Bikepacking Events
The 2023 calendar of bikepacking events: Races, rides, shows, festivals, and more.
Terrain
Distance
Type
Date Range
| Event | Start Date | Event Type | Terrain | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas Mountain Race | 03/02/2023 | Race | Gravel | Marrakech, Morocco | 1,302km |
| Kiwi Brevet | 04/02/2023 | Ride | Gravel | Blenheim, New Zealand | 1,000km |
| Race Around Rwanda | 05/02/2023 | Race | Gravel | Kigali, Rwanda | 1,000 km |
| Tour Aetearoa | 15/02/2023 | Ride | Off-Road | Cape Reinga, New Zealand | 3,000km |
| Iditarod Trail Invitational | 26/02/2023 | Race | Road | Knik Lake, Alaska | 565 / 1,600km |
| Criss Cross Cyprus | 28/02/2023 | Event | Gravel | Pano Platres, Cyprus | 120 / 150 / 300km |
| Hoved Ting | 10/03/2023 | Ride | Gravel | Hamburg, Germany | 1,020km |
| Transcimbrica | 10/03/2023 | Ride | Gravel | Hamburg, Germany | 1,340km |
| Cloudride Prologue | 11/03/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Canberra, Australia | 500km |
| PocoLoco Weekend dans le Lot | 17/03/2023 | Ride | Road | Brive-la-Gaillarde, France | 300km |
| GranGuanche Audax Gravel | 18/03/2023 | Ride | Gravel | Lanzarote | 700km |
| Indian Pacific Wheel Race | 18/03/2023 | Race | Road | Perth, Australia | 5,471km |
| Discover Israel | 23/03/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Eilat, Israel | 1,150km |
| Classics Story, The Northern Way | 03/04/2023 | Ride | Road | Gent, Belgium | 1,200km |
| Dales Divide | 07/04/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Arnside, UK | 600km |
| Monaro Cloudride 1000 | 07/04/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Canberra, Australia | 1,000km |
| The Unknown Race | 07/04/2023 | Race | Road | Lyon, France | 1,000km |
| The Munga Grit Tankwa | 14/04/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Ceres, South Africa | 240 / 500km |
| Sisters in the Wild: Intro to Bikepacking - South Downs | 14/04/2023 | Event | Gravel | South Downs, UK | N/A |
| Border Bash Aragon Gravel Camp | 20/04/2023 | Ride | Gravel | Bohemian-Saxony, Switzerland | 1,227km |
| A-Cross the 3 | 28/04/2023 | Ride | Off-Road | Eupen, Belgium | 500km |
| Sisters in the Wild: Intro to Bikepacking - Peak District | 28/04/2023 | Event | Gravel | Hope Valley, UK | N/A |
| DEAD ENDS & dolci | 28/04/2023 | Ride | Road | Bellinzona, Switzerland | 500km |
| Race Across Italy | 29/04/2023 | Race | Road | Silvi Alta, Italy | 300 / 775 / 2,000km |
| Italy Divide | 29/04/2023 | Ride | Off-Road | Pompei, Italy | 1,250km |
| La Gravel Tro Breizh | 29/04/2023 | Race | Gravel | Lac de Trémelin, Brittany, France | 1250km |
| BikingMan Portugal | 01/05/2023 | Race | Road | Faro, Portugal | 1,000km |
| Seven Serpents: Quick Bite! | 06/05/2023 | Race | Gravel | Ljubljana, Slovenia | 500km |
| The Southern Divide: Spring Edition | 11/05/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Land's End, UK | 614km |
| Race Across Belgium | 11/05/2023 | Race | Road | Braine l’Alleud, Belgium | 300 / 500 / 1,000km |
| Wild West Country | 12/05/2023 | Race | Road | Chavenage, UK | 800km |
| Kromvojoj | 13/05/2023 | Ride | Road | Reus, Spain | 1,400km |
| Hellenic Mountain Race | 13/05/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Meteora, Greece | 1,000km |
| Gravel Birds Ultracycling | 13/05/2023 | Ride | Gravel | Castro Verde, Portugal | 750km |
| Seven Serpents | 14/05/2023 | Ride | Gravel | Ljubliana, Slovenia | 850km |
