ore Mountains

Ride from Slovak Paradise into the quieter hills of central and eastern Slovakia, from national park tracks to rooty singletrack and karst plateaus.

Bikes
MTB · e-MTB
Departures
10–17 July 2027
17–24 July 2027
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Central SlovakiaVeľká Fatra · Low Tatras · Žilina

Ride the high ridges of Veľká Fatra, loop through the Low Tatras and finish with a mountain traverse from above Terchová towards Žilina.

Bikes
MTB · e-MTB
Departures
31 July–7 August 2027
7–14 August 2027
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Romanian Carpathians

Romania

Mountain biking across high pastures and forested valleys, with time to get to know the places along the way.

Northern Romania – Alpine WildernessVatra Dornei · Maramureș

Open ridges, mountain meadows and long days on the bike. Ride from Vatra Dornei into Maramureș, with two bases and a day off to explore Bukovina.

Bikes
MTB · e-MTB
Departures
19–26 June 2027
21–28 August 2027
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Romanian Transylvania – Hidden TrailsBăile Tușnad · Gheorgheni

Ride through high meadows, old forests and remote ridgelines, with a crater-lake rest day in the middle of the week.

Bikes
MTB · e-MTB
Departures
26 June–3 July 2027
28 August–4 September 2027
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Private group trips

Bikepacking

Want to try bikepacking in the Carpathians? Get a group of friends together and ride with us. We’ll plan a route to suit your group, whether you ride an MTB or an e-MTB.

Prefer to ride light? We can carry your luggage between stops so you can enjoy the trail without bags on your bike.

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03 About us

Built around
the trails.

Carpathian Trail Agency brings together our love of mountain biking and the time we’ve spent exploring the Carpathians. We rode all over the world looking for wild places and kept coming back to the same thought: our favourite riding was right here, close to home. We’re here to share it with you.

We look for places where you can spend the day far from towns and busy roads, then come back to a warm bed and proper meals. Our trips bring those two things together: remote riding and the comfort of full board.

In the Carpathians, a line on a map rarely tells you what a trail is like. Photos and route notes can be scarce. We’ve spent ten years exploring these mountains ourselves, taking wrong turns and going back until we knew which trails make for good riding. That’s how we choose where to take you.

We’ve organised cycling events for years, and we still do. The agency is our way of sharing what we love most: riding mountain bikes out in the wild. Come and ride with us.

Meet the guides
Riders gathered around a fire in a timber shelter
Slovakia · After the ride

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Guides

Aleš Tajták

Romania · Eastern Slovakia

Aleš founded Slovakia Divide, helps organise the Carpathian Mountain Race and works on the long-distance Carpathian Mountain Trail. His riding spans MTB marathons, downhill and freeride. He’s ridden in the Alps, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Israel and Bulgaria, as well as on the Oregon Timber Trail in the US. After years of exploring the Carpathians, it’s still their wild forests he most wants to come back to.

Stano Hvizdoš

Eastern Slovakia · Romania

Stano is a longtime bikepacker and MTB marathon racer. He’s ridden in Oregon and taken on the Carpathian Mountain Race, Slovakia Divide, TransGermany and 1000 Miles Adventure. His favourite ride is back home in Slovakia: the ridge of the Slovak Ore Mountains (Slovenské rudohorie).

Roman Behul

Central Slovakia

Roman swapped climbing for mountain biking and has barely been off the bike since. He rides enduro and loves long bikepacking trips. In 2026 he rode the Tour Divide, the race from Canada to the Mexican border. He’s also ridden Slovakia Divide, the Oregon Timber Trail and plenty of trails closer to home.

Tamás Bohus

Central Slovakia · Romania

Tamás is a ski mountaineer and mountain biker. On the bike, his experience ranges from the Atlas Mountain Race in Morocco to the Carpathian Mountain Trail.