Biking in Ischgl – Bike Guide Uli Stanciu
Mr. BIKE in Ischgl – Uli Stanciu
The founder and editor of BIKE, the first German magazine for mountain bikers, is impressed by the Ischgl Bike Arena. Uli Stanciu put its trails and tours through rigorous tests.
It was in 1985, while acting as chief editor of SURF magazine, that Uli Stanciu first came into contact with the sport that would later shape his life – mountain biking. He battled with dunes on the North Sea island of Sylt on a type of jeep bike. His enthusiasm for the sport has not let up. A friendly bike salesman finally persuaded Uli Stanciu to found a magazine for mountain bikers. This did not require much convincing. Biking has become a raving success, just as Uli Stanciu anticipated.
The rest is a unique success story. BIKE magazine is the most circulated MTB magazine in Europe. Tests, innovations, tours, trips, fitness, racing, stars and much more - BIKE covers the entire mountain biking spectrum. BIKE is the recognised forum of the bike scene. With new magazines such as FREERIDE and others covering specialised subjects such as TRANSALP, BIKE is always cutting-edge. And Uli Stanciu plays a big role in this.
With the boom in freeriding and transalpine, heading to Ischgl was a logical move. Stanciu is also the leading provider of GPS data for mountain bikers with bike GPS. Uli Stanciu continues to “gauge” all Ischgl’s tours and freeride trails himself. The results speak volumes. The size of the entire tour network and the length of individual trails, reaching altitudes of 2,900 metres, the uphill and downhill altitude differences, the successful mix of easier and more difficult bike routes – all of these facts prove what Uli Stanciu has been convinced of ever since: Ischgl has developed into one of the best mountain biking and freeride resorts in the Alps.
For Uli Stanciu, it’s not only the facts that count. He raves about all his discovery tours: the level of professionalism at which trails in Ischgl are regularly updated, the perfect infrastructure with cable cars for mountain bikers and above all the incomparable panoramic views of the Silvretta, Samnaun and Verwall Groups – each of these points is reason enough for you to take a mountain biking holiday in Tyrol. Do what Uli Stanciu did, come mountain biking in Ischgl. You can book online now here.