| Picos de Europa Women Cycling Camp | 14/05/2023 | Ride | Road | Santander, Spain | 300km |
| Sisters in the Wild: Summer Gathering | 19/05/2023 | Event | Gravel | Ambleside, UK | N/A |
| Race Through Poland | 20/05/2023 | Race | Road | Wisła, Poland | 1,500 km |
| MittelgebirgeClassique | 21/05/2023 | Race | Road | Neustadt, Germany | 1,100km |
| Andean Raid | 23/05/2023 | Race | Gravel | Cusco, Peru | 617km |
| Gravity Bike Festival | 26/05/2023 | Event | Gravel | Schlaubetal, Germany | N/A |
| LA CONQUISTA BIKE PACKING | 26/05/2023 | Race | Gravel | Burgos Spain | 600km |
| Highland Trail 550 | 27/05/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Tyndrum, Scotland | 885km |
| All Points North | 27/05/2023 | Ride | Road | Sheffield, UK | ~1,000km |
| Dorset Dirt Dash | 27/05/2023 | Ride | Gravel | Swanage, UK | 160km |
| BikingMan Corsica | 29/05/2023 | Race | Road | Biguglia, Corsica | 1,000km |
| Hydra Epic VI | 01/06/2023 | Race | Gravel | Druskininkai, Lithuania | 1,600km |
| The Great British Escapade | 01/06/2023 | Ride | Off-Road | Canterbury, Kent | 480km |
| TransCanada Bike Race | 01/06/2023 | Race | Road | Whitehorse, Yukon | 12,500km |
| Trans Balkan Race | 02/06/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Sežana, Slovenia | 1,300km |
| Pedalma's Madrid to Barcelona | 02/06/2023 | Ride | Road | Madrid, Spain | 700km |
| Trans Am Bike Race | 04/06/2023 | Race | Road | Astoria, USA | 6,900km |
| Heading SouthWest | 04/06/2023 | Ride | Road | Coimbra, Portugal | 1,100km |
| Pennine Rally | 06/06/2023 | Ride | Gravel | Glasgow, UK | 600km |
| TransAtlanticWay | 08/06/2023 | Race | Road | Derry, Northern Ireland | 2,500km |
| North Race Westphalia | 08/06/2023 | Race | Road | Bad Honnef, Germany | 1,000km |
| B-HARD Ultra Race & Brevet | 09/06/2023 | Ride | Road | Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina | 1,200km |
| Tour Divide | 09/06/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Banff, Canada | 4,339km |
| BAM! Festival | 09/06/2023 | Event | Gravel | Mantua, Italy | N/A |
| Graveller Drenthe | 09/06/2023 | Event | Gravel | Drenthe, Netherlands | N/A |
| Taunus Bikepacking | 11/06/2023 | Ride | Gravel | Eppstein, Germany | ~1,000km |
| Gravel of Legend | 16/06/2023 | Ride | Gravel | Normandy, France | 320km |
| Gather Festival | 16/06/2023 | Event | Gravel | Ariège, Pyrénées, France | N/A |
| Race Around the Netherlands GX | 17/06/2023 | Race | Gravel | Amerongen, Netherlands | 1,230 / 1,932km |
| Hope 1000 | 17/06/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Romanshorn, Switzerland | 1,000km |
| Bike Nonstop US | 18/06/2023 | Race | Gravel | Portland, Oregon, USA | 5,600km |
| Trans Mni Sota Wheel Race | 18/06/2023 | Race | Gravel | White Bear Lake, Minnesota, USA | 1,900km |
| Midnight Sun Randonnnée 1200 | 06/2023 | Ride | Road | Brännland, Sweden | 1,200km |
| Krakow-Tarifa | 20/06/2023 | Race | Road | Krakow, Poland | 4,000km |
| Solstice Sprint | 22/06/2023 | Race | Road | Warwick, England | 1,000km |
| Race Across France | 22/06/2023 | Race | Road | Mandelieu-la-Napoule, France | 300 / 500 / 1,000 / 2,500km |
| DEAD ENDS & cake | 23/06/2023 | Race | Road | Sankt Gallen, Switzerland | 500km |
| Swiss-Bike Adventure | 24/06/2023 | Race | Road | Andermatt, Switzerland | 1,350km |
| Italy Unite | 24/06/2023 | Race | Gravel | Santa Maria di Leuca, Puglia, Italy | 2,000km |
| BC Epic 1000 | 24/06/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Merritt, Canada | 1,000km |
