Mountain biking tours in Slovenia

From Bled you can go on an unforgettable mountain bike adventures to the surrounding hills, plateaus and across the alpine valleys. You can go on mountain biking tours through the forests and across the countryside that offers many local sights along the way.

Or you can set yourself a challenge and climb the plateaus and hills, from where you will have wonderful views of the valleys below and the surrounding mountain peaks. This way you will strengthen up your fitness with more challenging climbs and descents filled with adrenaline.

Adrenaline mountain biking tours for experienced and physically prepared cyclists run from Bled through the forest and to the top of alpine plateaus such as Jelovica, Pokljuka, and Mežakla. If you are a beginner or would like to go on more carefree MTB tours, then you can choose between routes that lead from Bled to Radovna Valley and Kranjska Gora or the other side to Lake Bohinj.

MTB trails from Bled to Kranjska Gora run across the idyllic countryside, through the forests and along the riverbed of Radovna River. The route falls at an intermediate difficulty level, as it offers steady and gradual ascents. Guided MTB tours will lead you through the diverse terrain, where you will enjoy in alternately easy ascents and descents. This is one of the best mountain bike trails as it offers stunning panoramic views of the mighty two-thousand-meter mountains that surround the valley.

Trail lead from the villages of Spodnje and Zgornje Gorje to Krnica hamlet, from where the track starts to follow the Radovna River riverbed, which you also cross over bridges several times. In the Upper Radovna Valley, the view opens to the Krnica Valley, where the biking trip from Bled to Kranjska Gora ends at Lake Jasna.

The lake, that lies near the Vršič mountain pass road, is one of the most popular places around Kranjska Gora, which is less than two kilometers from the lake. Mountain biking tours in this part of the alpine landscape are unique as you can cool off in the crystal clear and emerald green Lake Jasna that is surrounded by the peaks of the Julian Alps.

The Triglav National Park biking trip starts at Bled, from where you will ascend to the Krnica hamlet, the last settlement before the road begins to scale to the Pokljuka plateau. From here, there are magnificent views of Mt. Stol, where the views also open to Lake Bled with its small island. You will then go down on the forest path to the bridge over the Radovna River and continue up the river to the Pocar homestead.

MTB trails are a bit more challenging only with an initial 30-minute ascent to Krnica hamlet near Zgornje Gorje, followed by much easier ascents and descents. Cycling across the valley continues on the gently sloping gravel paths. The entire route is 16 to 18 kilometers long, which will take you about 2 to 3 hours.

Radovna Valley, which is a true mountain paradise, also represents the shortest and most beautiful access to the valleys under Mt. Triglav, such as Krma, Kot and Vrata Valley. Triglav National Park mountain biking tours are unique because in Radovna Valley, along the route, you can see many sights that represent the cultural heritage of the alpine valley.

In the valley, you will pass by the Napoleon Stone, a nearly 500-year-old Gogal linden tree, the old Psnak sawmill and water mill, and the Pocar homestead in Zgornja Radovna. This is one of the oldest homesteads in the Triglav National Park, which is now arranged in an ethnographic open-air museum. MTB tours across the valley will also take you to Lake Kreda, a smaller lake with a breathtaking aquamarine color where you can also swim and freshen up.