In Wisła and the surrounding area there are several bike parks. Nowa Osada is less crowded than the most popular ones, so even on weekends you can ride here without long queues.
Bike Park Nowa Osada offers 3 trails.
The easiest and longest is the 2.5 km blue flow trail. The trail features berms (some quite big and tight) as well as several tabletops and double rollers. I think anyone can ride it, but to clear the tabletops and doubles you already need good skills. I lacked the speed.
I visited the bike park a week ago and the trail was in very good condition. There were some slight ruts and stones in the berms in places, but compared to many other bike parks where I’ve seen actual holes in the berms, it was excellent here.
The red trail also has a flowy character, but in addition to berms there are larger tabletops (some with a depression in the middle), step-ups and step-downs. I rode it only once, braking before almost every jump. I didn’t want to do it a second time because I would probably have undershot almost everything and I was afraid my knee wouldn’t handle it. On the plus side, this trail was also in very good condition.
The black trail, called Dzikus (Wild One), has a natural character. It starts with a section full of scattered rocks – personally I don’t like such fragments – but later it becomes smoother. There are also two small drops on the trail. Overall it’s not bad, although it didn’t make a big impression on me. If it were a “wild” unofficial trail, I would say it’s very good, but from bike park trails I expect more. More drops or other features.
In my opinion the black rating is exaggerated – I felt like I was riding a typical red trail. The only truly black element is a few-meter gap at the very end, which can be bypassed.
Parallel to Dzikus there is another trail that joins it in the lower section. It is taped off, so it was obviously used for some race. On Trailforks it is called Diabeł (Devil) and marked black, but I would say it’s red.
At the very bottom there is also a small skill park. I didn’t ride it, but from a distance it looked like a training area for real beginners. For more advanced riders it looks like a short line with tabletops will soon be ready – they were under construction at the time.
As in every bike park, there is a café and a bike rental on site.
The staff helps with loading and unloading the bikes on the lift. You sit on the chair (you can ride with friends), and the bike goes separately.
Despite that, there were practically no queues for the lift, even though I was there on a summer weekend.
A full-day pass costs 100 PLN and a 4-hour pass 80 PLN. These prices are significantly lower than in the more popular bike parks such as Skolnity, Złoty Groń or Szczyrk. Wisła Soszów also has competitive prices.
To sum up, Bike Park Wisła Nowa Osada is a cheap, intimate bike spot with well-maintained trails of different characters. Not perfect, but definitely worth visiting.
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