Valkeakoski Biking Trails

This route is about 6.6 km as one point-to-point mountain-bike trace through Valkeakoski’s Korkeakangas outdoor hill—the old ski-hill block northeast of the town centre in Pirkanmaa. For lengths of the marked XCO race loops, winter notes, shooting-range rules, and the new stair climb, start with the Korkeakangas hub on the City of Valkeakoski website(1). Valkeakosken Maastopyöräseura documents the fixed XCO markings and warns that lines cross the disc golf layout—slow down and yield at crossings(2). Kuraläppä adds on-the-ground texture in its Trail Center write-up: rocky, rooty hand-built trails, volunteer-shaped berms and line choices, and a nudge to respect other users in shared woods(3). Near the western end you quickly pass Korkeakangas DiscGolfPark, then Korkeakankaan ulkokuntoilupaikka and Korkeakankaan hiihtomaa where winter ski stadium and summer gym clusters sit about 300 m west of the main start–finish band on the 1–5 km ski network. Korkeakankaan pallokenttä 1 Korkeakangas and Korkeakankaan agilitykenttä sit in the same sports pocket. Roughly halfway along the bike trace you come beside Korkeakankaan kuntoportaat—the Antero Kekkonen fitness stair (401 steps, about 62 m vertical) opened in May 2025 on the city pages(1). Further along, the trace meets Korkeakankaan ampumarata; the city restricts use to club-supervised windows and posts seasonal hours(1), so treat that edge of the hill as a safety buffer, not a sightseeing detour. The Korkeakangas trail network also overlaps conceptually with Korkeakankaan kuntorata for runners, Korkeakankaan ladut plus Korkeakankaan tykkilumilatu in winter, and the short Mettivuori conservation forest trail at the western foot of the hill—handy if you want a walking warm-down after a lap. Summer race weekends use the XCO courses from the sand field by the former “taitaja” building; city materials quote 2.1 km and 4.5 km marked race lines completed in 2018(1), while the club posts 2 km and 4.7 km Trailmap.fi cards for the pair(2)—small rounding differences only. Terrain is famously stony for builders but drains well after rain compared with wetter clay hills, which is why locals often ride here early in the spring thaw(3). The same hill draws hikers, skiers, and sledders year-round. Valkeakoski sits in southern Pirkanmaa; for bike hire around town, use the City of Valkeakoski walking and cycling routes page(4).