„In Hungary, there 2 places where building trails is legal and supported, and one of them is Nagykovácsi Bike Park. It is the place where we will have the dig day. It is about 10-15 km from downtown of Budapest, so with a bike you can be there in 30 minutes, but most people bring their ebike or enduro there.

The park belongs to the organizer of the biggest XC and marathon competitions of the country (CROSSKOVÁCSI), but they are really opened for e-bike organizations and teams too, so they are gathering these communities too. The part itself is more about beginners and XC and all-mountain trails rather than huge gravity lines, but with the dig day, we will create more advanced lines too. The reason why a lot of people like this is that it has a lot of flowy trails with smaller jumps, berms, corners. To learn more, follow this link: https://www.crosskovacsi.hu/en/about-us/about-the-association

Because SW BIKE KFT has a really good connection with this organization (they also take part in organizing e-bike categories on the events and they support the organization and events with a lot of things) the dig day will seriously involve Crosskovácsi and SW BIKE KFT communities combined.”

Soil Searching Greece will take place on the mystical mountain of Pelio where the Centaurs live right in the middle of the mainland. Bike 30 from neighbouring Volos will be hosting the dig teams who will be working on the trail network aiming to further work on existing trails and open new ones. The forest consists of a mix of natural deciduous trees, pine trees and coppice woodland used by the local wood and charcoal producers at an altitude of around 650 meters.

The existing trail network caters to both Enduro, Trail and Downhill bikes with a definite gravity bias and is well known around Greece often hosting Enduro and Downhill races as well as being a mountain bike tour destination. We aim to gather a group around 100 participants at the time of the Dig Days!