Mariborsko Pohorje resort lit up at night, the mountain area that hosts Bike Park Pohorje
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Bike Park Pohorje Maribor

A World Cup mountain with a genuinely gentle green Family Line and a conveyor-lift Skills Park, so first-timers and confident kids can share the same hill.

★ 4.3 / 5 Gravity Card

At a glance

Drive from Berlin
885 km
9:38 h
Lift
Gondola (Pohorska vzpenjača)
Vertical drop
~702 m
Season
May–Oct

Difficulty spread

How the 9 marked trails break down by colour.

Green
1
Blue
2
Red
4
Black
2

Best for: World Cup heritage & flow

For families

✓Magic-carpet / skills park
✗Green flow from the top
✓On-site bike school / coaching
✓Protection set hire (pads)
✗Lift carries bikes (gondola)

Where it is

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Trip notes

Is it right for your kids?

Pohorje is best known as a Downhill World Cup venue, but for families the draw is the conveyor-lift Skills Park and the green Family Line — a 2.4 km descent of gentle bumps and flowing turns that even nervous first-timers can roll. Older or braver kids can graduate to the 5.2 km Flow Line, whose main-line obstacles are all designed to be rollable. It is a strong family choice, with the caveat that the operator publishes no minimum age, so call ahead about lift access and rental for very young riders.

Trails to know

Family Line

Family Line

· 2.4 km

Gentle bumps, flowing turns and wooden features over a 237 m descent from the cable-car mid-station — the easiest real descent and a good first lap for kids.

Flow Line

Flow Line

· 5.2 km

All main-line obstacles are designed to be rollable over a 702 m descent — a long, confidence-building blue once kids have the basics.

ZigZag

ZigZag

· beginner trail

No jumps, roots or technical obstacles, just lots of curves for practising cornering — a technique trail suitable for all ages, including first-timers.

Ruška Family

Ruška Family

· 1.3 km

Bumps and flowing berms plus small jumps over a 214 m descent (Ruška chairlift, Areh side) — a natural next step up for a kid ready to leave the ground.

Good to know for parents

•The Skills Park has its own conveyor lift, so kids can lap drills (rollers, low jumps, corners) without pedalling back up — it is pitched as suitable for children, teens and adults with no prior experience.
•A complete Protection Set is rentable from the Sport Center Gondola rental (20 EUR/day or 15 EUR/4h); confirm by phone whether full-face helmets and child sizes are included, as the inventory does not state this.
•The Pohorska vzpenjača gondola runs every day on the hour roughly 7:00–21:00, with no 08:00 car on Mondays for maintenance — check the seasonal bike schedule before relying on a late uplift.
•Family Line starts from the cable-car mid-station, so you can take a shorter uplift with younger kids rather than committing to the full 702 m Flow Line top-to-bottom.
•The Skills Park is structured around learning (posture, braking, speed control, cornering), making it a good place for a coached first session — worth checking availability ahead for a first-timer.

From the trails

Mariborsko Pohorje resort lit up at night, the mountain area that hosts Bike Park Pohorje Ratipok (Wikimedia Commons) — CC0, no attribution required
Panorama of Mariborsko Pohorje, the mountain above Maribor where Bike Park Pohorje is located Andrej Jakobčič (Wikimedia user Andrejj), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (attribution + share-alike required)
View of the city of Maribor seen from Pohorje mountain Rekm at English Wikipedia — Public domain, no attribution required

The facts

Access & logistics
CountrySlovenia [1]
State / regionŠtajerska (Styria region) [1]
City / nearest townMaribor [1]
Mountain areaPohorje massif (Mariborsko Pohorje) [1]
Coordinates46.5330, 15.5992 [2]
Drive from Berlin885 km · 9:38 h ↗ Google Maps Directions API
Lift typeCircular gondola "Pohorska vzpenjača"; bikes carried. Capacity per cabin Not found [3]
Season & opening2026 season opens 11 March 2026 [3]
Operating hoursBike park daily 09:00–17:00; gondola hourly 07:00–21:00 (no 08:00 run on Mondays) [3]
Gravity CardYes — listed in the Gravity Card network [4]
Trails
CharacterSlovenia's largest and most renowned bike park, home of the UCI World Cup downhill since 1999; a full spread from gentle family flow to a legendary steep race track. [1][5]
Trail typesFlow, tech/rooty, downhill race, skills/pump features [5]
Difficulty spread1242 11 trails total [5]
Vertical drop~702 m (Flow Line, upper station to valley) [5][6]
Longest descentFlow Line ~5.2 km; Family Line 2.4 km; World Cup ~2 km [5]
Features & suitability
Family friendlinessHigh — green Family Line and blue flow trails for newcomers [1]
Beginner-friendlinessGood — dedicated green/blue progression plus skills park [5]
Skills areaBelt / magic-carpet — Skills Park with pump track, technical zones and a conveyor lift to the top [5]
Standout featuresThe "World Cup" track (since 1999) with its "Rocks and Roll" rock garden; short, intense Fury Trail [5]
Practical
Bike shop / washOn-site bike shop & rental (PROBIKE partner); bikes can be cleaned at the gondola bar [5][6]
Camper / campingPohorje Village Resort (hotel/apartments + bike packages) at the base; several campsites on/around Pohorje incl. Camping Center Kekec, Maribor [6]
ReputationPositive; 4.3/5 on Google reviews (≈237 reviews) and well rated on TripAdvisor as the flagship Slovenian park [7]

Facts compiled from official sources — verify season, pricing and lift status on the operator’s site before you travel.

Sources

  1. Visit Pohorje — Bike park Mariborsko Pohorje
  2. Google Maps Geocoding API — Bike Park Pohorje Maribor
  3. Visit Pohorje — Operation bike park (season, hours, gondola)
  4. Gravity Card — member bikeparks list
  5. Visit Pohorje — trails, difficulty, skills park, World Cup
  6. Pohorje Village Resort — Bike Park & rental, wash, packages
  7. Wanderlog — Bike Park Pohorje Maribor (Google rating 4.3/5)
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