Ah, Vienna. Home of Mozart, schnitzel and... great riding? That’s what local shredder Helene Fruhwirth reckons. “We have a lot of good spots,” she says. “The hills of the Wienerwald [Vienna Woods] have the perfect elevation for enduro loops and natural, flowy single-track, and there are jump lines, too. You can find every style of riding here.”
One of Helene’s favourite locations is the Anninger, a mountain south of the city, which has great natural tracks filled with rocks, roots, loam, technical sections and steeps.
Recommendations here include the Kiental trail (aka Canadian trail), which has a fast, flowy top section with flat turns and off-camber traverses, followed by a rough, rooty and rocky bottom half. Also, the descents from the Husarentempel [Temple of the Hussars], which has stunning views…