| Transpyrenees (Transibérica) | 24/06/2023 | Race | Road | Llançà, Spain | 1,080km |
| Ascend Armenia | 25/06/2023 | Race | Gravel | Yerevan, Armenia | 1,200 km |
| Unmapping: Sweden | 26/06/2023 | Race | Gravel | Kiruna, Sweden | 2,350km |
| BikingMan France | 26/06/2023 | Race | Road | Côte d’Azur, France | 1,000km |
| Evolution Gravel Race | 27/06/2023 | Race | Gravel | Ngorongoro crater, Tanzania | 850km |
| Trans Alba Race | 02/07/2023 | Race | Road | Edinburgh, Scotland | 1,713km |
| Race Across Czechia | 05/07/2023 | Race | Road | Aš, Czechia | 1,100km |
| Race Across Germany | 07/07/2023 | Race | Road | Flensburgh, Germany | 1,100km |
| Smoke Ring Challenge | 07/07/2023 | Ride | Off-Road | Thames Estuary, UK | 322km |
| Gravel Weekend | 07/07/2023 | Event | Gravel | Smārde, Latvia | N/A |
| Pan Celtic Race | 07/2023 | Race | Road | St Davids, Wales | 2,500km |
| Lost in Prealps | 08/07/2023 | Event | Gravel | Limana, Italy | N/A |
| Three Peaks Bike Race | 09/07/2023 | Race | Road | Vienna, Austria | 2,500km |
| The Bright Midnight | 09/07/2023 | Race | Gravel | Tolga, Norway | 1,000km |
| Memory Bike Adventure | 11/07/2023 | Ride | Gravel | Veneto, Italy | 720km |
| Dorset Divide | 13/07/2023 | Race | Gravel | Dorset, UK | 530km |
| Perfidious Albion | 15/07/2023 | Race | Road | Lockerbie to the Cotswolds | 1,600km |
| La Sea to Peak | 15/07/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Brittany, France | 2,100km |
| The Ardennes Monster | 19/07/2023 | Race | Road | Namur, Belgium | 1,050km |
| Peaks of Montenegro | 21/07/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Podgorica, Montenegro | 900km |
| Trans Alpes | 22/07/2023 | Race | Road | Ljubljana, Slovenia | 400 / 800 / 1,200 / 2,850km |
| Baroudeuse Unpaved | 22/07/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Monaco, France | 317 / 650 / 1,000km |
| NorthCape4000 | 22/07/2023 | Race | Road | Lake Garda, Italy | 4,000km |
| Transcontinental Race | 23/07/2023 | Race | All-road | Geraardsbergen, Belgium | ~4,000km |
| The Capitals | 23/07/2023 | Ride | Gravel | Barcelona, Spain | 850km |
| Berlin-Munich-Berlin | 27/07/2023 | Ride | Road | Berlin, Germany | 1,500km |
| 20K Ultra Trail | 28/07/2023 | Ride | Off-Road | Pinerolo, Italy | 1,000km |
| West Carpathian Challenge | 28/07/2023 | Ride | Off-Road | Zámutov, Slovakia | 600km |
| BikingMan 555 Vercors | 28/07/2023 | Race | Gravel | Vercors, France | 500km |
| Log Driver's Waltz | 29/07/2023 | Ride | Gravel | Ottawa Valley, Canada | 800km |
| West Carpathian ULTRA Challenge | 29/07/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Zámutov, Slovakia | 1,000km |
| Basajaun | 30/07/2023 | Race | Gravel | Urbasa, Spain | 760km |
| French Divide | 05/08/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Flanders, France | 2200km |
| Utrecht Ultra | 05/08/2023 | Race | Road | Utrecht, The Netherlands | 1000km |
| Great British Divide | 05/08/2023 | Ride | Off-Road | Dover, UK | 1,400 / 2,050km |
| BikingMan Aura | 07/08/2023 | Race | Road | Beauvallon, France | 1,025km |
| Vollgummi | 11/08/2023 | Race | Gravel | Burgdorf, Germany | 450km |
| Silk Road Mountain Race | 12/08/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Karakol, Kyrgystan | 1,880km |
| Carpathian Arch Race | 12/08/2023 | Race | Road | Cluj Napoca, Romania | 2,500km |
| GBDURO23 | 12/08/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Land's End, UK | 2,000km |
