MTB Zone Bikepark Willingen
Willingen (Upland), Hesse, Germany
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- Country
- Germany [1]
- State / region
- Hesse (Waldeck-Frankenberg, Upland/Sauerland) [1]
- City / nearest town
- Willingen (Upland) (Zur Ruthenaar 3, 34508) [1]
- Mountain area
- Rothaargebirge / Sauerland · Ettelsberg [2]
- Coordinates
- 51.2896, 8.5935 ↗ Google Geocoding API
- Drive from Berlin
- 447 km · 5:03 h ↗ Google Maps Directions API
- Lift
- Ettelsberg cable car (left/harder side) + 8-seat chairlift K1 (right/easier side) [2]
- Season & hours
- Typically April – first weekend of November; daily 09:00–17:00 (Fri to 19:00 in summer) [3]
- Gravity Card
- Yes — MTB Zone Willingen in the network [4]
Trails
- Character
- MTB Zone brand park split by skill: technical/World-Cup terrain off the cable car on the left, accessible flow on the right; all-Diddie-Schneider design. [2]
- Trail types
- Flow Country, flow, freeride, downhill (World-Cup), enduro, four-cross, jump line, skills parcours, pump trail/track [3]
- Difficulty spread
- 231 (10 named tracks / 15.6 km; rated descents: 2 easy, 3 moderate, 1 difficult) [5]
- Vertical / longest
- 250 m vertical; total trail length 15.6 km. Longest single descent Not found [5]
Features & suitability
- Family friendly
- Yes — family package (full kit + 2 h lift for 2 adults + 1 child from age 8) and easy right-side trails [6]
- Beginner friendly
- Yes — easy-to-ride trails and a dedicated practice course on the right side [3]
- Skills area
- Yes (no belt) — Übungsparcours with tables, doubles, berms and wooden elements, plus pump trail/track. No magic-carpet/conveyor found. [7]
- Standout features
- Diddie-Schneider downhill built for the 2005/2006 World Cups; air-time-rich Freeride; four-cross [5]
Practical
- Bike shop / repair
- Yes — two bike rental shops directly at the lifts, plus a bike school and food service [2]
- Bike wash
- Not found (not confirmed on operator pages)
- Camper / camping
- No camping on the car park; overnight by Wohnmobilpark Willingen, or Campingplatz Bruchhauser Steine nearby [7]
- Reputation
- Established World-Cup venue and leading MTB Zone park; aggregate star rating Not found (no reliable aggregate located; Trip.com listing had no reviews). [2]
Sources
- Google Geocoding API — Bikepark Willingen address/coordinates
- MTB Zone — Bikepark Willingen (official, lifts, facilities)
- MTB Zone — Willingen trails & hours
- Gravity Card — MTB Zone Bikepark Willingen
- Sauerland.com — Willingen (difficulty counts, 250 m vertical, World-Cup DH)
- willingen.de — MTB Zone Bikepark (family package)
- Bikepark Life — Willingen overview (Übungsparcours, camping)