There is a European context to the oddness 🙂 Varying levels of controversy are
involved in the extent and limits of mountain biking in the Alpine. While some
countries (Switzerland, Italy …) are very progressive in this regard, others
(Austria, Slovenia, to some extent Germany …) are much more restrictive when
it comes to allowing mountain bikers to use existing (most of them primarily
hiking) Alpine trails or building new ones. While things are gradually
changing for the better, this is still a hot and in legislative sense often
murky topic here in the old continent (for example, most of the all mountain
riding we do in Austria and Slovenia is technically illegal). One of the
things that mountain biking community can contribute here is promoting
responsible behavior towards fragile Alpine nature and communities that live
there.
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Unkas
10 years, 3 months ago
There is a European context to the oddness 🙂 Varying levels of controversy are involved in the extent and limits of mountain biking in the Alpine. While some countries (Switzerland, Italy …) are very progressive in this regard, others (Austria, Slovenia, to some extent Germany …) are much more restrictive when it comes to allowing mountain bikers to use existing (most of them primarily hiking) Alpine trails or building new ones. While things are gradually changing for the better, this is still a hot and in legislative sense often murky topic here in the old continent (for example, most of the all mountain riding we do in Austria and Slovenia is technically illegal). One of the things that mountain biking community can contribute here is promoting responsible behavior towards fragile Alpine nature and communities that live there.
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Morgan Taylor
10 years, 3 months ago
Thanks for the context Unkas. Are the rules enforced? Can you get a ticket for riding in certain places?
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