E-bike pleasure tour through Saalfelden Leogang

A farm shop in a lovingly converted horse stable, a pick-up station for organic vegetables and a distillery that also produces gin and vodka - these are all stops on the e-bike pleasure tour. The route is just as suitable for e-bike pros as it is for beginners - the important thing is that cyclists bring time for an enjoyable tour. Plenty of bike service is provided on site. A refreshing change from the enjoyable stops is a dip in the Ritzensee lake. 

 

Saalfelden Leogang is one of Austria's largest bike regions

The bike offer in Saalfelden Leogang is unique, including the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships 2020, the Epic Bikepark Leogang and the BIKE Festival Saalfelden Leogang. New from 2020: Saalfelden Leogang, together with Saalbach Hinterglemm and Fieberbrunn, forms Austria's largest bike region, ensuring boundless biking fun.
But there is also plenty of pleasure to be had: The tour starts at the Asitz valley station in Leogang and leads via the centre of Saalfelden to the Ritzensee lake. You return to Leogang via Breitenbergham and Uttenhofen. In sober figures, that's 32.8 kilometres, approx. 2.5 hours of riding time and 330 metres in altitude. Much more important than the numbers are the special places, original dishes and exciting producers with their regional specialities.

 

The best for at home from farm shops: an alpaca stable, a converted horse stable and round-the-clock organic vegetables

If you want to take a delicious holiday memory home with you, you will find a large selection of Pinzgau delicacies in the Leogang village shop - where you can also buy Leogang organic sausage and meat products. The ‘Gerstbodner Troadladl’, the Ziererhof farm shop, is known for its dairy and cereal products.
Off to the stables is the motto at HPH anno 1905 - a village shop that was created from a former, lovingly remodelled horse stable and has already won several awards for its home-made butter. A special farm shop is that of the Saalfelden alpaca stable, which produces a wide range of products from socks to baby sleeping bags from its own alpaca breed. Incidentally, alpaca wool is one of the most valuable and precious natural fibres in the world. If you want to get to know the alpacas, you can book one of the trekking tours and set off in fluffy company.

The Stechaubauer organic farm is also definitely worth a stop on the tour. No matter what time of day or night: there are always fresh organic vegetables here. In the vegetable hut, a self-service vending machine where you select your vegetables via touchscreen and then pull them out of the corresponding compartment.

 

Filled leaf doughnuts, honey vinegar and sea buckthorn wild fruit juice

Pinzgau and the Saalfelden Leogang region in particular are known for their specialities. You should definitely try the Pinzgauer Bladl. These are filled doughnuts with sauerkraut, which are served on certain days at the Klampfererhof. In addition to culinary specialities, Gasthof Hubertus also serves beer from its own brewery - the Palfen Lassing, a light top-fermented pale ale, is currently the perfect seasonal beer. 
You should also plan a proper Brettljause at the rustic Sinnlehenalm at an altitude of 950 metres - on the Brettl there is freshly baked bread, bacon and cheese from the alpine dairy.

 

If you fancy something sweet after so much savoury food, you should visit the Höttl apiary. With a show beehive, it provides insights into the fascinating world of bees. The shop sells unusual creations such as honey vinegar or creamed honey with roasted almonds. 

Fancy something high-proof? At the Tribuser small distillery, you can buy brandies made from raspberries and rowan berries and also taste them in ‘bike-friendly quantities’. It is interesting to take a look inside the distillery. The sea buckthorn products are a speciality, as the sea buckthorn is grown on site. If you fancy even more high-proof spirits, you should plan a tour stop at Herzog's schnapps distillery: In one of the most modern distilleries in Europe, Pinzgau gin and vodka are also produced alongside fine brandies. 

 

Lots of services for e-bikers

The Saalfelden Leogang region offers very special tours for e-bikers. These include tours through the Steinerne Meer, XXL tours and pleasure tours. If you don't have your own e-mountainbike, you can hire one from Sport Mitterer at the Asitzbahn cable car at any time. The guides from the Elements Outdoorsports bike school have the best insider tips for all tours. 

For a ‘well-rounded cycling holiday’, there are special bike hotels in Saalfelden Leogang such as the Salzburger Hof, Bio Hotel Rupertus, Hotel Bacher, Hotel Riederalm, Hotel Ritzenhof, Mama Thresl, Hotel Krallerhof, Hotel Forsthofalm and Hotel Der Löwe as well as competent bike shops such as Sport Mitterer or Sport 2000 Simon.