Bike Park Pohorje Maribor

Bike Park Pohorje Maribor is Slovenia's largest and best known gravity bike park, spread across two lift served zones on Pohorje above the city: the main Mariborsko Pohorje area and the Areh sector further up the plateau. Between them the park offers around 18 waymarked trails from green to black, roughly 30km of riding in total, served by a cable car, a chairlift and drag lifts. Its signature World Cup black run has hosted UCI Downhill World Cup racing since 1999.

The Trails

Trails are split across two zones. The main Mariborsko Pohorje zone, reached from the lower cable car station, carries the park's best known runs:

• World Cup (Black): the legendary UCI World Cup downhill track, fast and root strewn with the famous Rocks and Roll rock garden. Around 2.2km long with roughly 465m of vertical drop.
• Fury Trail (Black): a hand built enduro line with roots, natural drops and tight switchbacks, around 820m long.
• Bolfenk Trail (Red, with black sections): steep and technical, used for World Cup level training.
• Red Fox Trail (Red): an enduro trail over roots, rock and wooden features, around 1.2km, named for the Golden Fox ski race.
• Stream Line (Red): a short hand built singletrack alongside a stream, around 400m.
• Jump Line (Red): built for flowy jumps and smooth transitions.
• Videc 1 (Red) and Videc 2 (Black): natural forest singletrack through spruce woods, with a further Videc sector in development.
• Panorama Trail and Tower Trail (Blue): easier connecting routes with views over the Drava valley.
• Flow Line (Blue): the park's long beginner and family friendly descent, around 5.2km with roughly 700m of descent, with optional jump features for stronger riders.
• Family Line (Green): the easiest trail in the park, gentle bumps and flowing turns, rideable year round.
• Skills Park: a dedicated beginner area with its own conveyor lift, for learning body position, braking and jumps away from the main trails.

The Areh zone, a short drive further up the plateau, adds:

• Ruška Flow (Red): smooth turns and small to medium jumps, around 2.1km.
• Ruška Family (Blue): a winding, family friendly line, around 1.3km.
• Amerika Trail (Blue enduro): natural singletrack with wooden features and easy bypasses, around 837m.
• Loam Lane (Blue) and ZigZag Trail (Green): easier natural singletrack aimed at newer riders.

The park is under active development, so expect new lines and the odd trail closed for renovation. Check the operator's own trail status notices before travelling for anything time sensitive.

Admission and Prices

Day tickets cover unlimited use of the KKŽ cable car, with separate weekday and weekend/holiday rates that step up through the summer. In peak season (late June to the end of August) a weekday day ticket costs EUR 44 for adults, EUR 35 for youth, students and seniors, and EUR 22.50 for children, rising to EUR 49, EUR 39 and EUR 25 on Fridays, weekends and public holidays. Rates are lower either side of peak summer. Riders focused only on the Areh side can buy a cheaper ticket covering just the Ruška chairlift and the Areh and Videc drag lifts, at EUR 31.50 for adults and EUR 22 for children. Season passes covering the whole April to November period are also available.

Prices are correct as of September 2026 but subject to change, so check current rates on the venue's website before you visit.

Guides, Shuttles and Hire

The park's own lifts, the KKŽ cable car plus the Ruška chairlift and the Areh and Videc drag lifts, are the uplift here, so there is no separate van shuttle to arrange. Several businesses at or near the lower cable car base offer bike hire, lessons and guided rides.

• Pohorje Village Resort: e-bike hire by the half day or full day, including a helmet and cycling map, based at the Wellness and Spa Hotel Bolfenk up on the plateau on the Areh side of the park.
• Ride Pohorje: guided rides run by Sport Club Grabit, from a half-day Pohorje explorer to a full day tackling the bike park and a longer route out to Rogla, based at the lower cable car station.
• Spank MTB School: individual and group lessons, guided days, and downhill, enduro and e-bike hire, based in the building at the lower cable car station right at the exit of the park's trails.
• Sport Center Gondola: downhill, enduro, cross-country, e-bike and gravel bike hire, trading as ProBike Rent and Service, based at the lower cable car station.

Some of these operators publish little online, so contact them before you travel to check they're running. Prices are correct as of September 2026 but subject to change, so check current rates with the operator.

Getting There from the UK

Graz, just across the border in Austria, is the closest airport, around an hour's drive away. Ljubljana Jože Pučnik and Zagreb are both a little under two hours by road and give a wider choice of routes from the UK. None of the three airports has a direct rail link into Maribor, so plan for a transfer or hire car onward.

By rail it is a long trip from the UK: Eurostar to Paris or Brussels, then onward trains via Munich, Salzburg and Villach into Slovenia, with a change at Ljubljana, Celje or Graz to reach Maribor, which is itself a well connected rail hub. A night train can cover part of the route. Bikes need planning on the high-speed and cross-border legs, and rules vary by operator, so check each one's current bike-carriage policy before you travel.

Driving from Calais or the Channel Tunnel is around 1,370km, roughly 14 hours on motorways through Germany and Austria (or further south via Italy and Slovenia). You will need an Austrian motorway vignette and a Slovenian e-vignette, both available online or from a service station near the border.

When to Go

The lift served season runs from around April to the end of November each year, longer than most Alpine bike parks because Pohorje sits at a lower, more wooded altitude. The main Mariborsko Pohorje zone typically runs the fuller lift timetable, while the Areh sector's chairlift and drag lifts can run a shorter schedule, so check current times before planning a trip built around Areh alone. The park has hosted international downhill racing on its World Cup track since 1999 and continues to host events most summers, when the base area is busiest, along with weekends and Slovenian school holidays.

Pohorje's trails sit in wooded, mid-mountain terrain rather than high alpine ground, so summers are milder here than in the high Alps, but afternoon thunderstorms still build in the warmer months. Check the forecast and start early if you can.

Where to Stay

Maribor itself, a short ride or bus trip from the lower cable car station, is the practical base: a compact city with hotels, hostels and apartments, plus rail and bus connections onward. For a quieter stay closer to the upper trails, the plateau around Bolfenk and Areh has guesthouses and a spa hotel, putting you nearer the Areh zone and the wider Pohorje plateau at the cost of a longer trip down to the main base each day.

If you are combining this with other Slovenian riding, Velika Planina is under two hours west and Kranjska Gora Bike Park a little under three.

Facilities

The base area at the lower cable car station has paid parking, a ticket office, a bike shop and bike wash. There is a bar at the top of the gondola for a break between runs, and further catering up on the plateau near Bolfenk.

Getting Here

The lower cable car station is at Pohorska ulica 60, on the eastern edge of Maribor, with paid parking right next to the base. From the city centre, follow signs for Pohorje. The Areh zone is reached separately, further up the plateau road.

Maribor's Marprom city buses, which also operate the cable car, stop directly outside the lower station at the Vzpenjača stop, making the base easy to reach without a car.

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