| WOLFman | 12/08/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Orlické hory, Czech Republic | 2,222km |
| Alaska Divide | 13/08/2023 | Race | Gravel | Anchorage, Alaska | 1,680km |
| Transibérica | 19/08/2023 | Race | Road | Málaga, Spain | 2,700km |
| Paris-Brest-Paris | 20/08/2023 | Ride | Road | Paris, France | 1,200km |
| Around Tatras | 23/08/2023 | Ride | Gravel | Jablunkov, Czechia | 1,000km |
| Liège-Paris-Liège | 24/08/2023 | Ride | Road | Liège, Belgium | 1,000km |
| Liège-Chimay-Liège | 25/08/2023 | Ride | Road | Liège, Belgium | 500km |
| Further Pyrénées | 25/08/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Pyrénées, France | ~500km |
| Ride Across Girona | 26/08/2023 | Ride | Road | Girona, Spain | 400 / 700km |
| Norte a Sur | 30/08/2023 | Race | Road | Zaragoza, Spain | 999km |
| Mountains of the Merfynion | 01/09/2023 | Ride | Gravel | Tetbury, UK | 900km |
| A-Cross the Champs | 09/2023 | Ride | Gravel | Pouillon, France | 200 / 400km |
| Terra Australis | 01/09/2023 | Race | Gravel | Cape York, Queensland, Australia | 6,250km |
| Bohemian Border Bash Race | 02/09/2023 | Race | Gravel | Jetřichovice, Czech Republic | 1,300km |
| At Last Lost | 02/09/2023 | Event | Road | Aveiro, Portugal | 1,250km |
| BikingMan Euskadi | 04/09/2023 | Race | Road | Anglet, France | 1,000km |
| SUCH23 | 06/09/2023 | Ride | Road | Switzerland | ~950km |
| Border Bash Bohemia Gravel Camp | 07/09/2023 | Event | Gravel | Bohemian-Saxony, Switzerland | 300km |
| Further East | 15/09/2023 | Race | Gravel | Cambridgeshire, UK | ~640km |
| The Southern Divide: Autumn Edition | 21/09/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Land's End, UK | 670km |
| The Munga Grit Cradle | 22/09/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Ceres, South Africa | 240 / 500km |
| Dunoon Dirt Dash | 23/09/2023 | Ride | Gravel | Dunoon, UK | 160km |
| Iberica-Traversa (Gravel) | 24/09/2023 | Race | Gravel | Irun, Spain | 1,723km |
| Iberica Traversa (Road) | 25/09/2023 | Race | Road | Irun, Spain | 1,720km |
| BikingMan Brazil | 25/09/2023 | Race | Gravel | Santo Antônio do Pinhal, Brazil | 1,000km |
| Istra Land | 29/09/2023 | Race | Gravel | Sežana, Slovenia | 420km |
| Two Volcano Sprint | 10/2023 | Race | All-road | Mount Etna, Italy | 1,100km |
| La Rioja Women Cycling Camp | 07/10/2023 | Ride | Gravel | Logroño, Spain | 250km |
| Morocco-BikeAdventure Road | 08/10/2023 | Race | Road | Tangier, Morocco | 2,400km |
| Morocco-BikeAdventure Piste | 08/10/2023 | Race | Gravel | Tangier, Morocco | 2,300km |
| Ultrabiking Sardinia | 12/10/2023 | Race | Road | Sardinia, Italy | 790km |
| The Munga Grit Michigan | 14/10/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Traverse City, Michigan, USA | +/- 250km |
| HLC: The Holyland Challenge | 10/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Mount Hermon, Israel | 700 / 1,460km |
| Further Highlands | 27/10/2023 | Ride | Gravel | Corrour Station, Scotland | ~500km |
| BikingMan Morocco | 30/10/2023 | Ride | Gravel | Morocco | 1000km |
| Hunt 1000 | 11/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Melbourne, Australia | 1,000km |
| Across Andes | 19/11/2023 | Race | Gravel | Coyhaique, Chile | 1,000km |
| The Munga: Toughest MTB Race on Earth | 29/11/2023 | Race | Off-Road | Bloemfontein, South Africa | 1,100km |
| The 03 | 27/12/2023 | Ride | Gravel | Christchurch, New Zealand | 4,018km |